THE ROARING TWENTIES Marissa Rojas & Ted Waddell
Thesis The 1920’s was a time of excitement, new fads and economic prosperity. As time went on, the economy declined greatly causing devastation for all.
The Beginning o Slow Start o Eased into booming economy
Fashion Women (flappers) o skirts o stockings o hats o hair in bobs
Fashion Men o formal wear no more o sports clothes/jackets o brighter clothes
Music o Jazz o Bessie Smith o Ragtime o Broadway Musical
Social Life o Dancing o Drinking o Radio o Sports o ture=related ture=related
Leaders: Presidents o Woodrow Wilson ( ) o Warren G. Harding ( ) o Calvin Coolidge ( ) o Herbert Hoover ( )
Economic Policies Prohibition Harding & Coolidge Plans Over Confidence Hoover’s Passive Plans
Sports Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Bill Tilden Jack Dempsey
Technology Mass production Movies Radio Model T
The Ending o 1928 o Women’s voting rights o 1929 o Black Tuesday o Crash
Works Cited “1920’s” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 17 May “Herbert Hoover.” Angelfire. 17 May 2009http://angelfire.com/co/psct/oover.html. America: History of Our Nation. Upper Saddle River, MA: Prentice Hall (School Division), ( )