1. The 1920’s and 30’s The Roaring Twenties and The Great Depression Cultural Literacy

2. Unit Objective To identify iconic figures and symbols of the 20s

3. Roaring Twenties

4. Wall Street Bombing by Anarchists 1920

5. Flapper: Young female rebel

6. Scopes Trial: Teaching Evolution

7. Prohibition: Era during which manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol was illegal (18 th Amendment; Repealed by 21 st )

8. *Al Capone: Led organized crime in Chicago

9. St. Valentines Day Massacre

10. *Babe Ruth: Greatly increased popularity of baseball

11. *Louie Armstrong: Jazz musician that brought jazz to Chicago

12. *Charlie Chaplin: Silent film star

13. Charles Lindbergh: 1 st to fly solo across Atlantic; Lost child to kidnapping/murder

14. Spirit of St Louis

15. Great Depression and Presidents

16. Stock Market Crash

17. *Warren G Harding: Scandal and Corruption

18. Calvin Coolidge “Silent Cal”

19. *Herbert Hoover: Blamed for the Depression, perhaps unfairly

20. *Franklin Delano Roosevelt (“FDR”) New Deal, 3 Rs, First 100 Days, Court Packing

21. *FDR Quotes “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” “Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.” “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.” “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” “This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.”

22. *Fireside Chats: Radio addresses FDR used to explain New Deal to Americans and give hope

23. *Henry Ford and the Model T-1 st affordable car

24. The Bonus March: WWI vets who marched on Washington for early payments owed to them

25. Hoovervilles

26. Hoover Dam

27. Dust Bowl

28. Okie: Left Oklahoma during Dust Bowl

29. Soup Kitchen

30. Amelia Earhart: Famous female pilot; Disappeared without a trace

31. *Jesse Owens: Won several gold medals at 1936 Olympics in Berlin