1. Station 4, Part 2: The Roaring 20’s

2.  Go to the table and take a copy of “The Roaring Twenties” from the correct folder.  Read the introductory paragraph on the worksheet then begin with the PowerPoint slides.  Complete the worksheet using the slides and other information.

3. WWI changed American society in many ways. Economic activity was sparked, advances in transportation & communication opened more of the world to NC and society underwent some social shifts. Young people loved dancing to new music, working in new jobs, and going on dates in cars. Older people, on the other hand, worried that the world that they knew was coming to an end.

4. Use the next 3 slides to complete the work on your worksheet.

5. Many women in the 1920s expressed their newly found freedom in their clothes and hairstyles. They cut their hair short in a style called a bob. They wore lipstick and short, sleeveless dresses. Women who dressed like this became known as “flappers.”

6. At first, flappers’ outfits caused panic in the textile industry. Their short skirts and sleeveless tops used far less fabric than traditional female dresses. Demand for cloth plunged. With loss, however, came opportunity. Short skirts increased demand for silk stockings. Those mill owners who were able to produce silk stockings made handsome profits.

7. Tobacco companies also profited from flappers. Traditionally, women were not supposed to smoke in public. Some cities even had laws to prevent it. For flappers, smoking became a symbol of rebellion. Tobacco advertisers quickly took advantage of the trend. One famous slogan by American Tobacco in Durham, “Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet,” promoted cigarettes as a way to stay slim. The number of young women who smoked skyrocketed. **Now, answer the questions on your worksheet.**

8. Use the next 2 slides to complete the work on your worksheet.

9. North Carolinian Harriet Morehead Berry was called the “best woman politician in the state” in 1921. A leader in the “good roads” movement, she lobbied for a state system of paved roads.

10. As roads improved & car prices came down, North Carolinians began to buy more cars. People began to travel farther & more often than before. Cars brought more people to towns, where they spent money at stores, restaurants and movie theaters. Above: NC State Fair, 1928 Right: Franklin Street, Chapel Hill Carolina Theater, 1920

11. Use this graph to answer the questions on your worksheet.

12. Use the next 3 slides to complete the work on your worksheet.

14. Like literature, music is a meaningful historical source. It offers clues to the way people thought about experiences such as mill work. Songs written and performed by string bands and blues performers are especially valuable because these performers usually came from the same background as the people who listened to their music. The music can be as important as the words. Choose “Walking Blues” or Sweet Sunny South” and answer the questions on your worksheet. “Walking Blues” Paper boy hollerin’, “Extra have you read the news?” Shot the brown I love, I got them walking blues. I keep on walking, trying to walk my troubles away. I’m so glad, trouble don’t last always. I got the bad luck blues, my bad luck time done come. They said bad luck follow everybody, seem like I’m the only one. I keep on walking, trying to walk my troubles away. I’m so glad, trouble don’t last always. “Walking Blues” Paper boy hollerin’, “Extra have you read the news?” Shot the brown I love, I got them walking blues. I keep on walking, trying to walk my troubles away. I’m so glad, trouble don’t last always. I got the bad luck blues, my bad luck time done come. They said bad luck follow everybody, seem like I’m the only one. I keep on walking, trying to walk my troubles away. I’m so glad, trouble don’t last always.

15. “Sweet Sunny South” Take me back to the place where I first saw the light To the sweet sunny South take me home Where the mockingbirds sang me to rest ev’ry night Oh, why was I tempted to roam? Take me back to the place where the orange trees grew To my cot in the evergreen shade Where the flow’rs on the river’s green margin may blow And spread their sweet scent o’er the glade “Sweet Sunny South” Take me back to the place where I first saw the light To the sweet sunny South take me home Where the mockingbirds sang me to rest ev’ry night Oh, why was I tempted to roam? Take me back to the place where the orange trees grew To my cot in the evergreen shade Where the flow’rs on the river’s green margin may blow And spread their sweet scent o’er the glade

16. Use the next slide to answer the women’s suffrage questions on your worksheet.

17. After watching the two clips about Women’s Suffrage, go to your worksheet and answer the questions for the section.

18. Use the information video on the next slidesto answer the 3 questions on your worksheet.

19. Some Americans feared that, like Russia, the US would be taken over by Communists (sometimes called “the Reds”). The so-called Red Scare made headlines in 1919 and 1920, when several political and business leaders around the country became the targets of terrorist bombings. Some Americans believed that these actions were the work of Communist revolutionaries.