2. Vocab List 18 -mass production
-model t -assembly line -Ailerons (213) -CBS (214)
-NBC (214) -Credit

3. Roaring Twenties
An Economic Boom!

4. I. Big Picture
1) Banking
1% of Nations Bank controlled 50% of financial resources
2) Disparity
Top 5% of Americans made more per year than the bottom 60% combined.
3) Globally
Dollar replaced the Pound (British) as most important worldwide currency. Huge!!
4) USA produced 85% of the World’s Cars and 40% of Worlds Manufactured goods. What happened?!?!

5. II. Economic Boom A) Assembly Line
Used in more industries than just Cars
Electronics now became household commodities
½ of all families own a car
B) Ford gets some competition in Detroit
Model T Ford coming off the line every 10 seconds
Sold for $295 per car.
Competitors - Chrysler and General Motors
C) Airline Industry
1927 Charles Lindbergh - famous for first trans-atlantic flight
airlines service 355 cities

6. III. A Whole New World! A) New Consumer Products Electric Razors
Frozen foods
Deodorant
Cosmetics
Vacuum cleaners
Washing Machines
Refrigerators
B) Radio - sound via long range radio
NBC vs CBS
$$$ through Ad time
First presidential debates on air 1928

13. IV. Hollywood A) By 1925, USA Film industry eclipsed competition:
1) Land was cheap there
2) Always Sunny = shoot outside
3) Close to everything (Desert/Mountain/Ocean)
4) More people had $$$ to go to movies
B) Idea of “Celebrity” born:
Babe Ruth - el bambino sports legend
Charlie Chaplin - famous comedian
Rudolph Valentino - sexiest man alive (in the 20s)
Coco Chanel - Fashion
Al Capone - famous Gangsta, dies of syphilis (STD that rots brain)
Albert Einstein - E = MC^2
Duke Ellington - African American musician

14. Epic Rap Battle 1

15. Insightful Speech

16. Epic Rap Battle 2

17. V. Consumer Debt Before 20s - unacceptable to go into debt. = Fail.
Roaring 20s - widespread use of credit to “reach American Standard of Living”
Some Foreshadowing:
Americans going into debt +
Economy Slowing Down
= Great Depression AKA Everyone is Screwed.