1. The Roaring 20’s
The Jazz Age

2. Politics Harding Administration Born 1865 in Corisca, OH
1898, elected Ohio General Assembly
1903, elected Lt. Governor
1914, elected as a Senator
1920, elected as President

3. Harding Administration
Appointed friends to government positions
Called the “Ohio Gang”
This gang sold government jobs, pardons, and protection from prosecution
Forbes sold medical supplies and kept the money for himself
Stole $250 million
1923 Harding left to go west
Died in San Francisco on August 2nd
Calvin Coolidge becomes president

4. Teapot Dome Scandal 1922 Albert B. Fall (Secretary of the Interior)
Sold Private Interest groups to lease land in Teapot Dome, Wyoming and Elk Hills, California (Navy Oil Reserves)
Took bribes totaling $300,000
In 1929, Fall became the first cabinet member to go to prison

5. Growing Economy The Assembly Line Higher Wages Disposable incomes
Divided operations into simple tasks and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum
Every 93 minutes an automobile was built
Higher Wages
$5/day
Doubled what they currently made
Disposable incomes
$850 for a Model T
People spent money on consumer goods

6. Revolutionizing the Auto Industry

7. A Clash of Values Nativism Emerging Quota Act National Origins Act
A belief that one’s native land needs to be protected against immigrants
Emerging Quota Act
3% to be allowed into the US based of the total number of people in any ethnic group already in the nation
National Origins Act
2% of people to be allowed into the US based on the 1890 Census data
Favored Northern Europeans

8. Uncovering the KKK

9. Cultural Changes Prohibition
Hoped to reduce unemployment, domestic violence, and poverty
Speakeasies
Secret Bars
Organized crime thrive on the sale of illegal alcohol
18th amendment: Prohibited the sale of alcohol
21st amendment: Ended Prohibition

10. Cultural Changes Women in the 1920s Fashion Won the right to vote
Freudian Psychology became popular
Took jobs to earn money, and establish financial independence.
Fashion
Bobbed Hair
Flesh color stockings
Flappers
Smoked cigarettes
Drank Liquor
Wore make-up
Sleeve-less dresses with short skirts

11. Arts and Culture Modern American Art Poets and Writers
Came from urban life
Use of the city to describe the art
Poets and Writers
Wrote about living in the city and the joys of being in the Midwest

12. Popular Culture Movies and Radio Mass Media Sports
Sounds was added to movies
The Jazz Singer
Mass Media
Shared lots of information to a broad audience
Helped spread new ideas and attitudes
Sports
Boxing and Baseball became famous
Listened to boxing matches on the radio
One store sold $90,000 worth of radios before a big fight