1. The “Roaring Twenties”

2. Objects:
People:
Time/Title:
Inferences: Because I see ___________________, I can infer…
Conclusion: The most important thing in this cartoon is _________________ because it sends the message that…

4. “Return to Normalcy”
*After World War I, President Harding wanted U.S. to return to isolationism and focus on economy.
*The US economy boomed but Europe continued to struggle. Harding wanted U.S. to return to “simpler” time before the Progressive Era…

6. Pro-Business Presidents
*Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
*Reversed Progressive Era trend of regulating big business
*Gave corporations free reign, raised protective tariffs, cut taxes for the rich

8. Changing Women’s Roles
*19th Amendment (1920)= Women’s suffrage
*Flappers: against traditional!
*Many worked men’s jobs during WWI…Effect?

13. *Using assembly line, Henry Ford mass-produce affordable automobiles.
Ford Model T
*Using assembly line, Henry Ford mass-produce affordable automobiles.

17. Harlem Renaissance
*African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
*JAZZ AGE
*Poetry produced by Langston Hughes

21. Prohibition
*18th Amendment (1920) = bans alcohol in the U.S.
*So did the Temperance Movement work?

24. Bootleggers
*Smugglers of illegal alcohol during Prohibition= Organized Crime

27. Speakeasies
*Secret bars where alcohol could be purchased illegally

28. Hysteria over Nativism and the Red Scare
*Red Scare- Intense fear of communism
*Nativism- Intense dislike for foreigners/immigrants

33. Eugenics
*Belief that non-white races were threatening the white race and controlled breeding could fix the issue.

34. Social Darwinism

36. Race Relations
*A lot of intolerance was shown towards African Americans (KKK). As a result, many African Americans joined the black nationalism movement (Marcus Garvey).

38. Marcus Garvey