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1 The Roaring twenties!!

2 Changes during the twenties
Changes for African Americans Economics Arts and Leisure Sports and Entertainment Red Scare Government Foreign Policy Changes for Women

3 African americans Growth of Jazz Harlem Renaissance Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith Louis Armstrong Harlem Renaissance Movement throughout black culture that influenced the arts and social thought Langston Hughes James Weldon Johnson Zora Neale Hurston Apollo Theater

4 African americans The Great Migration KKK
Racism in the south and economic opportunities in the north KKK Growth due to Red Scare Violence increased

5 Economics Easy Credit “Buy now, pay later” Installment Plans
“Must haves”

6 Economics Unregulated lending of money in banks Buying Stock on Margin
Bank runs Bank Run Buying Stock on Margin Pay for a percentage of stock, and borrow the rest Lose your money and owe what was borrowed

7 Economics High Speculation of Stock GNP Invest big, to get big
Believed market would always go up GNP Gross National Product went up 6% annually Constantly going up

8 Arts and literature Jazz Art Deco architecture and design Literature
F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway Zora Neal Hurston Edna St Vincent Millay Sinclair Lewis Lost Generation: group of writers who moved to Europe after WWI over their disillusionment with America

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