1. Agenda: 1/9 Do Now: Do Now: In notebooks: Why do you think the twenties were considered “roaring”? In notebooks: Why do you think the twenties were considered “roaring”? How had the culture changed? PPT on 1920s PPT on 1920s Film- Exit Slip Film- Exit Slip

2. The “Roaring” 20s

3. Economic Adjustment Before WWI: Before WWI: - Second Industrial Revolution & some new inventions - Poor work conditions - During WWI: - Increase production for war effort -Food & prices increase

4. Economic Adjustment After WWI: After WWI: -Decrease production war is over -New inventions -People have money to spend -Booming economy -Credit: Buy now, pay later -Installment plans: monthly payments for more expensive items

5. The Radio Nation’s biggest form of entertainment in the twenties. Nation’s biggest form of entertainment in the twenties.

6. Model T Ford Made automobiles affordable for the average American Made automobiles affordable for the average American Assembly Line- workers specialize in process Assembly Line- workers specialize in process

7. Women Before WWI: Before WWI: -No voting rights -Lower pay than men -Long dresses, long sleeves During WWI: During WWI: -Take over male jobs/pay increases -Skirts got shorter because need material -Glimpse of independence

8. Women After WWI: After WWI: -Return home or take lower paying jobs -Most lose jobs to returning soldiers -Gain voting rights -Some rebels: flappers-wore shorter skirts, cut hair, smoked in public

10. Sports Babe Ruth Jack Dempsey Athletes like Babe Ruth become national heroes and attract new fans to sports

11. Flight Charles Lindbergh Amelia Earhart First solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris was made by Charles Lindberg

12. African Americans Before WWI: Before WWI: -Lower wages -Discrimination During WWI: During WWI: -Great Migration: African Americans moving north for jobs and to escape segregation -Better pay -More jobs available due to the war and less immigration -Soldiers were segregated & given minimal jobs

13. African Americans -After WWI: -After WWI: -Soldiers return to discrimination & segregation Harlem Renaissance: rebirth of culture Harlem Renaissance: rebirth of culture -Jazz spreads from New Orleans to NY : Louie Armstrong, Bessie Smith -Writers such as Langston Hughes

14. Immigration Before WWI: Before WWI: -Floods of immigrants -Lack of work and harsh conditions due to large supply of workers During WWI: During WWI: -Restrict immigration (Remember Nationalism)

15. Immigration After WWI: After WWI: -Nativism -Quotas for certain nationalities (decrease numbers in South and Eastern Europe) Sacco & Vanzetti Trial: shows prejudice and discrimination toward immigrants

16. Red Scare Before WWI: Before WWI: -Russia ally During WWI: During WWI: -Russia ally but pull out of war early After WWI: After WWI: -Becomes USSR & communist -No longer ally -US fears communism will spread: Red Scare

17. Farmers Before WWI: Before WWI: -Chronically poor, low crop prices, debt During WWI: During WWI: -Need food for soldiers so crop prices increase -farmers are making money to pay off debt -Remember Citizens are rationing!!

18. Farmers After WWI: After WWI: -Surplus of crops -Crop prices drop -Increase debt, buy new farm equipment on credit -Prohibition: 18 th Amendment no alcohol so can’t use grain for alcohol -During war had used all of their land to farm, land begins drying out

19. Prohibition Bootlegging- Illegally producing or selling alcohol during prohibition Bootlegging- Illegally producing or selling alcohol during prohibition Speakeasies- Illegal clubs where people can drink alcohol, listen to music and dance Speakeasies- Illegal clubs where people can drink alcohol, listen to music and dance

20. Scopes Trial Religion v. Science Religion v. Science Scopes taught evolution Scopes taught evolution Put on trail Put on trail William Jennings Bryan defended Creationism William Jennings Bryan defended Creationism Scopes found guilty & fined Scopes found guilty & fined

21. After Film… Exit Slip: 4-5 sentences Exit Slip: 4-5 sentences How had consumerism changed during the 1920s? How had consumerism changed during the 1920s? What fears did Americans still have? What fears did Americans still have?

22. What did I say? I went on this blind date thinking the guy would be a real cake eater. We went to a flick then the speakeasy to get some hooch. He was gaga for my gams. He ended up being a blotto and upchucked. The whole date was a flat tire. I went on this blind date thinking the guy would be a real cake eater. We went to a flick then the speakeasy to get some hooch. He was gaga for my gams. He ended up being a blotto and upchucked. The whole date was a flat tire.