1. THE ROARING 1920’S

2. Technology Henry Ford’s Model-T Invented 1908 Assembly Line
Affordable (under $500)
Efficient transportation
million cars on the road
Created new jobs
Increased expansion

3. Movies Popular form of Entertainment
Silent films
Talkies films with talking
Famous actors: Valentino and Charlie Chaplin Ow

4. Jazz Age Louis Armstrong Famous jazz musician
Jazz: became the most popular form of music in the 1920’s.
Jazz was influenced by African Americans
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5. Harlem Renaissance
Many artists, musicians and authors moved to Harlem, New York
They worked together to create great works of art, music and literature.
Langston Hughes
Wrote about the lives of African Americans
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6. Sports
Babe Ruth
Radios were becoming common in homes, which made sports more popular
Babe Ruth (famous baseball player) helped make baseball a popular sport

7. Prohibition Prohibition-A complete ban on alcohol
18th amendment-started prohibition
Why do this?
Why didn’t it work?
21st amendment-ended prohibition
Who were Bootleggers?
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8. 19th Amendment Passed in 1920 to give women the right to vote
Women’s roles in World War I helped get the amendment passed

9. The Great Migration
African Americans migrated north to cities like New York, Chicago, Detroit
Looking to escape Jim Crow laws in the South and find jobs
They still faced discrimination and racism in the North
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10. New Ku Klux Klan
Targeted African Americans
Jews
Catholics
Immigrants

11. THE GREAT DEPRESSION

12. Stock Market People can buy stock in a company
If the company is making money, stock prices will increase, and the people who own stock will make money.

13. In 1929 prices of stock began to fall
People panicked and sold their stocks
This dropped prices further causing a loss of a lot of money very quickly

14. Black Tuesday
The worst day of money loss/stock selling occurred on Tuesday October 29
Nicknamed Black Tuesday

15. Herbert Hoover President of the United States 1929-1933
President when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began

16. The Great Depression
A time of high unemployment and financial struggle in the United States
What caused the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash
Misuse of credit
Run on the banks

17. The Great Depression The Great Depression People lost their jobs
Cause
Effect
The Stock Market crashed and people misused credit
The economy was bad
Loss of jobs
Less money being spent
More people lost jobs
The Great Depression
People lost their jobs
People have less money to spend
More people lost jobs
Economy got worse

18. Hoovervilles
Many people blamed President Herbert Hoover for the Great Depression
Homeless people grouped together and made homes out of cardboard and other supplies
These became known as Hoovervilles
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19. Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt was elected president
His goal was to get the United States out of the Great Depression
New Deal Program

20. The New Deal A group of programs designed to end The Great Depression
Goals: Relief, Recovery and Reform

21. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Work camps for men ages 18-25
Men received housing, food and $30 month salary
Planted trees, created new parks, repaired parks, and built roads

22. Social Security Administration
Gives money to the elderly, disabled and unemployed

23. Dust Bowl
A severe drought (a long period without raid) occurred in the Great Plains
This made soil very dry, creating dust storms
This area became known as the Dust Bowl
The severe drought hurt farmers became they were unable to farm

24. Dust Bowl