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The Twenties Part One A Turbulent Decade. Republicans in Power Warren Harding 1921-1923 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 *Election of.

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1 The Twenties Part One A Turbulent Decade

2 Republicans in Power Warren Harding 1921-1923 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 *Election of pro-business presidents Harding and Coolidge *Isolationist philosophy *Immigration quotas *Tariffs on imports to discourage foreign business competition *Corruption in Harding's administration

3 Business and Technology ● Growth of automobile industry ● Advertising gains popularity ● Widespread use of electricity ● Increased production of consumer goods ● Buying on credit ● Superficial prosperity

4 The Twenties Part Two Jazz Age

5 F. Scott Fitzgerald ● Coined the term “Jazz Age” ● Author of The Great Gatsby

6 Changing Ways of Life ● Prohibition ● Science and Religion Clash ● The Twenties Woman ● Sports ● Music and Dance ● Harlem Renaissance Charles Lindbergh

7 Prohibition ● The banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverage (18 th Amendment) ● Speakeasies and bootleggers ● Organized Crime ● YouTube - Paper Lace-The Night Chicago Died YouTube - Paper Lace-The Night Chicago Died Al Capone

8 Science and Religion Clash ● Battle between fundamentalist religious groups and secular thinkers over the validity of certain scientific discoveries ● Fundamentalists contest Darwin's theory of evolution ● Scopes Monkey Trial Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan

9 The Twenties Woman ● The Flapper ● New Work Opportunities ● Right to Vote (19 th Amendment) ● YouTube-19th Amendment YouTube-19th Amendment

10 Sports Heroes of the 1920's Babe Ruth Jim Thorpe Helen Wills Gertrude Ederle

11 Harlem Renaissance A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture. YouTube - Harlem renaissanceYouTube - Harlem renaissance Langston Hughes

12 “I, Too” by Langston Hughes I, too sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed- I, too, am America.

13 Youth in the Roaring Twenties Flagpole Sitting Dance Marathons Oxford Bags Bobbed Hair

14 Applesauce- an expletive same as horsefeathers, As in "Ah applesauce!" Bee's Knees - An extraordinary person, thing, idea; the ultimate Cat's Meow - Something splendid or stylish; The best or greatest, wonderful. Copacetic - Wonderful, fine, all right Drugstore Cowboy - a guy that hangs around on a street corner trying to pick up girls Egg - a person who lives the big life Flat Tire - A dull witted, insipid, disappointing date. Same as pill, pickle, drag, rag, oilcan Heebie-Jeebies - The jitters Hotsy - Totsy - Pleasing Real McCoy - The genuine article Ritzy - Elegant (from the hotel) Cheaters - Eyeglasses Dumb Dora - a stupid female Giggle Water - An intoxicating beverage; alcohol Wet Blanket - a solemn person, a killjoy 1920’s Slang Language Sampler

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