1. The Roaring Twenties: 1919-1929
Life After World War I
Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge
Stock Market Success
Roaring 20’s

2. Republicans in Office
Woodrow Wilson becomes ill and fades out of the picture
US citizens are looking for a change in Presidency, choose a Republican leader:
1. Warren G. Harding (Wins 1920 Election)
Harding- Wants to return the United States back to “Normal”

3. Facts About the 29th President
Warren G Harding
Facts About the 29th President
From the “lovely” state of Ohio
29th President
Many of the taxes he created contributed to the Stock Market Crash in 1929

4. Warren G. Harding Harding takes over and immediately there is a
recession
Recession- downturn in economic activity
* Struggle to rebuild after World War I
* Too much time and money to recover from
Corruption and Scandals
Many of Harding’s Cabinet members stole money from the government, went behind his back and betrayed him
2. Harding- sick and betrayed, dies in 1923

5. Meet Calvin Coolidge Our 30th President
Was a Republican lawyer from Vermont
Served as Governor of Massachusetts
Spoke in favor of Civil Rights for African Americans and Catholics

6. Calvin Coolidge
Vice President under Harding- fills in once Harding dies
Personality
Different from Harding
Quiet and Reserved (Known as “Silent Cal)
Economic Prosperity- believed in Big Business
Cut regulations on businesses
Factories switched back to consumer goods
Goods were made at a rapid rate
Economy was booming

7. A Booming Economy American incomes rose (more money to spend)
More goods in circulation and advertising of new products
* People wanted to buy things they could not afford
Installment Buying- buying on credit (paying
back at a later time)
* Interest- money the banks made off of your investment
* People are buying so many goods on “credit”
* Banks are lending out too much money

8. A Soaring Stock Market
By the mid 1920’s people were investing in the stock market more than ever before
* Buying and trading constantly
Bull Market- period of increased trading and high prices (Very dangerous and unstable)
* Buying stock on “credit”
* When prices were high it worked well
* If prices ever fell…Disaster

9. World Affairs and Trading
Latin America- Trade w/ United States
increased after the war
* US would help Latin America when needed
Soviet Union- beginning their Communist
government and economy
* US disagreed with their ideas
* Communism controls people and their rights as free citizens (No freedom or Religion)
* US- still helped Russia through a famine

10. New Ways of Life Prohibition- ban on alcohol sales,
manufacturing and transportation anywhere in
the United States (18th Amendment)
* Lasted from (Repealed 21st Am.)
* Bootleggers made their own or smuggled alcohol from Canada or Latin America
* Led to an increase of organized crime
1. Gangsters/Mob
2. Bribes w/ law enforcement/judges

11. New Rights for Women 19th Amendment- Voting rights for women
First Governors:
Nellie Tayloe Ross (Wyoming)
Miriam A. Ferguson (Texas)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)- equality of
rights under the law regardless of sex (M/F)
Changes for Working Women:
Working outside the home (teachers/secretaries)
Housework became easier w/ appliances

12. Impact of the Automobile
* Americans were able to travel and go more
places than ever before
1. Prices of the Model T Ford:
* $850 in 1920
* $290 in 1924 (Became affordable)
** Automobiles helped the growth of other industries (Oil, Steel, Motels, Gas Stations)

13. A New Culture Radio- became very popular in the 1920’s
* Way of communicating and entertainment
* KDKA in Pittsburgh (First Station)
Movies- Hollywood California
* First movies had no sound (Pianist played)
* First talking movie (The Jazz Singer)

14. The Roaring 20’s Fads- an activity or passion that is taken up
over a short period or time (fade in/out)
Flappers- young women who rebelled
against traditional ways of thinking for
women
* Wore their dresses short
* Red lipstick/fast cars/shorter hair
** New sensation of freedom

15. Other Influential People
Louis Armstrong- great jazz musician
* Jazz rose up in the 20’s in New Orleans
Ernest Hemingway- excellent writer of the
20’s (A Farewell to Arms) (The Sun Also
Rises)
Langston Hughes- part of the Harlem Renaissance
* African American writers were

16. Age of Heroes Radio, movies and newspapers created
celebrities known all over the country (Media)
Sports Figures
Bobby Jones- won many golf championships
Jack Dempsey- famous boxer
College football became very popular (Notre Dame)
Baseball- real passion for America
* America’s past time
* Babe Ruth- the king of baseball
Charles Lindberg- first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
* Spirit of St. Louis (His Plane)
* Landed in Paris France (33 hour flight)

17. Age of Heroes

18. Struggles of the 1920’s There were some intense struggles after WW I
Farmers- hit the hardest (high prices on machinery/goods and land)
General Labor Issues- workers demanding higher pay
* Cost of living rose
* More expensive to live
3. KKK hatred in both the North and South

19. Limiting Immigration Red Scare- Nervousness and dislike for the
Soviet Union and Communism
* People thought Russians were spies
* Nativism- opposed to immigration
Emergency Quota Act- Passed the quota
system in 1921
Quota System- allowed only a certain number of
people to immigrate from each country
* Favored Northern European nations
* Cut off Eastern European and Asian nations

20. Election of 1928 By 1928- Republicans had led the nation for
8 years (Much success after World War I)
Republican Candidate- Herbert Hoover
* Midwest (Millionaire= Big Business Guy)
Democrat- Alfred E. Smith
* First Catholic to run for President
* Son of Irish Immigrants (Raised in Big City)
** Smith won the cities/Hoover won rural vote and all of the Midwest and big business supporters
* Hoover wins easily (Economy crashes down)
* Great Depression begins in 1929

21. Stock Market Crash