2. Results of improved transportation brought by affordable automobiles o Greater mobility oCreation of Jobs oGrowth of transportation industry (Ex. Road construction, oil, steel, automobiles) oLed to increased numbers of gas stations, tourist cabins, and restaurants oMovement to suburbs

3. Communication Changes Increased availability of telephones Radio —developed by Guglielmo Marconi. The radio broadcast industry was started by David Sarnoff. Silent Movies

4. Ways Electrification Changed Life Entertainment – radio and movies Labor saving products such as washing machines, electric stoves, and water pumps Washing machine and 1920 Electric Lighting Improved Communication

5. Results of Prohibition o Prohibition is the ban on the sale and production of alcohol. o18 th Amendment passed in 1919 oPeople drank bootlegged liquor at speakeasies. oBootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime oSpeakeasies were illegal bars created for people to drink alcoholic beverages

6. People drank illegal liquor at speakeasies Al Capone was famous bootlegger associated with the Mafia.

7. The Great Migration North o Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying oDuring World War I, African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better employment opportunities oAfrican Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South oAfrican Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North

8. The Harlem Renaissance African American artists, writers, and musicians based in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American culture. Jacob Lawrence was a painter who chronicled the Great Migration North in art Langston Hughes was a poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were famous Jazz composers Bessie Smith was a famous blues singer

9. Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30s ART Jacob Lawrence chronicled the Great Migration North Georgia O’Keefe, an artist known for urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest

10. Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30s Literature F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s John Steinbeck was a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers in the 1930s Langston Hughes combined African and American cultural experiences in poetry

11. Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30s Music Duke Ellington—jazz composer Louis Armstrong—jazz composer Bessie Smith— blues singer George Gershwin— wrote uniquely American music Aaron Copland— wrote uniquely American music

12. Buy now, pay later

13. Woman against traditional views.

14. Charles Lindbergh First to fly across the Atlantic Ocean