2. A MERICA BEFORE THE J AZZ A GE Events in American History that Created the Roaring Twenties

3. A MERICA AT W AR !! America looks hungrily at its neighbor$ The American Press…Yellow Journalism War with Spain…Remember the Maine! A “Nice Little War” 1898 The Myth of the Rough Riders The Emergence of Theodore Roosevelt…a teddy bear of a president

4. A MERICA E MERGING AS A W ORLD P OWER The Power Brokers Age of Invention Isolationism Political Aspirations American Military

5. W ORLD W AR Empires & Emerging Nations Germany v. France & England American Expeditionary Forces Go “Over There” American Forces Turn the Tide

6. P OLITICAL M ANEUVERING President Wilson Travels to Europe 14 Points League of Nations U.S. Senate Shuts the Door Wilson Dies Trying

7. A IN ’ T W E G OT F UN... The Jazz Age The Roaring 20’s Prohibition Women Vote Fads & Fashions Sports…The Babe Lucky Lindy Politics as Usual Rhapsody in Blue

8. T HE G REAT G ATSBY F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Sayre Symbols of the 20’s Themes