1. The Roaring 20’s Chapter 24, Section 4

2. Charles Lindbergh  In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.  He flew on the mighty Spirit of St. Louis

3. Changes for women  In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified and women were given the right to vote.  Women also started running in elections to hold political offices.  More women started receiving college degrees and started working outside the home.

4. FLAPPERS  These were carefree, young “liberated” women of the 1920’s.  They wore heavy makeup, short skirts, and shortened, or “bobbed”, their hair.  The flappers did symbolize the changing post-war times and represented a challenge to traditional values.

5. Movies  In the 1920’s, the motion picture industry became one of the country’s leading businesses.  The first movies were black and white and were silent (no sound). The dialog was printed on the screen for viewers to read.  In 1927, Hollywood began introducing movies with sound – “The Jazz Singer”.

6. Radio  600 radio stations joined the airwaves in the 1920’s.  You would hear everything on the radio such as: -News -Concerts -Sporting events -Comedies -Music Popular radio shows were Amos ‘n’ Andy and the Grand Ole Opry

7. Sports  Sports became huge in the 1920’s.  Babe Ruth was the famous sports hero.  Babe Ruth hit 60 homeruns in 1927, a record that would stand for 34 years.

8. Fads  Games to play: mah-jongg, crossword puzzles  The Miss America pageant became popular and was first introduced in 1921.  Dance marathon contests were also very popular.

9. Prohibition  Cultures were clashing during the 1920’s and values were being questioned.  This also included the use of alcoholic beverages.  The Eighteenth Amendment banning the sale of alcohol was ratified in 1919 and was followed in the south, but NOT in the big cities up north.

10. Problems with Prohibition  Illegal bars and clubs were created. speakeasies  Contributed to the rise of organized crime, and mafia started bootlegging alcohol.  Al “Scarface” Capone was the most infamous crime boss and was eventually sentenced to prison at Alcatraz.

11. A speakeasy of the 1920’s.

12. 21 st Amendment  Due to the excessive problems during the 20’s with people rebelling against prohibition, the law was repealed in 1933.  Most Americans had realized that the Prohibition law had failed and the law was not enforced nearly 90% of the time.

13. Nativism  The belief that native- born Americans are superior to foreigners.  KKK – along with nativism came a revival of the KKK.  The KKK lynched and whipped African- Americans all throughout the North and South.

14. Nativist Laws  Emergency Quota Act – set up a quota system where a limit was placed on the number of immigrants allowed to come into our country.  National Origins Act – reduced the annual country quota from 3 to 2 percent. The problem was that it excluded all Japanese and Chinese immigrants.

15. The Scopes Trial  The role of religion in our society became a huge problem in the 1920’s.  In 1925, the state of Tennessee made it illegal to teach evolution in schools.  A teacher named John Scopes taught evolution just to test the legalities of the Tennessee law.  He went to court with the help of the ACLU.  He was fined $100 but the court looked as though they were trying to impose religious beliefs on the whole nation.  The Scopes Trial dealt a huge blow to Christian fundamentalists in America.

16. Presidential Election of 1928  Herbert Hoover -Republican candidate -Former head of Food Administration -Won the election by a very huge margin.  Alfred E. Smith -Democratic candidate -Governor of New York -Son of immigrants -Catholic -Lost the election due to prejudices in America.

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