1. THE ROARING TWENTIES Marissa Rojas & Ted Waddell

2. Thesis The 1920’s was a time of excitement, new fads and economic prosperity. As time went on, the economy declined greatly causing devastation for all.

3. The Beginning o Slow Start o Eased into booming economy

4. Fashion Women (flappers) o skirts o stockings o hats o hair in bobs

5. Fashion Men o formal wear no more o sports clothes/jackets o brighter clothes

6. Music o Jazz o Bessie Smith o Ragtime o Broadway Musical

7. Social Life o Dancing o Drinking o Radio o Sports o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAOHtmy4j0&fea ture=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAOHtmy4j0&fea ture=related

8. Leaders: Presidents o Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) o Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) o Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) o Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

9. Economic Policies  Prohibition  Harding & Coolidge Plans  Over Confidence  Hoover’s Passive Plans

10. Sports  Babe Ruth  Lou Gehrig  Bill Tilden  Jack Dempsey

11. Technology  Mass production  Movies  Radio  Model T

12. The Ending o 1928 o Women’s voting rights o 1929 o Black Tuesday o Crash

13. Works Cited  “1920’s” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 17 May 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s  “Herbert Hoover.” Angelfire. 17 May 2009http://angelfire.com/co/psct/oover.html.http://angelfire.com/co/psct/oover.html.  America: History of Our Nation. Upper Saddle River, MA: Prentice Hall (School Division), 2007. (736-755)