Driving Idea:
What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?
1. Roaring 20's-jazz(music), sports, buying on credit, fashion, fads, movies. Louis Armstrong started off in New Orleans. Duke Ellington preformed at the cotton club. Babe Ruth played during this time. Red Grange was a famous football player during these times. Women started wearing skirts with sweaters. Men wore sweaters around their waists and wore a lot of hats. Richer men wore Suits with fedoras. a lot of the movies that came out were silent and black and white.
2. Red Scare/Anti-immigration
3. Planes and automobiles
4. Prohibition/Gangs
5. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
6. Women in the 20's
7. African-Americans in the 20's
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