1. Roaring 20's-jazz(music), sports, buying on credit, fashion, fads, movies
Jazz-
- Jazz age
- origin in New Orleans
- Louis Armstrong- trumpet player
- it was in Chicago where they mixed modern music with Jazz and it became famous
- the older people didn't like that, they said it would ruin the world.
- fast typo, songs you could dance too
Sports-
- the golden age of sports
- Babe Ruth in baseball
- Red Grange - famous football
- boxing was huge
- bobby jones- golf
- Bill Tilden-tennis
- radio helped sports
- cars- people started going to sport events
Buying on Credit
- new way to spend money
- buy now pay later
- made the 20's boom
- borrowed money
Fashion
- hats and beads were popular
- snugger dresses
- CoCo Channel - the little black dress
- men wore sweaters and suits
- Flappers- the loose dress and attitude
- Oxforb bags- baggy pants for men
- their ties and pants were shorter
Fads-
- board games
- jazz
- world records
- Charleston dance
- drinking illegally
- barn stroming
- airplane shows
Movies-
- silent
- horror
- Peter Pan
- talkies
2. Red Scare/Anti-immigration
- red- communist
- J. Edgar Hoover was the head of the FBI when it started
- Palmer Raids- investigated anyone they thought was communist
- golden age of immigration 1880-1920
- anti-immigration of 1924
- emergency quota- put a quota on how many people could come from each country
- immigration was cut big time
- to make sure communist were not coming in
3. Planes and
- they weren't very popular till WW1
- pilots from the war would put on shows
- they were only used for mail
- at first only rich people could afford it in small amounts
- Henry Ford wanted to make them cheaper
- the flexible and electric cars were invented back then they just weren't mass produced
- alot of car companies started up
- roads started to be built
4. Prohibition
- 1916
- Production, Transportation, and Selling
- but you could drink it
- Speakeasy- underground bars
- you could make small amounts
- bootleggers- people who made alcohol
- 1933- 21st amendment
- cops were bought off
Gang
- they fought over bootlegging
- noone would tell what happened
- St. Valentine's Massacre- they were having a meeting and they attacked each othe
5. Republican presidents and philosophy-, ,
Harding
- salesman
- senator
- he was the reason we didn't get into the league of nations
- he wanted to return to normalcy
- Teapot dome scandal
- he died as president
- born on July 4
- he wanted to lower taxes
- farmers started there depression in the 20s
- he didn't think Congress should pay for the relief effort and the people should pay
- he would not allow KKK members in to office
Hoover
- 31st president
- didnt have many accomplishments
- stock market cashed
- tried to help trade
- tried to higher traiff
6. Women in the 20's
7. African-Americans in the 20's
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