What positive and negative impact did the 1920s have on the US
Red scare- The US getting scared that we were going to become communist. It scared our government to make sure that we did not turn into communists Sacco and Vanzetti were immigrants from Italy and they were anarchists there was a murder and they find one of there guns at the murder scene and they were found guilty and put to death. anti-immigration
Anti-Immigration- immigrants had to take a literacy test,
Planes- were most used to transport goods and mail, then they started taking few people go a not to far distance Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia Earheart
Inventions-hair dryer, 3D movie, kool aid, band-aids, cars, lie detector, 4-way traffic light, water skiing, the Q-tip.
Gangs- Al capone hit a teacher and was suspended and he met a gangster when he was 14 and eventually took over a gang, he murdered several people and he sold alcohol, and illegal gambling they busted him on tax fraud Al Capone thought his rival was getting in his way and he dressed members of his gang as police officers to stage a fake raid
Herbert Hoover-he made the star spangled banner the national anthem lots of "dam" projects, he got the blame for the great depression. "Trickle down theory" it gave tax breaks and loans to big businesses to hire people to eventually help all classes
Woman-they were more free to work outside the home. helped in temperance movement. right to vote. flappers
African-Americans- move north for more opportunities and maybe nicer people, the KKK came after them in the north as well Marcus Garvey from Harlem and he was proud to be black he pushed for that. Harlem Renasainsse- black music literature and art were recognized and there culture was more recognized also
Stock Market Crash of 1929-Over production and under consumption of goods, people lost money and jobs..
Music-jazz, rag time, Broadway musicals.
Women's Fashion-brighter shorter dresses, lots of hats
Men's Fashion-3 piece suits, neck ties, bowties, hats
Buying on credit-cause of the great depression, put down a payment and then pay monthly, annually etc.
Dancing-waltz, ragtime, Charleston, foxtrot
Stores-drug stores, Macys, Piggly Willy grocery store
Advertising-print ads, some radio ads, some radios had to have headphones so only one person could listen at a time, the major radio show was NBC but they had red and blue networks the blue network then became ABC
Sports-boxing, jack Dempsey was one of the greatest, boxing gloves were big and made of leather and they weren't the most effective, basketball wasn't really a mainstream sport converse were the shoes Nat Holman was one of the only standout players of the 20s, Baseball- babe ruth was one of the most famous baseball players of all time the first negro league was made, Football was made in the 1920s they wore leather hats not much pads or protection. The big 5 was the top people for each sport, babe ruth, jim thorp, bill tillon,
Advertising-buying on credit-types of stores-fashion
Movies/Make a 1920's style movie
Food/Snacks-more processed foods, some condiments were made up and few more fast food places
Prohibition-a period of fourteen years and it was when the transportation manufacture and sale of liquor was illegal, temperance movement-went to churches to try and ban alcohol ultimately succeeding
Speakeasy's-secret password to enter and it is an illegal bar
1920s movies-paramount, warner brothers, William fox, MGM pictures companies still around today. Phantom of the Opera, Scarlett Letter, Wizard of Oz.
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