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Positive Impacts of the 20's: Buying on credit, Charles Lindbergh, Automobiles, Jazz
Negative Impacts of the 20's: Red Scare, Anti-Immigration, Racism and the KKK, buying on credit
Immigration was thought to be a bad thing because of hysteria and raise in radicalism. Anti-Immigration caused by Red Scare.
Planes were used for minor transportation, air shows, mail, and entertainment.
Lindbergh's child was taken and killed
Cars really boomed in the 20's as they got more affordable with the Ford Model T. This caused the expansion of paved roads, starting with Route 66. Also led to the creation of city suburbs. The world was shaped by the automobile.
Al Capone was the big man in Chicago. Paid off law enforcement. Trafficked alcohol and made 60 million untaxed. Ended up being caught for Tax Evasion. Nicknamed Scarface. Ran business through Atlanta prison. Sent to Alcatraz. Died of syphilis.
Harding born Nov. 2nd, 1865. Went to Ohio Central, worked at newspaper. Served Ohio, then U.S Senate. Promised a "return to normalcy." Beat James M. Cox. Biggest landslide victory. Teapot Land Scandal. Died in office.
John Calvin Coolidge. Not very talkative, serious. Born on July 4th. Apprenticed at Law Firm. Made own law firm. Became Governor of Massachusetts. Stopped Boston police revolt. Became Harding's Vice President. Became President after Harding died. Decided not to run again. Did not like Hoover, but picked him to avoid party split.
Hoover was 31st president. Born to Quakers on August 10th, 1874 in Westbranch, Iowa. Mining engineer. Believed in efficiency, don't spend more than you have. Fiscally responsible. Hoover was Humanitarian, but did not help public as a President. Believed he could not do that as a president. Fought for regulation. Put land aside for conservation, helped put laws through to help veterans. Instituted prison reform. Pushed for the Boulder, later called Hoover, Dam to be made. Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Wanted Small Government, did not do much to ease problems of depression.
Flapper name originated from young, rebellious teenagers and their unbuckled shoes. Different attitude and dress. Grew from teens to many others. Suffrage passed in the 20's. Allowed more people to vote. Flappers began the women's right movements in technicality.
KKK grew in the north because of the Great Migration of blacks moving to the north. African American culture grew during what was called the Harlem Renaissance.
Stock Market crashed because of Buying on Credit, also little buying and a lot of selling of stocks.
Due to the stock market crash, many lost everything. All classes were affected, but factory workers and farmers were even worse off.
Jazz was the most popular genre of music. New because it was started by the blacks. Started with Harlem Renaissance. Upbeat and mostly improvised. Ragtime and Blues were based off Jazz. Ragtime was faster, Blues was slower and more emotional. Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were two major musicians of the 20s.
Charleston was a popular dance. Originally appeared in a Broadway production. Foxtrot was originally African. Similar to a more lively waltz. The tango came to be popular in the 20s. Latin in nature, originally danced in slums and ghettos. Not originally a good song. Eventually became a ballroom dance after becoming more popular in the middle class. The waltz is older, popular in the 1800s. "Modernized" in the 20s.
Radio shows became more popular as the radio grew. Became a way to listen to the news.
Prohibition started in 1920. Started because they thought alcohol was the reason crime was so high. The banning of alcohol pushed crime even higher.
Speakeasys were a secret place to go and illegally purchase alcohol. Usually required a password to enter.
Decor varied from simple to fancy. Early Hollywood, Safari, Art Deco were the styles. Early Hollywood was fancy, Safari was very hunting related, Art Deco is a unique form of Early Hollywood.
20's considered Golden Age of Sports. Football was more popular than Baseball. Basketball was a 2nd Tier Sport. Golfing was fairly large, and Boxing was big.
Mahjong, Cards, and Crosswords were popular games in the 20's
Harry Houdini was popular in the 20's. Yo yos first became a fad in the 20's
Big Cheese, Bee's Knees, Beeswax and Fly Boy were some popular slang of the 20's
Buying on Credit came around during the 20's and was one of the causes of massive debt during the Depression. Buy now, pay later.
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