1920's dicussion
1. Roaring 20's
- automobiles,
- Rural vs Urban:: 1920 census- 51.2 people lived in the cities of 2500 or more
- 1922-1929
- Jazz music
2. A "return to normalcy"
- HARDING:: to return normal by staying out of european conflicts
- focusing on fixing american problems and lost our way because of the wars
3. Red Scare
- 1919-1920 and was the communist party
- we stopped immrigantion,
- Karl Marx was the founder of communism
- to stop the scare was A. Mitchell Palmer
- J. Edgar Hoover was a powerful man
4. Buying on credit
- put some much down and pay later
5. Planes and automobiles
- Route 66 was the first road.
- went from chicago to San Fransico
- Automobiles were huge in the 20's! and the model T was a popular car
- was a big impact on the world, and allowed people to live in Suburbs outside of the citys
- BAD: accidents, and family split up
Planes
- Charles Lindbergh:: was the most famous person for flying across the atlantic ocean
- Amelia Earhart:: was famous for trying to fly across around the world but disappered
6. Prohibition
- the 18th amendment.
-manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol was illegal!
-supporters believed alcohola brought about corruptioon, crime, wife and child abuse and accidents
-supporters came mostly from rural South and West
-Anit-Saloon Leaugue and Women's Christian Temperance Union led the attack on alcohol
-Carry Nation-her hatchet
Alcohol was allowed for medicinal and religious purposes
Prescriptions and sacramental wine orders skyrocketed.
The Volstead Act created the Prohibition Bureau to enforce the law
-saloons closed and drunkness went down
-people did not like the prohibition
-organized crime became commonplace
-there were 1500 people to supervise the country,,,not enough!!
--not going to be able to catch anybody.
--cops were bought off..by the gangs, the speak easy bars, they didn't care, just turn their backs
Found ways to sneak alcohol..jackets, boot leggings, in their boots, leggings,
SPEAKEASIES
-people would go underground to secret bars
-could be anywhere
-to be admittted a card or password had to be given
lots of alcohol was illegal alcohol comeing in from Carribeanans
Gang violence was a big part that prohibition was repealed
7. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
- there were three republicans in the 1920's (OVERULED!!!)
- Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Hoover
- Trickle-Down Theory:by helping the rich it would trickle down to the poor
- Laissez-Faire:government was going to stay out of business and let businesses do what they please
- Rugged Individual:republican theory:: saying that people shouldnt be lazy and need to step up and do what needs to be done and shouldnt depend on walfare
8. Fashion
- Oxford bags- where baggy pants men wore
- womens clothing: loose clothing, nature waist line, fur coats, hats, silky clothes
- Men: high water pants, and suits ( black and white), Ties landed shorter and thin ties
- Kids Clothes: a short suit
- Famous Actor: charlie Chaplin
- Harry Houdini a magician
- BABE RUTH!
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