Monday- Today the 1920's did the presenting.
Electricity and Applinces-
Be able to describe major inventions in the 1920's.
Be able explain what changed in the 1920's
-Fanklin, Volta, Faraday, Telsla and Edison.
-These were the eariler people that worked with electricity.
-Inventions
-Radio
-Band-Aid
-Lie Detector
-Instant camera
-Turning siginal.
-Radio
The first brodcast was on election night.
Disscused how Warren Harden won the election
150 dollars to buy it in the 1920
Traffic Siginal-
There needed to be a stop and go.
Sold to general electric
Cars-
Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler were the big brands
1928 1 out of 13 families had a car
1929 4 out of 5 families had a car.
1925 10% of the workforce was involved in the car industry.
Changes in the 1920's
Things were made for the rich up until the 1920's
Then, common people could now buy a car if they wanted.
Polotics-
Be ables to identy the polices given by the presidents
Normalcy Return normal ways of life before world war one
Trickle Down Theory- Tax breaks to the rich and then the money will "trickle" down through better jobs.
Isolationism
Remain alone and away from everyone else
Isolate from forigen affiars
Focus on our own problems
Laissez Faire
18th Amendment
Production and sale of liquors was illegal.
21st Amendment
This amendment stopped the 18th and liquor was brought back.
Crime
Crime rates went down and other drugs became illegal.
Many wifes didn't want liquors due to husbands and factories did not was liquors
They favored the 18th amendment.
Al Capone
One of Chicago's biggest gang leaders.
He was sent to jail for small little things
He had 215,00 dollars to pay on taxes.
Bad guy.
50,000 charges
and 8,000 court charges.
Released early for good behavior
1946 they found out he had a low mentaltiy.
Tuesday- The 1920's continued to present today.
Speakeasies Illegal drinking dens.
It would say that they sold "soft drinks"
There is a code to get in.
Bootlegging- how they referred to illegal manufactering.
Women Rights
Describer the new women of the 1920's
19th Amendment-
Gave women the right to vote and overall made women more confident.
The women are now gettting more education.
Flappers-
These peopel were rebillious and they went to go out to drink.
Used to wear long clothes but now wear short skirts.
Jazz music was very popular
New Age for Women-
Not as many housewives.
Still a lot of women living at home but most were getting education.
Magaret Sanger
This women allowed birth control for women.
She really wanted birth control becasue her mom had 11 kids and 6 misscarriges
In 1921 she started the birth control league.
Wednesday- 1920's continued to present.
Polotics-
I can explain the tea pot dome scandel.
Explain who won the elections of 1920.
Warren G Harding
Won by a landslide and he wanted to america be like it was before
He was born in 1865.
He was a publiser and editor
He was the ohio state sentor
United States sentor
He wasn't "ready" to be president
James M. Cox
Born in 1870
Heated
Governor of Ohio
He help adopt direct primaries.
He wanted to take care of other countries and not just focus on America.
1924 Election
Calvin Cooidge
"Silent Cal"
He thought governmnet should stay out of bussinesses
John W. Davis
He was very bland
Connected his campain to William Jennings Bryan.
Coprate Lawyer
1928 Election
R- Herbert C. Hoover
Continue the economic boom
He was herd good on the radio
He won in a landslide
Born in Iowa
Started as a mining enjneer
"Hoover Lunches"
Send food over to Europe
Alfred E Smith
First Roman cathlic president.
The people didn't want change.
Born in New York
"The Happy Warrior"
Teapot Dome Scandel
In Californa
Oil was set aside just in case of another World War.
Harding Affairs
Wife of one of his best friends
Lasted 6 years.
Disagree on stances of the war.
Economy
Called the roaring 20's
Incresed taxes on forigen goods
Mass production.
New products on the market.
Buying on credit
It is a buy now and pay later.
Caused people to buy more things
Tariffs
Put a tax on forgein goods.
Thursday-
Red Scare
What is communism and why were Americans scared of it
Communism-
Political party
Give money from rich to poor.
An the taxes for the rich are higher.
Red Scare
The fear of Communism
Russia left WW1 to fight communism
Big pressure on European countries
Americans were afraid that Russia would take over America.
Palmer Raids
He was the USA attorney general.
Look in houses for any signs of Communism
If anything was found, you would be marked red.
Entertainment-
Popular Sports were baseball and boxing
Fashion
Curly hair
Called flappers
Dressed differently
Fads
Flag pole sitting
Sit on a flag pole for as long as u want
Movies were cheap and very popular.
Charlie Chaplin was the biggest actor.
Music
Jazz music was very popular
Food
Oranges and Lemons
and Baked ham
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