Prostitution, Drinking all illegal.
1. Roaring 20's-jazz(music), sports, buying on credit, fashion, fads, movies
"The Jazz Age" Started in New Orleans. Jazz music in the 20's: The 1920's were known as the jazz age. The jazz music originated in New Orleans. Luis Armstrong was on of the most famous jazz musicians in history. The Cotton Club was a very famous jazz club in Harlem New York City. Many famous jazz musicians played there including Duke Ellington. Jazz music was very upbeat and great for dancing, perhaps why some of the older generation thought it would weaken morals.
Sports: The 1920's was known as the Golden age of sports. Baseball was huge Babe Ruth played ball in this era. Football was also very big, but uniforms were very lacking. Boxing was also very big. Tennis also became very popular. Two things that allowed for the expansion of sports were the radio and the automobile.
Fashion of the 1920'S: Women started to wear shorter length skirts with high collared sweaters. Men started to wear more comfortable clothing. Women desired a somewhat more masculine look with shorter hair and shoulder pads to give the illusion of broad shoulders.Channel made her big break by coining the little black dress. Flappers. Fedora hats. Silk stockings.
Movies: Movies were most always silent films. Horror films were very popular. Peter pan, the phantom of the Opera, Dracula.
2. Red Scare/Anti-immigration
3. Planes and automobiles
Plans wern't very popular untill WWI. At first plans were only for man. Only REALLY rich people could afford it. Carried rich people.They than started carring people. Only a couple though. Amella Earhart was the first woman to fly nonstop across the Atlantic. Most popular for her disapperence. Never to be heard from agian. Henry Ford had made the first automobile. More roads started up. The Car- All time enventions. It transformed how people lived.
4. Prohibition/Gangs
Was passed threw the 18th addmedment. It wasn't illigel to own or to drink. It was illigel to sell it. And to transport. Alot of bars had a lot of alchol on hand, so they didn't have to come. You were able to make small amounts of it. Orders for commion went up. Underground Alot was smuggled from Canada. People killed people for alchol because they wanted it. Irony that alchol was suposed to stop vilence and it only started more. 1933, abuled. 21st immendment. Bootlegers; Hid it in there boots. Do anything to hid the alchol. Colorado put all these gangs together. Alphipon's nickname was Scareface. His nephew came over and wanted to do bootlegings. So Alphipon didn't. His nephew got killed. It was Taxfree. So the cops tried to go after him but never really found anything. They finnally got him for n taxing. St. Valentines Day Massicure.
5. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
Harding- From Ohio. Became a sentor. Became president. 1920- His teapot scandal. He died as Presidant. He got sick- A trip to Alaska. Died in office- not killed though. Wanted Right to oil scandal. Interior- Sold oil to private buissnessess.
Coolidge- All about "Do Little As Possible" was kinda like the years motto. "99 Percent of the worlds problems would go away if we set still" He said. He didn't think the congress had to do all of it. People should do some stuff. He would not allow any of the KKK members to go into office. So alot of people turned the cheak to them.
Hoover- 31st Presidant. People think he's terrible. He was Presidant at the time stoke market prices went down. People always said he didn't do anything. He tried to raise tarrifs. He tried to help farmers-He erged the congross into passing about farmers.
6. Women in the 20's 7. African-Americans in the 20's.
19 admenment came by and changed alot. Woman wore looser clothing. They created a look- Meaning "Little Boy" and wore bagger clothing around bust for "Little Boy" look. They start drinking and smoking to be more like men. In 1923 admendment- Men and Woman equal rights. Never ended up happening. Blacks moved north. Harlam Reniceness.
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