What positive and negative impact did the 1920's have on the United States?
1. Roaring 20's-jazz(music), sports, buying on credit, fashion, fads, movies
Jazz age - started in New Orleans
Louis Armstrong - trumpet player
Sports - Golden age of sports; Babe Ruth - baseball; Red Grange - football; Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney - Boxing
Buying on credit -
movies - silent and horror movies
2. Red Scare/Anti-immigration
3. Planes and automobiles
4. Prohibition/Gangs
5. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
6. Women in the 20's
7. African-Americans in the 20's
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