Week 8-12

Monday- work day on project

Tuesday- Bruns went over his presentation on the 1920s

KKK- hated more than blacks, Red Scare took away rights, The Immigration Act of 1924-W.A.S.P., Republican philosophy - 1920's- Trickle - down theory - giving tax brick to the rich, they would create more jobs for the poor or middle class, Laissez -faire - government stays out of business, Rugged individualism - it all about you what you do and what you wanna do

Charles Lindbergh and the "Lucky Lindy", Most Famous Man of the 1920's, First Solo Flight across the Atlantic, "Spirit of St. Louis" was the Plane he flew, Crime of the Century when his son was kidnap and killed

Amelia Earhart, Tried to be the first Women to fly across the World, Disappeared around the Holland Island 

Rural vs  Urban-1920 census - 51.2 people lived in cities of 2500 or more, 1922-1929 - more than 2 million people moved from farms to the cities each year, Rural areas tried to hold on to moral values and close social relationship

Thursday- Continued

Fashion of the 1920's- Guys had oxford bags pants, Women wore hats and dresses were to the knees and big fur coats, Men wore fedoras and wore suits

Famous people in 1920s-Greta Garbo, Clara Bo, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, The Marx Brothers, Harry Houdini, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Booby Jones, Bill Tilden, Red Grange, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong

Friday- 1920s party

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