Monday - No School
Tuesday - "Pink Collared" Jobs - Gave women a taste of the work world, Low paying service occupations, Made less money than men did doing the same jobs (Jobs: Secretaries, Teachers, Telephone Operators, Nurses)
Actors/Athletes - Al Jolson, Marx Brothers, Harry Houdini, Gene Tunney, Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Dempsey, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Harlem Renaissance - Means "Reborn" - Reborn of the black culture
W.E.B Dubois - Black spokesperson
James Weldon Johnson - Founder of NAACP
Marcus Garvey - Promoted blacks
The Cotton Club - Like a speakeasy for white people.
Wednesday - Key Topics - Red Scare (fear that the U.S was going to fall into communism), Immigration, Republican Philosophy (Low taxes, high tariffs and less government, Lower immigration, Trickle-down theory, Laissez-faire, "Normalcy", Rugged individualism- work hard), Impact of Automobiles and Airplanes, Womens Rights, Prohibition, Entertainment, Harlem Renaissance (African-American culture was being reborn with jazz music, art, literature; Be proud to be black) , What made the 1920's "roaring"? (Economy, Stock prices were rising, entertainment, dances)
Thursday - Test Day
Friday - The stock market crashed in 1929
FDR's New Deal Programs - "Fresh start" Relief for the needy, Economic recovery, Financial reform
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