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The Roaring Twenties A Social History

The Roaring Twenties A Social History Nativism The Age of Invention Mass Society Entertainment The Economy Sacco and Vanzetti Sacco & Vanzetti Case Convicted in spite of flimsy evidence Sacco & Vanzetti Case Convicted in spite of flimsy evidence Why? Sacco & Vanzetti Case

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The Roaring Twenties A Social History

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  1. The Roaring TwentiesA Social History • Nativism • The Age of Invention • Mass Society • Entertainment • The Economy

  2. Sacco and Vanzetti

  3. Sacco & Vanzetti Case • Convicted in spite of flimsy evidence

  4. Sacco & Vanzetti Case • Convicted in spite of flimsy evidence • Why?

  5. Sacco & Vanzetti Case • Convicted in spite of flimsy evidence • Why? • 1. They were Italian

  6. Sacco & Vanzetti Case • Convicted in spite of flimsy evidence • Why? • 1. They were Italian • 2. They were atheists

  7. Sacco & Vanzetti Case • Convicted in spite of flimsy evidence • Why? • 1. They were Italian • 2. They were atheists • 3. They were anarchists

  8. Sacco & Vanzetti Case • Convicted in spite of flimsy evidence • Why? • 1. They were Italian • 2. They were atheists • 3. They were anarchists • 4. They were draft-dodgers

  9. The “New” KKK of the 1920s

  10. The “New” Klan • Anti-Black • Anti-foreigner • Anti-birth control • Anti-Catholic • Anti-Semitic • Anti-Pacifist • Anti-Communist

  11. Immigration Restrictions • 1921: The Emergency Quota Act- Limited newcomers to 3% of their nationality living here in 1910.

  12. Immigration Restrictions • 1921: The Emergency Quota Act- Limited newcomers to 3% of their nationality living here in 1910. • 1924: Immigration Act of 1924- Reduced quota to 2% and made the base year 1890! • Japanese excluded by amendment to act.

  13. Immigration Restrictions • 1921: The Emergency Quota Act- Limited newcomers to 3% of their nationality living here in 1910. • 1924: Immigration Act of 1924- Reduced quota to 2% and made the base year 1890! • Japanese excluded by amendment to act. • By 1931, more foreign born people left country than entered!

  14. Social Improvements

  15. Social Improvements • Education: More youth stayed in school longer and more graduated high school.

  16. Social Improvements • Education: More youth stayed in school longer and more graduated high school. • Medicine: Improvements in medicine combined with better nutrition led to a 10 year increase in life expectancy.

  17. Scopes “Monkey” Trial

  18. Scopes “Monkey” Trial • John Scopes accused of teaching the theory of evolution in public school

  19. Scopes “Monkey” Trial • John Scopes accused of teaching the theory of evolution in public school • Prosecution assisted by Wm. Jennings Bryan; Defense-Clarence Darrow

  20. Scopes “Monkey” Trial • John Scopes accused of teaching the theory of evolution in public school • Prosecution assisted by Wm. Jennings Bryan; Defense-Clarence Darrow • Scopes convicted

  21. Scopes “Monkey” Trial • John Scopes accused of teaching the theory of evolution in public school • Prosecution assisted by Wm. Jennings Bryan; Defense-Clarence Darrow • Scopes convicted • Science v. Religion

  22. Scopes “Monkey” Trial • John Scopes accused of teaching the theory of evolution in public school • Prosecution assisted by Wm. Jennings Bryan; Defense-Clarence Darrow • Scopes convicted • Science v. Religion • Tradition v. Modernity

  23. Science and Technology • The Automobile: Henry Ford and the Model “T”

  24. Henry Ford and the Model “T” • Used Scientific Management and assembly line production

  25. Henry Ford and the Model “T” • Used Scientific Management and assembly line production • All parts interchangeable

  26. Henry Ford and the Model “T” • Used Scientific Management and assembly line production • All parts interchangeable • Economical

  27. Henry Ford and the Model “T” • Used Scientific Management and assembly line production • All parts interchangeable • Economical • 1914: Ford made his 500,000 car • 1930: Ford made his 30 millionth car!

  28. Industries helped by the automobile industry

  29. Industries helped by the automobile industry • steel

  30. Industries helped by the automobile industry • Steel • rubber

  31. Industries helped by the automobile industry • Steel • rubber • petroleum

  32. Industries helped by the automobile industry • Steel • rubber • petroleum • glass

  33. Industries helped by the automobile industry • Steel • rubber • petroleum • glass • highway construction and maintenance

  34. Industries helped by the automobile industry • Steel • rubber • petroleum • glass • highway construction and maintenance • service stations

  35. Air Travel

  36. Charles Lindbergh • First man to make a solo trans-atlantic flight in the “Spirit of St. Louis: 1927

  37. Listerine Advertisement

  38. The Jazz Singer- First “talkie”

  39. A Victorian Woman

  40. A Woman of the 1920sThe “Flapper”

  41. The Harlem Renaissance

  42. WC HANDY

  43. Jelly Roll Morton

  44. Langston Hughes

  45. The Golden Age of Sports

  46. Babe Ruth

  47. Lou Gehrig

  48. Red GrangeThe Galloping Ghost

  49. Jack Dempsey

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