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The Roaring 20’s

The Roaring 20’s. Chapter 13. Get out your roaring 20’s packets. Prohibition Women’s suffrage Life during the 1920’s Sports and 1920’s heroes Flappers 1920’s slang. The Scopes Monkey Trial. Religious debates begin to play a large role in American politics

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The Roaring 20’s

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  1. The Roaring 20’s Chapter 13

  2. Get out your roaring 20’s packets • Prohibition • Women’s suffrage • Life during the 1920’s • Sports and 1920’s heroes • Flappers • 1920’s slang

  3. The Scopes Monkey Trial • Religious debates begin to play a large role in American politics • In 1925 the Tennessee legislature makes it illegal to teach evolution • John Scope defies the law • Clarence Darrow leads the defense • William Jennings Bryan leads the prosecution • Event is turned into a spectacle • Scopes is found guilty and fined $100 • Conviction is later overturned by Supreme Court

  4. Ku Klux Klan • Rise in the growing dislike of immigrants leads to a revival of the KKK • Grows from a few thousand in 1920 to 5 million by 1925 • Used scare tactics, cross burnings, beatings, kidnappings, and murders to scare its victims

  5. Key Players

  6. 1920’s Key Players (athletes) • Babe Ruth • Lou Gehrig • Ty Cobb • “Rube” Foster • “Red” Grange • Bill Tilden • Bobby Jones • Jack Dempsey • Johnny Weissmuller • Gertrude Ederle

  7. 1920’s Key Players (Musicians/Actors) • Louis Armstrong • Scott Joplin • George Gershwin • Charlie Chaplin • Buster Keaton • Greta Garbo • Will Rogers • Rudolph Valentino

  8. 1920’s Key Players (Presidents/Police) • Warren Harding • Calvin Coolidge • J. Edgar Hoover • Klu Klux Klan • Mitchell Palmer • “Izzy” Einstein • “Moe” Smith • Wayne Wheeler

  9. 1920’s Key Players (Pioneers) • Charles Lindbergh • Amelia Earhart • Carrie Nation • Henry Ford

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