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The Roarin’ 20s A-Z. Cienna Ribblett Period 11. A. Al Capone. Al Capone was one of the biggest mobsters in the 1920s. He smuggled liquor into Chicago. B. Bull Market. A period of increased stock trading and rising prices. C. Calvin Coolidge. Took office when Harding died
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The Roarin’ 20s A-Z Cienna Ribblett Period 11
A Al Capone • Al Capone was one of the biggest mobsters in the 1920s. • He smuggled liquor into Chicago.
B Bull Market • A period of increased stock trading and rising prices
C Calvin Coolidge • Took office when Harding died • Cut regulations on business
D • A fad in the 1920s • Couples or singles would dance until there was only one left standing • Could last for days Dance Marathons
E Ernest Hemmingway • Lived in Pares for a while • Became one of the most famous writers of the 1920s • He wrote about his experiences and used actual feelings in his writing
F • An activity or fashion that is popular for a short time • 1920s fads: • Dance marathons • Flagpole sitting • Games Fads
G Gertrude Ederle • A sports figure in the 1920s • When she was 19 years old she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel
H • African Americans celebrate their culture/heritage • African Americans became part of the entertaining business • Artists • Musicians • Writers Harlem Renaissance
I “I was awakened by my father…. I noticed that his voice trembled,” recalled Coolidge. • Coolidge recalled this from the day that Harding died • Coolidge’s father was a justice of peace and he swore his son into office
J Jazz • Born in New Orleans during the 1920s • Famous composers from the 1920s: • Scott Jophlin • Jelly Roll Horton • Bessie Smith • Louis Armstrong • Bix Beiderbecke
K “Keep Cool With Coolidge” • Voters chose to “Keep Cool With Coolidge” when they re-elected Coolidge
L Langston Hughes • An African American poet • He encouraged African Americans to embrace and be proud of the heritage
M Millay, Edna St. Vincent • She was a very popular poet in the 1920s • She expressed the fast pace that life was changing at
N Nativism • It’s an anti-foreign feeling • The Red Scare left people frightened of foreigners so immigration was limited
O • The people in the “Ohio Gang” were President Harding’s friends that he appointed to the Cabinet • Most of Harding’s friends were part of major scandals during and after Harding’s presidency “Ohio Gang”
P Prohibition • A ban on the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of liquor anywhere in the U.S. • From 1920- 1933
Q Quota System • Allowed only a certain number of people from each country to enter the United States. • Only 3% of the people in any nationality already living in the U.S. in 1910 could be allowed to enter
R • Wartime worries lead to people becoming afraid of foreigners. • Anarchists/Communists (“Reds”) plotted to kill famous Americans. • The government reacted towards the “Reds” harshly to protect the U.S. citizens. Red Scare
S • A trial in Dayton against a biology teacher named John Scopes • The teaching of evolution in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas was illegal and Mr. Scopes taught it to his class Scopes Trial
T • The Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall was bribed into leasing government land to two oil executives • The land that was leased was in California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming • Fall was sent to prison for committing the crime. Teapot Dome Scandal
U Unions • Are organizations that protect rights • Unions that formed in the 1920s: • Company Union • -labor organizations that were actually controlled by management
V • Bartholomeo Vanzetti & Nicola Sacco • Both were arrested for robbery and murder in 1920 • Sentenced to death by a jury because they admitted themselves to be anarchists Vanzetti & Sacco
W • A republican who wanted to bring the U.S. back to normalcy after World War 1 • President from 1914 until the day he died in 1923 of a heart attack Warren G. Harding
X • Xenophobia is fear or hatred towards foreigners, foreign countries, or anything foreign. • Americans were very frightened because of the Red Scare and many people took to hating or just disliking foreign people and countries Xenophobia
Y “You can’t go to town in a bathtub,” the farm woman explained. • This shows the impact that automobiles had on the country • People wanted to have a car more than indoor plumbing
Z • Wrote novels, essays, and short stories • She collected African American folklore because she was afraid that it was disappearing • Including: • Folk tales • Songs • Prayers of black southerners Zora Neale Hurston
