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Changes in 1920s

Changes in 1920s. USH-6.1. I. Post-WWI economy. Huge economic boom hurt many Americans Electricity hurt coal industry Farmers lost their markets Surplus led to low prices New products made using assembly line Most workers can’t afford to buy the products they make b/c of low wages

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Changes in 1920s

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  1. Changes in 1920s USH-6.1

  2. I. Post-WWI economy • Huge economic boom hurt many Americans • Electricity hurt coal industry • Farmers lost their markets • Surplus led to low prices • New products made using assembly line • Most workers can’t afford to buy the products they make b/c of low wages • “Haves” and “Have-nots” get farther apart

  3. II. Mass Media • Increase in information, education, and entertainment • Newspapers, radio, movies • The introduction of the commercial • Selling good many couldn’t afford • Buy on installment plan • Changes the way people feel about going into debt

  4. II. Mass Media

  5. III. Ladies • Many new inventions for the ladies • Washing machine • Vacuum • Electric irons • Meant to reduce the amount of time on housework • Middle class women begin doing their own cleaning • Working class women lose jobs as maids • Less money in their pockets

  6. III. Ladies • Flappers were women who went against traditional female rules • Most women become wives and mothers as before • Mass media reinforce gender roles

  7. IV. Transportation • Cars • Living patterns change • Moving away from home more often • Rural people affected b/c of social and economic uses • More people begin moving to suburbs

  8. IV. Transportation • Street cars/trolleys • Allows people to live in different neighborhoods • Allows people to work in different neighborhoods • Airplanes • Exist but only super-wealthy can use it

  9. V. Great Migration • AA moving to Northeast and Midwest • Jim Crow • Violence • Poverty • Job opportunities • Cultural renaissance in Northern cities • Black middle class grows • Businesses cater to growing black population

  10. V. Great Migration • Harlem Renaissance • Black writers, artists, musicians, poets • Celebrated African culture and black pride • Questioned AA position and treatment • Mass media helped • Spread jazz to white audiences • Spread books and art by blacks • Helped break old barriers

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