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The Roaring 20’s

The Roaring 20’s. By Bonnie Fisher, Brandon Cotner and Halley Campbell. Thesis. To show and explain the impact the 1920’s had on American history. Return to Normalcy. The Harding Administration Warren Harding won the 1920 election by a landside by promising a return to normalacy .

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The Roaring 20’s

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  1. The Roaring 20’s By Bonnie Fisher, Brandon Cotner and Halley Campbell

  2. Thesis • To show and explain the impact the 1920’s had on American history.

  3. Return to Normalcy • The Harding Administration • Warren Harding won the 1920 election by a landside by promising a return to normalacy. • Got congress to lower taxes on businesses and he wealthy • Scandals • Teapot Dome • The Coolidge Administration • Honesty and integrity • Public Trust

  4. Foreign Policy • International Power • Isolationism • Disarmament • Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 • Communism • Diplomatic recognition

  5. The Red Scare • Anarchists • foreign born , “Reds” • May 1920 • Nicola Sacco • Bartolomeo Vanzetti • Limiting Immigration • New limitations • Competition for jobs

  6. Prohibition • The Eighteenth Amendment • Prohibition • The Experiment Fails • Bootleggers • Speakeasies • The Growth of Organized Crime • $$$ • February 1933

  7. Changing Lives of Women • Nineteenth Amendment • Political Positions • A New Attitude • Flappers

  8. A New Mass Culture • Impact of the Automobile • New Businesses • The Radio • First Radio Station • The Movies

  9. Social Conflict • The Scopes Trial • Evolution • Racial Conflict • Race Riots • KKK

  10. Fads and Heroes • Heroes of the New Age • “Ev’ry morning, ev’ryenening, ain’t we got fun?” • Dance • Lindy Hop • Charleston • Black Bottom • The Breakaway • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAOHtmy4j0&feature=related

  11. An American Sound • Jazz Age • New Orleans • Louis Armstrong • Radio • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqYMTpXHc

  12. Literature of the 1920’s • Social Critics • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Sinclair Lewis • The Harlem Renaissance • Langston Hughes

  13. Industrial Growth • Industrial Growth • Installment buying • Attracting Consumers • Women

  14. A Booming Stock Market • Bull Market • A period of rising stock prices • Buying on Margin • Borrowing money in order to buy stocks

  15. Signs of Trouble • Farmers • No participation • Workers • Unemployment • Assembly line

  16. Election of 1928 • Republicans • Herbert Hoover • Democrats • Alfred E. Smith

  17. Works Cited • Davidson, James W. America Historyof Our Nation. Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007 • "Herbert Hoover." Wikipedia. 15 May 2009. • Lorance, Loretta L. "Part 3." Part 3. 17 May 2003. • Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. 14 May 2009 <en.wikipedia.org/langstonhughes>.

  18. The End • Any Questions?

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