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5-4.1: Roaring Twenties

5-4.1: Roaring Twenties. Roaring Twenties. Time of change and excitement in the United States New inventions New music/ dances More jobs Fun time for wealthy Americans. New Inventions. Automobiles Radios Airplanes Appliances Movies. Automobiles. Model T Ford: Invented by Henry Ford

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5-4.1: Roaring Twenties

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  1. 5-4.1: Roaring Twenties

  2. Roaring Twenties • Time of change and excitement in the United States • New inventions • New music/ dances • More jobs • Fun time for wealthy Americans

  3. New Inventions • Automobiles • Radios • Airplanes • Appliances • Movies

  4. Automobiles • Model T Ford: Invented by Henry Ford • He used mass production. • Mass production: producing a large number of items at one time

  5. Model T Ford • All Model T Ford’s were made on an assembly line. • Model T Ford’s were cheap and made very quickly. • People could afford cars.

  6. Model T Ford • Farmers could transport crops easily. • One wanted to be buried in his car! • Some thought they were for the “poor man.” • Joke: “Why is a Model T like a bathtub?” • Answer: Because you hate to be seen in one.

  7. A Nation of Drivers! • 26 million cars on the road • America needed better roads. Many jobs began.

  8. More Cars= More Jobs • Jobs: • Construction workers to move roads • Factory workers to build cars • Auto repair shops to fix cars • Hotels • Gas stations • Restaurants

  9. Cars= Freedom • People lived farther from their jobs • Sightseeing trips • “Sunday Drives”

  10. Radio • Radios: invented for communication between ships • David Sarnoff wanted to use radio for public communication.

  11. Radio • Radio Corporation of America (RCA) began making radios for people’s homes. • They used mass production to make a large number. • 1st Broadcast: BOXING MATCH

  12. Radio • Hundreds of thousands of people listened. • Radio sales soared! • Comedies, dramas, and music began airing.

  13. Radios • Commercials began to air to raise money for radio companies. • Commercials: • 15 minutes long • Soap companies had commercials during dramas: soap operas

  14. Mass Media • Mass media: public communication that reaches a large number of people • People bought products on the radio • Songs became popular • Products were purchased

  15. Movies • Movies became popular entertainment. • Inexpensive • Nickelodeons: theatre that only costs a nickel • Early Movies: • Short (few minutes long) • Black and white • No sound

  16. Movies • Hollywood, CA: center of movie-making • Warm climate • Variety of outdoor settings (mountains, seashores, forests, deserts) • Movies called “talkies” came out later

  17. Common Culture • People copied hair and clothing of movie stars • Women wanted curly hair • People bought the same products

  18. Mary Pickford

  19. Not for Everyone • Only the wealthy could enjoy this freedom • Sharecroppers, farmers, and factories workers could not enjoy the Roaring Twenties.

  20. 5-4.1 Part Two The 1920s for Certain Groups of People

  21. Rights for Women Women had only been considered equal in the Western areas of the U.S. Women contributed their money, time, and efforts during World War One. The U.S. government decided they deserved the right to vote.

  22. 19th Amendment 19th Amendment: gave women the right to vote Passed in 1920

  23. Life for Immigrants Anti-immigrant feelings grew worse. Catholic and Jewish immigrants from Southern/ Eastern Europe were targets of the Klu Klux Klan. Red Scare of 1919- Americans were worried about Communism.

  24. Preventing Immigrants Immigration Laws established an immigrant quota system in 1920. Prohibition

  25. Life for African Americans • Not treated fairly in the South • No jobs • Jim Crow Laws • Lynchings • Sharecropping was hard • In debt • Boll weevil

  26. African Americans Moving North • Friends encouraged them to move • Churches put ads in newspapers • There were jobs in factories during WW1. • They began moving to the North and the Midwest. • Called the Great Migration

  27. African Americans in the North Jim Crow Laws were widely practiced. Riots in the city targeted African Americans. African Americans were not treated fairly, even though they had fought during World War One.

  28. Harlem Renaissance • Renaissance: time of great achievement in the arts and learning • African Americans took their culture to the North. • They moved to the same neighborhoods and decided to celebrate the African American contributions to American life through the arts.

  29. Harlem Renaissance African Americans celebrated their contributions to American life through writing, art, and music. Famous town: Harlem, New York Jazz Music became popular all over the United States.

  30. Harlem Renaissance • African Americans used their art to express themselves and their feelings • Langston Hughes: wrote poetry • Zora Neale Hurston: wrote novels • Jacob Lawrence: painted to show African American life and history

  31. The Jazz Age • New music and dancing became popular. • Jazz music: started by African Americans • Duke Ellington

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