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The Roaring 20s: A Time of Change and Celebration

In the 1920s, post-WWI Americans embraced life. Women and youth gained independence, flouting social norms with flappers' fashion and behavior. Prohibition led to speakeasies and bootlegging. The era saw the rise of gangsters like Al Capone and cultural clashes over fundamentalism. Ford's Model T revolutionized the automobile industry, sparking economic growth and consumerism. Jazz, fads, and new media like radio created a vibrant cultural scene. Celebrate the resilience and spirit of the Roaring Twenties!

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The Roaring 20s: A Time of Change and Celebration

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  1. The Roaring 20’s

  2. Happy to Be Alive • Americans come back from WW1 with sense of appreciation for life • New independence for groups: women, young people • Movement to cities continues, cars and other new inventions

  3. Flappers • Young women push social rules • Shorter skirts, show off shoulders, short “bob” hair cuts • Smoking, drinking, dancing in public • Don’t want to give up jobs since men are back

  4. Prohibition • 18th Amend outlawed sale, production, transportation of alcohol • Incredibly hard to enforce, thousands arrested

  5. Speakeasies– secret clubs that serve booze, code words and knocks • Bootleggers– make alcohol illegally, gangster get into the business, NASCAR starts

  6. Al “Scarface” Capone– powerful gangster in Chicago, illegal booze, St. Valentines Massacre, arrested for tax evasion

  7. Fundamentalism • Some religious groups become fundamental– bible totally true, extreme Christianity • Threatened by teachings of Darwin– evolution of the species

  8. Scopes Monkey Trial– Tenn teacher teaches about evolution, fired, huge trial w/media attention • Found guilty but later overturned

  9. The Automobile • Cars huge after WW1, everyone wanted one • Henry Ford– doesn’t invent it but mass produces the Model T, • assembly line production, cheaper and faster • Growth of cars lead to growth in gas, steel, insurance, repair shops

  10. Business Booms • Manufacturing doubles=more jobs= more $ to spend • Appliances are big purchases, bought on installment plans– down payment with monthly payments • Creates a great deal of debts due to interest– additional $ paid toborrow

  11. The Age of Jazz • Fads become big– activities or styles of time period • Flag pole sitting, dancing, new games • Radio becomes huge– NBC & CBS created

  12. Edison invents nickelodeons– movies that cost a nickel • First movies are silent, talkies come later • Leads to celebrities, sports leads to heroes • Jim Thorpe– Olympics, football, baseball • Babe Ruth-- baseball

  13. Charles Lindbergh– first to fly across Atlantic non-stop, national hero, son kidnapped • Jazz and Blues music spreads across US from New Orleans, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

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