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The Roaring Twenties. Marissa Rojas & Ted Waddell. Thesis. The 1920’s was a time of excitement, new fads and economic prosperity. As time went on, the economy declined greatly causing devastation for all. The Beginning. Slow Start Eased into booming economy. Fashion. Women (flappers)
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The Roaring Twenties Marissa Rojas& Ted Waddell
Thesis The 1920’s was a time of excitement, new fads and economic prosperity. As time went on, the economy declined greatly causing devastation for all.
The Beginning • Slow Start • Eased into booming economy
Fashion Women (flappers) • skirts • stockings • hats • hair in bobs
Fashion Men • formal wear no more • sports clothes/jackets • brighter clothes
Music • Jazz • Bessie Smith • Ragtime • Broadway Musical
Social Life • Dancing • Drinking • Radio • Sports • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAOHtmy4j0&feature=related
Leaders: Presidents • Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) • Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) • Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) • Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Economic Policies • Prohibition • Harding & Coolidge Plans • Over Confidence • Hoover’s Passive Plans
Sports • Babe Ruth • Lou Gehrig • Bill Tilden • Jack Dempsey
Technology • Mass production • Movies • Radio • Model T
The Ending • 1928 • Women’s voting rights • 1929 • Black Tuesday • Crash
Works Cited • “1920’s” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 17 May 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s. • “Herbert Hoover.” Angelfire. 17 May 2009http://angelfire.com/co/psct/oover.html. • America: History of Our Nation. Upper Saddle River, MA: Prentice Hall (School Division), 2007. (736-755)