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The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties. Voices from the past:. “America’s present need is not heroics but healing, not nostrum but normalcy, not revolution but restoration…” President Warren G. Harding, 1920. The Roaring Twenties. Objectives for today:

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The Roaring Twenties

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  1. The Roaring Twenties

  2. Voices from the past: “America’s present need is not heroics but healing, not nostrum but normalcy, not revolution but restoration…” • President Warren G. Harding, 1920

  3. The Roaring Twenties • Objectives for today: • Describe the scandals in the Harding administration (26-1). • Discuss the changes to industry Henry Ford introduced (26-2). • Describe changes in women’s lives during the 1920s (26-3). • Outline development in the arts and education during this period (26-3). • Text: Chapter 26

  4. The Roaring Twenties • Review • After WWI, Americans wanted “normalcy.” [sic] • Voters elected conservative leaders who would turn their attention inward. • The 1920s were somewhat of a contradiction – people wanted to preserve moral values, yet enjoy the benefits of dazzling prosperity.

  5. The Harding Years • “The Ohio Gang” • There was more corruption in Harding’s administration than any previous one. • Gov’t jobs, pardons and immunity from the courts were up for sale.

  6. Teapot Dome Scandal • Sec. of the Interior Albert Fall secretly rents public land. • The land was supposed to provide oil for the navy. • Harding dies shortly after a trip to Alaska.

  7. Henry Ford • The Automobile • The most important symbol of 1920s. • Ford allowed the public to enjoy what was once a toy for the rich. • A Model-T could be had for $290 in 1924, thanks to assembly line production. • Interestingly, the increase in cars on the road caused a death toll greater than U.S. WWI deaths.

  8. Women • The “Flapper” • Women expressed greater personal freedom. • Smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol. • Wore short dresses. • Danced the Charleston • Flappers represented a shift in values and norms that alarmed many Americans.

  9. “Lucky Lindy” • 25 year old Charles Lindbergh was the hero of his age. • He flew 33 hours from New York to Paris and was met by huge crowds. • He gave hope to people who were jaded by corruption and replaced by machines.

  10. Prohibition • The Eighteenth Amendment banned the production and sale of alcohol in America. • It indirectly contributed to the rise of powerful crime syndicates and enormous wealth.

  11. Arts and Education • The Harlem Renaissance • An explosion of African-American talent. • A product of WWI liberation and protest against second-class status at home.

  12. Paul Robeson, actor

  13. Ethel Waters, singer

  14. E. Franklin Frazier, sociologist

  15. Langston Hughes, poet Dream Boogie, p. 727

  16. Zora Neale Hurston, novelist

  17. Lecture Notes Online • http://spacetolearn.wikispaces.com/U.S.+History+Lecture+Notes

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