Henry Fords Model T *

1. The decade of the 1920s is often characterized as a period of American prosperity and optimism. It was the "Roaring Twenties," the decade of bathtub gin, the model T, the $5 work day, the first transatlantic flight, and the movie. It is often seen as a period of great advance as the nation became urban and commercial.

2. Henry Fords Model T* Brought cars from an item of luxury to affordable for the average American. This was done by cutting production costs, implementing the moving assembly line and allowing people to buy the cars with an installment plan.

3. The Rise of Automobiles led to… • Millions of jobs making steel, rubber and glass • Government spent millions paving highways and building new bridges • People opened roadside businesses to serve travelers • Gas stations • Restaurants • Motels • Car repair shops

4. Electricity* Electric Desk Fan Vacuum Cleaner Ad featuring a new General Electric convenience: the electric stove. Washing Machine Household Radio Refrigerator

5. Flapper Era • The term flapper in the 1920s was a term applied to a “new breed” of young Western women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, smoked cigarettes, and did not conform to “acceptable behavior”. Flappers were seen as scandalous because they wore excessive makeup, they drank in bars, smoked, drove cars, and danced. Flapper Lifestyle*

6. Women's clothing during the 1920's.

7. New Youth Culture • Developed after WWI- young people started to move away from rural towns and into urban cities. They want more freedoms before settling down. • Included going to parties, dance clubs, listening to music and driving fast cars • High school attendance doubled and more men and women were going to college in the US than in any other country

8. Red Scare* • The First Red Scare of 1919–1920 was marked by a widespread fear of Communism (Reds) and anarchism (people opposed to organized government). • The First Red Scare had its origins in the nationalism of World War I. At the war's end, following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, American authorities saw a the threat of revolution in the actions of organized labor.

9. New York Evening TelegramNovember 1, 1919

10. Palmer Raids • April 1919- postal workers found bombs addressed to famous Americans and a bomb exploded outside of Attorney General Mitchell Palmers home Palmer Raids- government agents arrested thousands of suspected radicals often without evidence

11. Sacco and Vanzetti Italian born anarchists Arrested for murder of factory worker and guard Found guilty and executed for the crime, although they claimed innocence Historians debate their guilt today Controversy over whether they had been given a fair trial Were they found guilty simply because of their immigrant background or political beliefs??

12. Sacco & Vanzetti the 2 leaders of the working class were executed in America 1927* The judge he told his friends around"Gonna put them rebels down""Anarchist bastards" was the nameThe judge he gave these two fine menVanzetti docked in '98Slept upon a dirty streetTaught the people how to organizeNow in the electric chair he dies All us people ough to beLike Sacco and VanzettiEvery day find ways to fightOn the people side for workers' rights Sacco made his bread and butterBeing the factory's best shoe-cutterVanzetti worked both day and nightTaught the people how to fight Sacco made his bread and butterBeing the factory's best shoe-cutterVanzetti worked both day and nightTaught the people how to fightI'll tell you if you ask meAbout the payroll robberyTwo clerks were shot in the shoe factoryThere in the streets of old BraintreeI'll tell you the prosecutors' namesKatman, Adams, Williams, KaneThem and the judge were the best of friendsDid more tricks than circus clowns Oh say there, have you heard the newsSacco worked at trimming shoesVanzetti was a traveling manPushed his cart round with his handsTwo good men's a long time goneSacco and Vanzetti are goneTwo good men's a long time goneLeft me here to sing this songSacco came from across the seaSomewhere over ItalyVanzetti born of parents fineDrank the best Italian wineSacco was a family manSacco's wife three children hadVanzetti was a dreaming manA book was always in his hand

13. Immigration • Emergency Quota Act- limited # of immigrants allowed to enter and favored those from Western Europe • National Origins Act of 1924- banned immigration from East Asia entirely

14. The New KKK Ku Klux Klan rally, Gainesville, Florida, December 31, 1922. From Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty 1926 William J. Simmons founded the second Ku Klux Klan in 1915

15. KKK Klan Day at the races at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado Inauguration of the Woman's Klan in Long Island, NY 1924 KKK*

16. Prohibition

17. The 20’s marked the beginning of Prohibition and the disposal of all alcohol. These photos take place during prohibition and is of men dumping alcohol down the sewers.

18. This is an example of a 1920's speakeasy. These bars sprung up as centers of illegal drinking while prohibition was still a governmental policy.

19. Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an Italian-American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime organization that was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago to take advantage of a new opportunity to make money smuggling illegal alcoholic beverages into the city during Prohibition. Capone was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion, and sentenced to federal prison. His incarceration included a term at the then-new Alcatraz federal prison. Prohibition in the 20s* Prohibition Super bowl Commercial*

20. Scopes Trial- Evolution • Fundamentalism- a protestant religious movement characterized by the belief in a literal, or word-for-word interpretation of the bible.

21. Scopes Summary* Speech* The so-called "monkey trial" attracted a lot of media attention across the U.S. and in Europe.