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Boom Times

Boom Times. Chapter 23 Section 1. A. Prosperity and Productivity GNP rose 30 Billion Wages increased 1930 2/3 of Americans had electricity Scientific Management Increased business output. B. The Growth of the Automobile Henry Ford 1903—developed ford 1908—Model T Ford, 250,000 by 1914

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Boom Times

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  1. Boom Times Chapter 23 Section 1

  2. A. Prosperity and Productivity • GNP rose 30 Billion • Wages increased • 1930 2/3 of Americans had electricity • Scientific Management • Increased business output

  3. B. The Growth of the Automobile • Henry Ford 1903—developed ford • 1908—Model T Ford, 250,000 by 1914 • Assembly line • Lowered Prices • 1909=$850, 1924=$290 • 1/5 of people had a car • 1920—Auto industry is largest US business

  4. C. Changes in Work • Assembly line—increased productivity • Ford shortened the work day and increases pay • Decreased to 8 hours • Increased to $5 a day • Required workers to meet certain standards

  5. D. Land of Automobiles • 400,000 miles of new roads • Auto-Touring • Change lifestyles of Americans

  6. E. Creating Consumers • Head of GM created installment plan • 1926—75% on credit • New items each year • Planned obsolescence • Advertising in 1929 reached $3 Billion • A&P Grocery chain=3,000 stores in 1922 • 1925=14,000 stores

  7. Life in the 1920s Chapter 23 Section 2

  8. A. Prohibition • 18th amendment • Volstead Act passed to enforce prohibition • Bootlegging and speakeasies • Organized crime • Al Capone • Eliot Ness—Untouchables • 21st amendment 1933

  9. B. Youth Culture • The New Woman—Flappers • College Life • More people started to go to college • Leisure activities • Dance Marathons • Flag pole sitting • Beauty Contests

  10. C. Mass Entertainment • Radio KDKA—Pittsburg 1920 • WWJ—Detroit • 1929—800 stations in US • 1929—80 million went to movies each week • $0.05 • Sports • Baseball—Babe Ruth • Football

  11. D. Celebrities and Heroes • Jim Thorpe • Charles Lindberg • Amelia Earhart • E. Religion in the 1920s • Revivalism • Fundamentalism

  12. A Creative Era Chapter 23 Section 2

  13. A. Music • Emergence of Jazz • Blues • Bessie Smith • Louis Armstrong • Jazz moves North • Oliver moves to Chicago • Popularization of Jazz • Langston Hughes

  14. B. Harlem Renaissance • Theater • “To portray the black soul to win admiration of world” • Paul Robeson • Rose McClendon • Literature (p. 706) • James Weldon Johnson

  15. C. The Lost Generation • Stories of Disillusionment • Hemmingway—Farewell to Arms • F. Scott Fitzgerald—The Great Gatsby • Criticizing the Middle Class • Sinclair Lewis • Close-minded, empty, conforming

  16. D. The Visual Arts • Painting and Photography • Alfred Stieglitz • Murals • Los TresGrandes • Diego Rivera, Orozco, • David Siquerios • Architecture • Frank Lloyd Wright • Empire State Building

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