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THE 1920’s

Explore the vibrant and tumultuous era of the 1920s, filled with jazz music, flappers, societal conflicts, prohibition, and the stock market boom leading to the catastrophic Wall Street Crash of 1929.

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THE 1920’s

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  1. THE 1920’s A.K.A. Roaring Twenties Golden Twenties Jazz Age Age of Wonderful Nonsense Age of Prohibition Age of Ballyhoo

  2. 1920’s Characterized by: • Poor Presidential Leadership • Conservatism / Isolationism • Conflicts in Values • Prosperity and The Stock Market • Lawlessness / Gangsterism • Liberation of Women • Lost generation

  3. Unrest In The 20’s • The Red Scare • Palmer Raids • Strikes / Walkouts • Revival of the KKK

  4. Weak Presidential Leadership Harding 1921- 1923 Coolidge 1923- 1929 HOOVER 1929- 1933

  5. Wets vs. Drys Business vs. Farmers Evolution vs. Bible Belt Clash of The Old and New Tradition vs. Flappers

  6. Pop Culture High Point 1927 JAZZ ART DECO

  7. LITERATURE STANDARDIZED NEWS

  8. SPORTS

  9. INSTALLMENTS

  10. NEW AGE ADVERTISING MOVIES/TALKIES

  11. CHARLIE CHAPLIN BABE RUTH AL CAPONE DUKE ELLINGTON JACK DEMPSEY Heroes CHARLES LINDBERGH

  12. LOUIS ARMSTRONG HARRY HOUDINI MARCUS GARVEY CLARA BOW

  13. Wall Street Crash • Then …. It all unraveled in the year 1929. • Stock Market Crashes on October 29 • AKA BLACK TUESDAY

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