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Chapter 22 THE ROARING TWENTIES

Chapter 22 THE ROARING TWENTIES. Adjusting to peacetime Changes in American Society The Jazz Age The Economy of the 1920’s. Bullet Points p. 757. Read pgs. 736-740. Ch 22, Sec 1 Adjusting to Peacetime. I can understand how the nation reacted to change in the 1920’s. Ch 22 Sec 1 - Reaction.

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Chapter 22 THE ROARING TWENTIES

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  1. Chapter 22THE ROARING TWENTIES Adjusting to peacetime Changes in American Society The Jazz Age The Economy of the 1920’s

  2. Bullet Points p. 757 Read pgs. 736-740

  3. Ch 22, Sec 1Adjusting to Peacetime • I can understand how the nation reacted to change in the 1920’s

  4. Ch 22 Sec 1 - Reaction • Treaty of Versailles failed • Poor economy • Threats of violence • People voted Republican

  5. Ch 22 Sec 1 - Presidents • Pres. Harding promises “return to Normalcy • Harding dies of heart attack • Calvin Coolidge keeps policies • Economy gets better and ROARS

  6. Ch 22 Sec 1-World Events • Coolidge helps U.S. participate in world peace efforts • Condemns military aggression and war • Intervenes in Latin America to help business interests

  7. Ch 22 Sec 1 – At home • The RED scare • Anarchists set off bombs • Many ,” Reds and Anarchists” deported • Sacco & Vanzetti • New immigration law

  8. Bullet Points p. 757 Read pgs. 741-745

  9. Ch 22 Sec 2Changes in American Society • I can understand how social change and social conflict marked the 1920’s

  10. Ch 22 Sec 1 – No booze • 18th amendment – Prohibition - 1919 Speakeasies Bootleggers White lightnin’ Bathtub gin Organized Crime

  11. Ch 22 Sec 2 - Women • 19th amendment – 1920 – Women’s suffrage • Wyoming & Texas – Female Governors • Still discrimination (medical schools, juries, money

  12. Ch 22, Sec 2 - Women • Younger women show independence • Flappers • Bobbed hair • Fancy dancing

  13. Josephine baker

  14. http://www.firecold.com/videos/the-charleston-dance

  15. Ch 22 Sec 2 – Mass culture • Model T Ford • Gas stations • 700 radio stations by 1926 • Go to the movies

  16. Ch 22 Sec 2 – Social Conflict • 1925 – Evolution vs Creationism – Scopes Monkey Trial • Great Migration Racial conflict Riots KKK Marcus Garvey

  17. Bullet Points p. 757 Read pages. 746-750

  18. Ch 22 Sec 3 – The Jazz Age • I can understand the arts and culture symbolized by the Jazz Age

  19. Fads and heroes • New dances • Flagpole sitting • Dance marathons • Sports heroes • Celebrities

  20. Jazz Music • Rhythms from West Africa & Caribbean • Work chants and spirituals from south • Harmonies from Europe • Developed by African Americans • Moved north – Great Migration

  21. Louis Armstrong

  22. Bessie Smith Duke Ellington

  23. Cab Calloway

  24. Literature • Social criticism Anti rich – F. Scott Fitzgerald Anti war – Ernest Hemmingway Loose values – Sinclair Lewis Racial prejudice – Langston Hughes Sense of hope

  25. Bullet Points p. 757 Read pages 752-755

  26. Ch 22 Sec 4 – The 1920’s Economy • I can understand the problems that threatened the economy in the 1920’s

  27. Ch 22 Sec 3 • Although the economy looked good, something was not right. 1. Stock market boom 2. Heavy purchasing 3. Rural poverty 4. Unemployment

  28. Industrial Growth • More new products to buy Washing machines Vacuum cleaners Radios Toasters Cars • High supply = low price

  29. Industrial growth • People buy on credit • High taxes (tariffs) on imports • Tax cuts for the wealthy • Economy stimulated but is there a problem? • Reckless spending

  30. The Stock Market What is the stock market? • 1920’s – Bull Market • Value rises • People buy on margin What is margin?

  31. TROUBLE!!! • During WW I farmers borrowed money to increase production • After war, markets shrank • Farmers going broke

  32. MORE TROUBLE!!! • Some companies give employees vacations and pensions BUT • Factory work is unskilled • Lower pay • High unemployment

  33. MORE REPUBLICANS • First Harding – Who died • Then Coolidge • Then Hoover, who promised “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage” • Hoover loses city vote but wins in rural areas

  34. CONCLUSION • DO YOU SEE ANY PROBLEMS?

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