1 / 11

America in the 1920’s and 1930’s

America in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Women’s Rights. 19 th Amendment is passed in August of 1920 – gave women the right to vote Flappers – women who challenged traditional dress and behavior. Red Scare.

Download Presentation

America in the 1920’s and 1930’s

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. America in the 1920’s and 1930’s

  2. Women’s Rights • 19th Amendment is passed in August of 1920 – gave women the right to vote • Flappers – women who challenged traditional dress and behavior

  3. Red Scare • Labor unrest, strikes and violence led many people to worry about Communist/Anarchist influence in the US. • Xenophobia – fear and hatred of foreigners • Nicola Sacco/Bartolomeo Vanzetti – executed in 1927 • American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU

  4. Great Migration • During the 1920’s, hundreds of thousands of black southerners began moving to the North to escape racial prejudice • Faced opposition from whites concerned about job losses • 25 urban race riots during the 1920’s in the North

  5. 1920’s politics • Warren Harding elected President in 1920 • Ohio Gang • Teapot Dome Scandal • Harding dies in 1923 – Calvin Coolidge takes over • Disarmament – limiting military weapons • Kellogg-Briand Pact – 1928 – outlawed war • Herbert Hoover elected President in 1928 • Republican policies were pro-business – believed that it was not the government’s job to solve social problems • Country became isolationist again

  6. Prohibition • January 16, 1920 – 18th amendment is passed – banned the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages • Speakeasies – illegal clubs that sold alcohol • Bootleggers – alcohol smugglers • Led to the rise of major criminal organizations – Al Capone • December 5th, 1933 – 21st amendment ends Prohibition

  7. Culture Wars • Fundamentalism – teaches that the Bible is literally true and free of error • 1925 – Scopes Monkey Trial • Nativism – anti-immigrant feelings • Emergency Quota Act – 1921 – limited immigration to 375,000 a year • National Origins Act – 1924 – favored European immigrants over other races

  8. Boom Times • 1920’s – economic growth and business doubled • Henry Ford – used assembly line techniques to manufacture large numbers of cars – Model T - $290 in 1927 • Mass production methods led to tremendous business growth and new job opportunities • Installment plans – customers made down payments and had a monthly payment after that

  9. Jazz Age • Fads – Flappers, Marathon Dancing, Flagpole Sitting • 1920 – radio programs are aired regularly for the first time • Movies were invented in the late 1800’s – Nickelodeons – early theaters • 1927 – first movie with sound is released – “The Jazz Singer”

  10. Famous People of the 1920’s • Movies – Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo • Sports – Jim Thorpe – Football/Olympics • Helen Wills – Tennis • Red Grange – Football • George Herman Ruth “Babe” – Baseball • Leroy (Satchel) Paige, James (Cool Papa) Bell – Negro Leagues Baseball • Charles Lindbergh – Pilot – first to fly across the Atlantic – 1927 • Amelia Earhart – Female pilot – disappeared in 1937

  11. Blues and Jazz • Ragtime, Blues, and Jazz were popular music styles during the 1920’s • Ragtime – Scott Joplin • Blues – W.C. Handy, Bessie Smith • Jazz – Louie Armstrong, Duke Ellington • Harlem Renaissance – period of African-American artistic growth – Langston Hughes • Lost Generation – writers disgusted by the destruction of World War I – Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald • Expatriate – person who leaves their native country to live elsewhere

More Related