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A Brief History of Modern American. 1920’s-1990’s Committee 4. 1920’s- The Roaring Twenties. President: Calvin Coolidge Economic prosperity Mass production and assembly lines Women’s Suffrage 19 th Amendment: Enable women to vote. Changing roles for women “Jazz Age” Louis Armstrong
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A Brief History of Modern American 1920’s-1990’s Committee 4
1920’s- The Roaring Twenties • President: Calvin Coolidge • Economic prosperity • Mass production and assembly lines • Women’s Suffrage • 19th Amendment: Enable women to vote. • Changing roles for women • “Jazz Age” • Louis Armstrong • Prohibition • 18th Amendment: Prohibits the manufacture, sale, import and export of alcohol. • Speakeasy
1930’s- The Dirty Thirties • President: Franklin D. Roosevelt • The Great Depression • Stock Market Crash of 1929 • World War II • In Europe • Movies • The Wizard Of Oz • Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs • Assassinations • Huey Long
1940’s and 50’s • WW II • Pearl Harbor • World War II ends on the 2nd of September 1945. • Political Changes • United Nations • Cold War begins in 1947 • The Red Scare • Vietnam War begins in 1955 • Music and Art • Rock & Roll: Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly • Art: Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol
1960’s- The Sixties • Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson • Continuation of the Vietnam War • Civil Right’s Movement • Martin Luther King Jr. • Anti-War Movement • Hippies, Peace • British Invasion • Beatles enter America in 1964 • Space Race • Neil Armstrong, 1969
70’s • Major President: Richard Nixon • The Watergate Scandal • Vietnam War ends in 1973 • 1973 Oil Crisis • Feminism • Sports • Pittsburgh Steelers win 3 superbowls during the 70’s • Music And Film • Music: Bob Marley, Elton John, The Sugarhill Gang • Film: Starwars, The Godfather, Jaws
1980’s- The Eighties • Major President: Ronald Reagan • Fall of the Berlin Wall • beginning of the end of the Cold War • The breakup up of the USSR • US invades Grenada after coup on the island • Music: Michael Jackson, Madonna • Start of the computer age • Cell Phones
1990’s- The Nineties • Major President: George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton • Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky Scandal • The Gulf War • Oklahoma City bombing a bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. • Economic Expansion The U.S experiences its longest period of economic expansion during the decade. • OJ Simpson murder case • Music and Movies • Music: Nirvana, Britney Spears, Notorious B.I.G • Movies: Titanic, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump