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THE ROARING TWENTIES. Created by Lisa Bremer. KEY VOCABULARY OF The Roaring Twenties. Economic Boom : A time of quick economic growth. Economic Bust : A time of quick economic decline. The U.S. Stock market boomed in the 1920’s.
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THE ROARING TWENTIES Created by Lisa Bremer
KEY VOCABULARY OF The Roaring Twenties • Economic Boom: A time of quick economic growth. • Economic Bust: A time of quick economic decline. • The U.S. Stock market boomed in the 1920’s. • Life was good for American’s during The Roaring 20’s and it was a time of economic boom.
Installment buying/credit • Installment buying: the buyer makes payments, or installments, every month until the full price of the product has been paid. • People were buying consumer goods like washing machines, vacuum cleaners, & automobiles.
NEEDS Food Clothes Shelter WANTS Automobile Toys Computers CD Players Game Boy NEEDS vs. WANTS
The Automobile Industry • Henry Ford changed the automobile industry by developing the assembly line. • At first cars were banned from city streets because they scared horses.
1907 average price of a carwas $2,0001908 Ford automobiles $8001914 Ford $5001925 Model T $350 $ Automobile Prices $
Industry Oil Rubber Steel *These industries increased in order to meet the demand for the products. *To most, the car provided freedom, adventure, opportunity and status. Impact of the car on:
Society1. Cities got bigger/suburbs2. Greater distance between homes.3. Business and education transformation.4. People no longer want to ride the train due to the automobile and new roads being constructed.5. Tourism became a major industry. The Impact of the car on:
Aviation Facts • 1903 Wright Brothers • 1917 WWI • Mail across the country. • 1930-1943 Airlines delivering passengers and mail.
President Herbert Clark Hoover Large towns of shacks began appearing all over the United states. These towns were named Hoovervilles after the President. President Hoover was blamed for the hard times people faced during The Great Depression. The areas that
Hoovervilles were homes/areas where poor people lived during The Great Depression
Black Tuesday • October 29, 1929 the Stock market crashed. This day is otherwise known as BLACK TUESDAY! • Banks went out of business and the money people had placed in the banks for savings was lost overnight. • Black Tuesday began The Great Depression.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION • 1929 - 600 banks go out of business • 1930 – 1,000 more banks went out of business. • 1931 – 2,000 more banks went out of business.
Making baskets was one way to make money during The Great Depression.
Homeless family walking down a road during The Great Depression
1930’s Dust Bowl "Dust Bowl" was a term born in the hard times from the people who lived in the drought-stricken region during the great depression.
The "Dust Bowl Days", also known as the "Dirty Thirties", took its toll on Oklahoma and other Great Plains states. The decade was full of extremes: blizzards, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and dirt storms.
The Storms • In 1934 to 1936, three record drought years were marked for the nation. In 1936, a more severe storm spread out of the plains and across most of the nation. The drought years were accompanied with record breaking heavy rains, blizzards, tornadoes and floods.
In 1935, the weather in the Dust Bowl again made the national headlines. This storm was followed by another and yet another in rapid succession. In late March a severe storm lashed Boise City so hard that many people were stranded for hours. No one dared to leave a store and head for home although it might be less than a block away.
During 1936, the number of dirt storms increased and the temperature broke the 1934 record high by soaring above 120 degrees. On one pleasant June day in 1936, the ground began to tremble. A sharp earthquake shook the land from Kenton to Perryton and from Liberal to Stratford.
The clouds appeared on the horizons with a thunderous roar. Turbulent dust clouds rolled in generally from the North and dumped a fine silt over the land. Men, women and children stayed in their houses and tied handkerchiefs over their noses and mouths.
When they dared to leave, they added goggles to protect their eyes. Houses were shut tight, cloth was wedged in the cracks of the doors and windows but still the fine silt forced its way into houses, schools and businesses. During the storms, the air indoors was "swept" with wet gunny sacks. Sponges were used as makeshift "dust masks" and damp sheets were tied over the beds.
Husband & Wife leaving Oklahoma during The Dust Storm period
