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The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties. Marissa Rojas & Ted Waddell. Thesis. The 1920’s was a time of excitement, new fads and economic prosperity. As time went on, the economy declined greatly causing devastation for all. The Beginning. Slow Start Eased into booming economy. Fashion. Women (flappers)

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The Roaring Twenties

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  1. The Roaring Twenties Marissa Rojas& Ted Waddell

  2. Thesis The 1920’s was a time of excitement, new fads and economic prosperity. As time went on, the economy declined greatly causing devastation for all.

  3. The Beginning • Slow Start • Eased into booming economy

  4. Fashion Women (flappers) • skirts • stockings • hats • hair in bobs

  5. Fashion Men • formal wear no more • sports clothes/jackets • brighter clothes

  6. Music • Jazz • Bessie Smith • Ragtime • Broadway Musical

  7. Social Life • Dancing • Drinking • Radio • Sports • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAOHtmy4j0&feature=related

  8. Leaders: Presidents • Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) • Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) • Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) • Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

  9. Economic Policies • Prohibition • Harding & Coolidge Plans • Over Confidence • Hoover’s Passive Plans

  10. Sports • Babe Ruth • Lou Gehrig • Bill Tilden • Jack Dempsey

  11. Technology • Mass production • Movies • Radio • Model T

  12. The Ending • 1928 • Women’s voting rights • 1929 • Black Tuesday • Crash

  13. Works Cited • “1920’s” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 17 May 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920s. • “Herbert Hoover.” Angelfire. 17 May 2009http://angelfire.com/co/psct/oover.html. • America: History of Our Nation. Upper Saddle River, MA: Prentice Hall (School Division), 2007. (736-755)

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