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Roaring Twenties… Prohibition, Prosperity, and Excess…

Roaring Twenties… Prohibition, Prosperity, and Excess…. Do Now. From the homework, how did you decide what was most important? Explain your answer. Information. New Marking Period - 13 academic days until Christmas break - progress reports to be entered today

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Roaring Twenties… Prohibition, Prosperity, and Excess…

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  1. Roaring Twenties…Prohibition, Prosperity, and Excess…

  2. Do Now From the homework, how did you decide what was most important? Explain your answer.

  3. Information New Marking Period - 13 academic days until Christmas break - progress reports to be entered today Must keep up with the work - we will be moving very quickly Missing Assignments

  4. Current Events • Stranded whales in Everglades park - not likely to survive - stranded in shallow waters • Midwest snowstorm - snow and ice - cold temperatures - temps go from 80s to 20s in Dallas

  5. Do Now From the homework, how did you decide what was most important? Explain your answer.

  6. American standard of living Business boom - high incomes - more spendable money Installment plan - purchasing on credit - interest and payments Electricity - residential use increased

  7. New Products and advertising New Household products - refrigerators, irons, vacuum cleaners, washers Freed women from the home - increased leisure Advertising age begins

  8. Advertising in the 1920s Appealed to people’s “wants” Appealed to desire for status - automobile - everyone wanted new product Targets - housewives (home products) - farmers (tractors)

  9. Wants v. Needs Wants Needs

  10. Questions on credit and bills

  11. TPS: Take a Minute We take these products for granted today, how might they change the lives of Americans with their “invention” during the 1920s?

  12. Clouded Prosperity… Income gaps increased - between the rich and poor Some industries did not do well - farming – prices dropped - textiles Overproduction of goods - S-D-P

  13. S-D-P

  14. Superficial Prosperity Railroads Steel Textiles Mining - coal Timber Farmers - took a major hit - bad prices - bad weather

  15. 1920s Summary Booming Economy - many businesses profited - people made money Women gained freedom Prohibition New Inventions - age of credit

  16. Exit: Thinking Ahead… Americans enjoyed higher standards of living, increased wages, and credit. Businesses began to overproduce goods to meet the demand for new products. Using what you have learned, predict what will happen in the future? Explain your answer. Learning Scale Rating: Identify where you are on the learning scale based on your understanding of the objectives.

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