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The ROARING 20s

The ROARING 20s. The Jazz Age. Cities and Suburbs. Due to improved transportation. Communication Changes Marconi & Sarnoff. broadcast. Radio. David Sarnoff. Guglliermo Marconi. Electricity brings…. water pump. washing machine. electric stove. Electricity also brings…. radio. movies.

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The ROARING 20s

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  1. The ROARING 20s The Jazz Age

  2. Cities and Suburbs Due to improved transportation

  3. Communication ChangesMarconi & Sarnoff broadcast Radio David Sarnoff Guglliermo Marconi

  4. Electricity brings… water pump washing machine electric stove

  5. Electricity also brings… radio movies

  6. Life in the South • Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying. • • African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South. • • African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better employment opportunities. • • African Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North.

  7. The Great Migration North Northern City hope for a better life SOUTH

  8. Prohibition • What was Prohibition, and how effective was it? Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional amendment (18th Amendment) that made it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages.

  9. Speakeasies Created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages Bootleggers People who smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime Results of Prohibition

  10. Art, Music and Literature • Who are the famous people during this time? • What are they famous for?

  11. Georgia O-Keefe southwest & urban paintings

  12. F. Scott Fitzgerald Jazz... Wrote about...

  13. John Steinbeck • a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s

  14. George Gershwin & Aaron Copeland American Music

  15. Charles Lindbergh

  16. Harlem Renaissance

  17. Jazz Combination of African rhythms and America music

  18. Louis Armstrong

  19. Duke Ellington

  20. Bessie Smith

  21. Jacob Lawrence Great Migration North

  22. Langston Hughes Children's Rhymes By what sendsthe white kidsI ain't sent:I know I can'tbe President. What don't bugthem white kidssure bugs me:We know everybodyain't free. Lies written downfor white folksain't for us a-tall:Liberty And Justice--Huh!--For All?

  23. Al Capone

  24. President Hoover

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