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Chapter 22 THE ROARING TWENTIES

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Chapter 22 THE ROARING TWENTIES. Adjusting to peacetime Changes in American Society The Jazz Age The Economy of the 1920’s. Bullet Points p. 757. Read pgs. 736-740. Ch 22, Sec 1 Adjusting to Peacetime. I can understand how the nation reacted to change in the 1920’s. Ch 22 Sec 1 - Reaction.

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Chapter 22 THE ROARING TWENTIES

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  1. Chapter 22THE ROARING TWENTIES Adjusting to peacetime Changes in American Society The Jazz Age The Economy of the 1920’s

  2. Bullet Points p. 757 Read pgs. 736-740

  3. Ch 22, Sec 1Adjusting to Peacetime • I can understand how the nation reacted to change in the 1920’s

  4. Ch 22 Sec 1 - Reaction • Treaty of Versailles failed • Poor economy • Threats of violence • People voted Republican

  5. Ch 22 Sec 1 - Presidents • Pres. Harding promises “return to Normalcy • Harding dies of heart attack • Calvin Coolidge keeps policies • Economy gets better and ROARS

  6. Ch 22 Sec 1-World Events • Coolidge helps U.S. participate in world peace efforts • Condemns military aggression and war • Intervenes in Latin America to help business interests

  7. Ch 22 Sec 1 – At home • The RED scare • Anarchists set off bombs • Many ,” Reds and Anarchists” deported • Sacco & Vanzetti • New immigration law

  8. Bullet Points p. 757 Read pgs. 741-745

  9. Ch 22 Sec 2Changes in American Society • I can understand how social change and social conflict marked the 1920’s

  10. Ch 22 Sec 1 – No booze • 18th amendment – Prohibition - 1919 Speakeasies Bootleggers White lightnin’ Bathtub gin Organized Crime

  11. Ch 22 Sec 2 - Women • 19th amendment – 1920 – Women’s suffrage • Wyoming & Texas – Female Governors • Still discrimination (medical schools, juries, money

  12. Ch 22, Sec 2 - Women • Younger women show independence • Flappers • Bobbed hair • Fancy dancing

  13. Josephine baker

  14. http://www.firecold.com/videos/the-charleston-dance

  15. Ch 22 Sec 2 – Mass culture • Model T Ford • Gas stations • 700 radio stations by 1926 • Go to the movies

  16. Ch 22 Sec 2 – Social Conflict • 1925 – Evolution vs Creationism – Scopes Monkey Trial • Great Migration Racial conflict Riots KKK Marcus Garvey

  17. Bullet Points p. 757 Read pages. 746-750

  18. Ch 22 Sec 3 – The Jazz Age • I can understand the arts and culture symbolized by the Jazz Age

  19. Fads and heroes • New dances • Flagpole sitting • Dance marathons • Sports heroes • Celebrities

  20. Jazz Music • Rhythms from West Africa & Caribbean • Work chants and spirituals from south • Harmonies from Europe • Developed by African Americans • Moved north – Great Migration

  21. Louis Armstrong

  22. Bessie Smith Duke Ellington

  23. Cab Calloway

  24. Literature • Social criticism Anti rich – F. Scott Fitzgerald Anti war – Ernest Hemmingway Loose values – Sinclair Lewis Racial prejudice – Langston Hughes Sense of hope

  25. Bullet Points p. 757 Read pages 752-755

  26. Ch 22 Sec 4 – The 1920’s Economy • I can understand the problems that threatened the economy in the 1920’s

  27. Ch 22 Sec 3 • Although the economy looked good, something was not right. 1. Stock market boom 2. Heavy purchasing 3. Rural poverty 4. Unemployment

  28. Industrial Growth • More new products to buy Washing machines Vacuum cleaners Radios Toasters Cars • High supply = low price

  29. Industrial growth • People buy on credit • High taxes (tariffs) on imports • Tax cuts for the wealthy • Economy stimulated but is there a problem? • Reckless spending

  30. The Stock Market What is the stock market? • 1920’s – Bull Market • Value rises • People buy on margin What is margin?

  31. TROUBLE!!! • During WW I farmers borrowed money to increase production • After war, markets shrank • Farmers going broke

  32. MORE TROUBLE!!! • Some companies give employees vacations and pensions BUT • Factory work is unskilled • Lower pay • High unemployment

  33. MORE REPUBLICANS • First Harding – Who died • Then Coolidge • Then Hoover, who promised “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage” • Hoover loses city vote but wins in rural areas

  34. CONCLUSION • DO YOU SEE ANY PROBLEMS?

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