Transcript Roaring 20`s Power Point

The Roaring Twenties
Objective: To view the prosperity, changes, and problems that occurred
during the 1920s.
A Booming Economy: The 1920’s
Income
increases
People purchase
more goods
“Boom Cycle”
Companies expand
and hire more
people
Companies earn
higher profits
1927 Ford Model T
· Henry Ford used assembly lines to produce cars.
Division of Labor ***** Mass Production ***** Assembly Line
· The efficiency of the
assembly line helped to
decrease car prices.
Ex.) Model-T 1909 - $850
1916 - $360
1924 - $290
The average American was
able to purchase a car.
Effects of the Car Industry
Steel
industry
expands
People could purchase things
from cities
People could
travel for fun
Car Industry
More
jobs are
created
Rubber industry
expands
construction
(roads and bridges)
housing
(as the suburbs grew)
* Employment and standards
of living increased.
* As World War I ended,
technology focused on
consumer goods. Ex) radios,
washing machines,
telephones, and cars
* Increased wages caused an
increase in buying power.
1925 RCA Radiola Super VIII
• Flapper – young woman in the 1920’s who declared her
independence from traditional rules.
How did
flappers
rebel
against
traditional
ways of
thinking?
1) short,
bobbed
hair
2) bright-red
lipstick
Jazz Age
· Jazz music was created
by African-Americans
by combining African
rhythms and European
harmonies.
Ex.) Louis Armstrong
was one of the first
famous jazz musicians
of the 1920’s.
Video: “Tiger Rag” by,
Louis Armstrong 1933
(2:55)
· Jazz music brought new
forms of dancing.
Ex.) the Charleston and
the shimmy
Video: The Charleston
(1:50)
Harlem
Renaissance –
flowering of African
American culture in
the 1920’s
Examples: Langston
Hughes – writer / poet
“Harlem” by, Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Harlem
Renaissance –
flowering of African
American culture in
the 1920’s
Examples: Aaron
Douglas - painter
Into Bondage (1936)
Problems in the 1920s
There were several
Problems in the
1920s including:
1) Prohibition
2) Ku Klux Klan
3) Farmers losing
their farms due to
decrease in demand
Prohibition Era
Prohibition: the
act of forbidding
Something
• Alcohol was prohibited
during the 1920s.
This time is called the
Prohibition Era. During the
Prohibition Era, criminals
made and sold alcohol.
These illegal activities led to
violence in many cities.
The Other Half: Farmers
During World War I:
Europeans needed food.
They bought U.S. farm products.
U.S. farm prices increased.
U.S. farmers borrowed money to buy more land and tractors.
The Other Half: Farmers
After World War I:
Europeans began to produce their own food again.
The demand for U.S. farm products decreased.
U.S. farm prices decreased.
Farmers could not repay their debts.
The New Klan
· The goals of the new Klan were to preserve the U.S. for
white native-born Protestants.
Ku Klux Klan
members
parading
along
Pennsylvania
Ave. in
Washington,
D.C., Aug. 18,
1925
· The Klan targeted immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and AfricanAmericans.
The New Klan
· The goals of the new Klan were to preserve the U.S. for
white native-born Protestants.
Ku Klux Klan
members
parading
along
Pennsylvania
Ave. in
Washington,
D.C., Aug. 18,
1925
1925 Ku Klux Klan march on Washington, D.C.