Transcript Life in the early 20..

Life in the early
20th Century
SOL 5
By
Lisa Beebe
Chincoteague Combined School
Life in the early
th
20 Century
Developments in
transportation
Use of the assembly line
 Henry Ford
Invention of the airplane
 The Wright brothers
Developments in
Transportation
Results of improved transportation
brought by affordable
automobiles
 Greater mobility
 Creation of jobs
 Growth of transportation-related
industries (road construction, oil,
steel)
 Movement to suburban areas
Developments in
Communication
Increased availability of
telephones
 Development of the radio
(Guglielmo Marconi) and the
broadcast industry (David
Sarnoff)
 Development of the movies
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Developments in
Electricity
Ways rural electrification changed
rural life
 Electric lighting
 Labor-saving products – washing
machines, electric stoves, water
pumps
 Entertainment (radio)
 Improved communications
Fun with technology
Great Migration
North
 Jobs
for African Americans in
the South were scarce and low
paying
 African Americans faced
discrimination and violence in
the South
Great Migration
North
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African Americans moved to northern
cities in search of better employment
opportunities
Between 1914 and 1920, 300,000 to
500,000 blacks moved from rural
South to the north
African Americans also faced
discrimination and violence in the
North
Prohibition
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Speakeasies were created as places
for people to drink alcoholic beverages
Bootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol
into the country and promoted
organized crime
Remember prohibition was the result
of the temperance movement
1920 – 18th amendment
Art
Literature
Music
of the
1920s and 1930s
Art
Georgia O’Keeffe
 An
artist known for urban
scenes and, later,
paintings of the
Southwest
Georgia O’Keeffe
Artwork
Literature
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A
novelist who wrote
about the Jazz Age of the
1920s
 “Great Gatspy”
Literature
John Steinbeck
A
novelist who portrayed the
strength of poor migrant
workers during the 1930s
 “Grapes of Wrath” and “Of
Mice and Men”
Music
Aaron Copland
George Gershwin
 Composers
who wrote
uniquely American music
 Some Gershwin music
Harlem Renaissance
 African
American artists,
writers, and musicians
based in Harlem, NY who
revealed the freshness and
variety of black culture
 A period of rebirth in the
1920s
Art
Jacob Lawrence
 Painter
who chronicled
the experiences of the
Great Migration north
through art
Literature
 Poet
Langston Hughes
who combined the
experiences of African and
American cultural roots
 Wrote “Thank You, M’am” from
Literature book
 Wrote “The Negro Speaks of
Rivers”
Music
Duke
Ellington
Jazz Composer
Duke Ellington
Music
Louis Armstrong
 Jazz
composer
 Trumpet player
Music
Bessie Smith
 Blues
singer
Great Review Video of the Jazz Age
This Harlem Renaissance
singer really knew how to
belt out the blues.
Georgia O’Keeffe
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
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The Great Depression
Causes of the
Great Depression
People overspeculated on stocks,
using borrowed money that they
could not repay when stock prices
crashed
 The Federal Reserve failed to
prevent the collapse of the
banking system
 High tariffs strangled international
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Impact on Americans
A large number of banks and
businesses failed
 One-fourth of workers were
without jobs
 Large numbers of people were
hungry and homeless
 Farmers’ incomes fell to low levels
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Major Features
of the New Deal
 Social
Security
 Federal work programs
 Environmental improvement
programs
 Farm assistance programs
 Increased rights for labor