--Warren G. Harding became President and promoted Normalcy Lower taxes.

--Harding’s Cabinet turned out to be very corrupt.

--He died suddenly while still in office.

--The President as well as most Americans believed that the U.S. should stay out of other nations affairs, except in matters of self-defense.

--This helps lead to WWII.

--Economy was booming in the 1920’s.

--Automobiles had the greatest impact on human life.

Assembly Line: Invented by Henry Ford to speed up production and lower costs, everyone could afford a car.

--After WWI former military pilots bought old war planes and used them as crop dusters, stunt fliers, and flight instructors.

--Transcontinental flights by Lindberg and Earhart helped to promote the idea of commercial air transportation.

--1st passenger airline was Pan-America in 1927.

--For the 1st time, young people rebelled against the values of the past and the authority of their elders.

--New fashions, attitudes, and behavior Movies and T.V.

--More people went to college.

--Women had shorter hair and dresses.

Flapper- New style for women (short hair, Dresses, ect.)

--Women had more freedom They drove cars, played sports, went to college, got jobs.

--Marriage was seen as more equal.

--The Right to Vote (19th Amendment).

--Supporters of Prohibition felt it would promote good health and morality.

--Saloons closed doors, people found ways to get liquor illegally. Speakeasy’s and night clubs.

--Bootleggers made their living by transporting and selling liquor illegally.

--Growth of organized crime (Criminal Gangs).

--Al Capone 700 Criminal Army in Chicago Took over all speakeasy’s. 21st Amendment put an end to Prohibition.

--National Association for the advancement of colored people (NAACP) tried to protect African Americans Rights.

--Marcus Garvey Back to Africa Movement.

--With better appliances and lower working hours Americans had more leisure time.

--Higher wages=more money to spend on this leisure time (have fun).

--25 cent movie Museums, libraries, books and magazines.

--Talk on phone, listen to radio, drive cars.

--Ethnic groups excluded.

--Mass Media is communication that reaches a large audience.

--Americans were better informed.

--Another leisure activity was watching, playing, and listening to sports (on the radio).

--Boxing became very popular.

--Baseball—Bronx Bombers—Babe Ruth.

--African Americans had a new sense of freedom after WWI.

--Harlem unofficial capital of African Americans.

--Jazz

--Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington.