grade 9 revision booklet b

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Grade 9 Revision Booklet B

The Roaring Twenties

The New Mass Culture

The Harlem Renaissance The Culture of the 1930s

World War II


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The Roaring Twenties

The economy of the 20s is boomingfor many Reasons

Companies such as that of HenryFord used mass production toproduce many copies of the sameproduct such as the Model T car on

Assembly Lines

Workers had more money because ofhigher wages

Workers have access to credit or


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New Mass Culture

New technologies such asTheatres,Phonographs and Radio led to a newcollective culture in America

Americans have more leisure timeand begin to enjoy activities such asgoing to the theatre to see Charlie

Chaplin in silent movies and then in1927 the first talkie called the JazzSinger

Radio stations grew across the Nation


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Harlem Renaissance

Northern Migration Blacks movefrom south of America to NorthernStates

Blacks flee lynchings, segregationand intolerable living conditionsinspired migration to the North

Industrial expansion created ademand for labor - employers eagerto hire blacks

WWI created more need for obs


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Why Harlem?

Blacks settled in many cities: Chicago,Philadelphia, and Cleveland.

New York City was the most populardestination because it was the largest andmost famous

Harlem was attractive because it was builtto house middle and upper middle classwhites, but became overbuilt and neededto include blacks or have increasing

vacancies


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How???

African-American newspapers andmagazines published black manuscripts,created literary awards, and courted

white patrons.

During the early Harlem Renaissance,African-American artists and writersseeking to publish their works turned toperiodicals created, edited, and produced

by other African Americans.


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The Culture of the 1930s

Even though the country wasdepressed the culture bloomed inthis time

Radios golden age highestpopularity before T.Vs

Movies for the Theatre reflected thetime Distrust in govt. DuringHoovers time followed by trust inGovt. After New Deal

Reflected Golden A e in Holl wood


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World War II

Americas involvement before the War

Land lease Act Gave supplies to

Britain, France and Russia Pearl Harbour Japan bombs America

America enters on side of Britain,

France, and Russia America has two wars War in

Europe and War in the Pacific


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War in the Pacific

America battles Japan on the sea inthe Pacific

America cracks Japanese radio code America defeats Japan in battle of

Midway

After Midway Japan retreats andfights on islands America is winningbut has many casualties

America drops atomic bombs


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War in the Europe

Russia defeats German Army atStalingrad Starts pushing Easttowards Germany and Berlin

Normandy Landings or D-day British and American forces land inFrance and starting pushing from the

West towards Berlin Germany counter attacks at the

Battle of the Bulge but a war on two

sides and is fighting a war on two


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Keywords

Appeasement Europes policy ofallowing Hitler to gain somecountries because America was badly

treated Lebensraum Living Space for

Germans in Russia

Anschluss Unity between Germanyand Austria

Victory Gardens Places for peopleto row food durin the war

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