the roaring 20’s
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The Roaring 20’s. An era of prosperity, Republican power, and conflict. As the War Ended. Spanish Influenza Epidemic! Most deadly for 20-40 yr. olds Eventually killed 20-50 million worldwide (by contrast, WWI killed approx. 15 million people). Philadelphia – October 1918. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Roaring 20’sAn era of prosperity,
Republican power,
and conflict
As the War Ended . . .
• Spanish Influenza Epidemic!
• Most deadly for 20-40 yr. olds• Eventually killed 20-50 million
worldwide (by contrast, WWI killed approx. 15 million people)
Philadelphia – October 1918
Emergency hospital at Camp Funston in Fort Riley, KS (1918)
Over 50 Thousand!
Mortality (Death) Rates from 1900 to 2000.
Presidents During 1920s
• Warren G. Harding • Calvin Coolidge• Herbert Hoover
African Americans• Great Migration = Blacks moved
north to take advantage of booming wartime industry
• Black ghettoes began to form, i.e. Harlem
Prohibition• 18th Amendment took effect on January
16, 1920, made the manufacture, sale, and transport of liquor, beer, and wine illegal.
• Many Americans turned to bootleggers - suppliers of illegal alcohol.
Speakeasies – illegal, underground bars
Bootleggers expanded their business into other illegal areas
Organized Crime
• The profit from selling illegal liquor helped lead to the rise of organized crime.
• As rival groups fought for control in cities, gang wars & murders became common.
HOMICIDE
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1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Homicide Rate dramatically rises, then peaks in 1933 – the year prohibition ends!
One of the most notorious criminals of this time was Al “Scarface” Capone, a gangster who
rose to the top of Chicago’s organized crime network.
Women in 1900
• Long hair • Long sleeves• Long dresses• Shapely corset
Women in 1920s
• Short hair • Short sleeves• Short dresses• No corsets!
Women’s Changing Roles
The Flapper ImageThe flapper, a type of bold, fun-loving young
woman, came to symbolize a revolution in manners and morals that took place in the
1920s.
Flappers
• Flappers challenged conventions of dress,
hairstyle, and behavior. • Many Americans
disapproved of flappers’ free manners as well as the departure from traditional
morals that they represented.
1920’s Fads
Radio – unified the nation, featured news, sports, ads, soaps, & other shows• Helped to unify the nation• First radio broadcast was KDKA in
Pittsburgh• National Broadcasting Co. 1st national
network
1920’s Fads
Mass Media – means of communication that reaches a large audience
Motion Pictures – promoted common values & created trends• 1st sound film – 1927