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The Roaring Twenties. The Improvement Of The Transportation Network of America. Henry Ford and the assembly line Made cars more affordable Because of the wide spread use of cars, the landscape of America changed to favor them Over 10,000 miles of highway were built every year - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Roaring Twenties
The Improvement Of The Transportation Network of
America
Henry Ford and the assembly line Made cars more affordable
• Because of the wide spread use of cars, the landscape of America changed to favor them
• Over 10,000 miles of highway were built every year
Bill board for advertising were built all around the country
Red and Green traffic lights were built to control the traffic
New Ways of LifeThe Car: Economic effects:
Tourism and travel Suburbs created Created many jobs
Social effects Suburbs-community located outside the
city The car allowed for the development of
the suburbs
The Power of Aviation• Because of WWI, major
improvements were made in aircraft• By 1929, there were already three
major air transport companies, American, United, and Trans-world Airlines
• In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic ocean in 33 hours(first solo non stop flight )
• He became a hero for Americans an was honored by a ticker-tape parade
New Ways of Life ERA-equal rights amendment: rights
shall not be denied based on genderNew rights for women
19th amendment gave women the right to vote
League of Women voters Women’s work: women had new
opportunities at home and at work Washing machine Electronic irons Vacuum cleaners
WomenEra of Changing Fashions: Fad: activity or fashion that is taken
up with great passion for a short amount of time
Flappers: young women that rebelled against traditional ways of thinking
Wore dresses short Hair bobbed Red lipstick
New Ways of LifeMass culture A National culture created by: cars,
music, radio, fads, and more Radio
Families would gather around after dinner
News and entertainment Movies
Charlie Chaplin Silent movies
How did they afford these new technologies?
New ways: Installment buying-buying goods on
credit, paying over time Buying on Margin: purchasing a stock
for just 10% down payment of the price of the stock
Ex: Stock costs $10, the investor would put down $1, down the road the person would have to pay the remaining balance
The Jazz Age Jazz: combined West African
rhythms, African American work songs and spirituals and European harmonies Louis Armstrong
Writers: Fitzgerald Hemmingway
The Jazz AgeHarlem Renaissance Rebirth of African American culture
Large numbers of African American musicians, artists, and writers settled in Harlem
Writers Langston Hughes: poet, expressing
in poetry the life of African Americans of the 1920’s
( other power point)
New Ways of LifeBan on Alcohol:
18th amendment Bootleggers Speakeasies Rise of organize crime, mob and
gangsters Al Capone
(other power point)
Politics and ProsperityForeign affairs: Communism: economic system in
which all the wealth and property is owned by the community—this is being implemented by Lenin in Russia, but the government is controlling everything, not the community
Trouble below the Surface
Red ScareFear of communism spreading through America
Anarchists-people who opposed organized government
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Trouble below the Surface
Sacco and VanzettiTwo Italian immigrants in Massachusetts were arrested for murder
Admitted anarchistsLimited evidence against them Convicted and put to death
Trouble below the Surface
Limiting ImmigrationNativism---anti-foreignersEmergency Quota act -set up a quota system that allowed only a certain number of people from each country to enter
Trouble below the Surface
Racism1915 rebirth of the KKKMarcus Garvey-Universal Negro Improvement Association
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Trouble below the Surface
Scopes TrialClash between old and new values
Fundamentalist Evolution v. ReligionJohn Scopes a Biology teach in Tennessee taught evolution and was arrested
Trial led by Clarence Darrow and prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan. He was found guilty(was fined) but later the state Supreme Court over threw the decision on a technicality
This argument still continues today.