THE ROARING TWENTIES

Created by Lisa Bremer

KEY VOCABULARY OF The Roaring Twenties

• Economic Boom: A time of quick economic growth.

• Economic Bust: A time of quick economic decline.

• The U.S. Stock market boomed in the 1920’s.

• Life was good for American’s during The Roaring 20’s and it was a time of economic boom.

Installment buying/credit

• Installment buying: the buyer makes payments, or installments, every month until the full price of the product has been paid.

• People were buying consumer goods like washing machines, vacuum cleaners, & automobiles.

NEEDS vs. WANTS

NEEDS

Food

Clothes

Shelter

WANTS

Automobile

Toys

Computers

CD Players

Game Boy

The Automobile Industry

The Automobile Industry

• Henry Ford changed the automobile industry by developing the assembly line.

• At first cars were banned from city streets because they scared horses.

1907 average price of a carwas $2,000

1908 Ford automobiles $800

1914 Ford $500

1925 Model T $350

$ Automobile Prices $

Impact of the car on: Industry

1. Oil2. Rubber3. Steel4. *These industries increased in orderto meet the demand for the products.

*To most, the car provided freedom,adventure, opportunity and status.

Society1. Cities got bigger/suburbs2. Greater distance between homes.3. Business and education transformation.4. People no longer want to ride the train due to the automobile and new roads being constructed.5. Tourism became a major industry.

The Impact of the car on:

AVIATION

Aviation Facts

• 1903 Wright Brothers

• 1917 WWI

• Mail across the country.

• 1930-1943 Airlines delivering passengers and mail.

President Herbert Clark Hoover

President Hoover was blamed for the hard times people faced during The Great Depression.

The areas that

Large towns of shacks began appearing all over the United states. These towns were named Hoovervilles after the President.

Hoovervilles were homes/areas where poor people lived during

The Great Depression

Children living in Hooverville

The Stock Market Crash

Black Tuesday

• October 29, 1929 the Stock market crashed. This day is otherwise known as BLACK TUESDAY!

• Banks went out of business and the money people had placed in the banks for savings was lost overnight.

• Black Tuesday began The Great Depression.

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

• 1929 - 600 banks go out of business

• 1930 – 1,000 more banks went out of business.

• 1931 – 2,000 more banks went out of business.

Life DuringThe Great Depression

Making baskets was one way to make money during The Great Depression.

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Washing Clothes during The Great Depression

Cooking Dinner

Christmas Dinner during The Great Depression

A man and his horse

Family walking 30 miles to visit other family members

Homeless family walking down a road during The Great Depression

Sharecropper wife & children during The Great Depression

Loss of farms during The Great Depression

Auctioning off a farm during The Great Depression

An Alabama School during The Great Depression

Unemployment During The Great Depression

Unemployment line duringThe Great Depression

Unemployed Man duringThe Great Depression

The Great Dust Storm

1930’s Dust Bowl

"Dust Bowl" was a term born in the hard times from the people who lived in the drought-

stricken region during the great depression.

The "Dust Bowl Days", also known as the "Dirty Thirties", took

its toll on Oklahoma and other Great Plains states. The decade was full of extremes: blizzards,

tornadoes, floods, droughts, and dirt storms.

Boise City, Oklahoma Dust Storm

The Storms

• In 1934 to 1936, three record drought years were marked for the

nation. In 1936, a more severe storm spread out of the plains and

across most of the nation. The drought years were accompanied with record breaking heavy rains, blizzards, tornadoes and floods.

Boise City, Oklahoma Dust Storm

Another Dust Storm

• In 1935, the weather in the Dust Bowl again made the national

headlines. This storm was followed by another and yet another in rapid succession. In late March a severe

storm lashed Boise City so hard that many people were stranded

for hours. No one dared to leave a store and head for home although it might be less than a block away.

Mother & Children During the Dust Storms

• During 1936, the number of dirt storms increased and the

temperature broke the 1934 record high by soaring above 120

degrees. On one pleasant June day in 1936, the ground began to

tremble. A sharp earthquake shook the land from Kenton to Perryton

and from Liberal to Stratford.

• The clouds appeared on the horizons with a thunderous roar. Turbulent dust clouds rolled in generally from the North and

dumped a fine silt over the land. Men, women and children stayed in

their houses and tied handkerchiefs over their noses and

mouths.

When they dared to leave, they added goggles to protect their eyes. Houses were shut tight, cloth was wedged in the cracks of the doors and windows but still the fine silt

forced its way into houses, schools and businesses. During the storms, the air indoors was "swept" with wet gunny sacks. Sponges were used as makeshift "dust masks" and damp

sheets were tied over the beds.

Oregon or Bust

Leaving Oklahoma during The Dust Storm era

Husband & Wife leaving Oklahoma during The Dust Storm period

Heading for California away from the Dust Storms