What was life like during ?

1920’s Culture

The flapper Short hair for women Hats for men and women Dancing Silent movies

“The Jazz Age was wickedand monstrous and silly.

Unfortunately, I had a good time.” Heywood Broun

THE FLAPPERby Dorothy Parker

The Playful flapper here we see,

The fairest of the fair.She's not what Grandma used to be, --

You might say, au contraire.Her girlish ways may make a stir,

Her manners cause a scene,But there is no more harm in her

Than in a submarine.

She nightly knocks for many a goalThe usual dancing men.

Her speed is great, but her controlIs something else again.

All spotlights focus on her pranks.All tongues her prowess herald.

For which she well may render thanksTo God and Scott Fitzgerald.

Her golden rule is plain enough -Just get them young and treat them

rough.

What was life like in the 1930’s?

What was the Great Depression?

The worst economic crisis of the century

Over 13 million people unemployed “Dust bowl” as a result of drought Farmers lost crops Many lost their homes

What caused the Great Depression?

Unequal distribution of wealth Stock market crash of 1929

Unequal Distribution of Wealth

No middle class Supply not equal to demand Credit cards created false demand

Stock Market Crash

Many stocks purchased Stock prices fell Huge sums of money lost

Thursday, October 24, 1929

The Results Bank Failure

Unemployment

Loss of homes “Hoovervilles”

Here were all these people living in old rusted-out car bodies. ... One family ... [was] living in a piano box. This wasn't just a little section, this was maybe 10 miles wide and 10 miles long. People living in whatever theycould junk together. ..."

Dustbowls

A traveler noticed a nice new hat by the side of the road, and he stopped to pick it up. Under the hat was a man, buried up to his neck in the dust! As he dug the poor fellow out, the traveler asked if he wanted a ride into town. "No, I'll get there myself," the man replied, "I'm on a horse." (Excerpt from THE DUST BOWL by Tricia Andryszewski, p. 33.)

Depression

Did everyone suffer during the depression?

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”

“Our greatest primary task is to put people to work”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR’s New Deal Relief for the needy Jobs provided Business and government reformed

So What?

A Long Way From Chicago By Richard Peck