1920

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1920s
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Prohibition (18th Amendment)
Nationwide ban on the sale, production,
importation, and transportation of alcoholic
beverages (1920-1933)
Negative Effects
Organized Crime
Disregard of Federal Authority
Corruption Political/law enforcement
Speakeasies underground night clubs illegal
Difficult to enforce
Wets Drys
Intrusion of rights Moral victory
Health issues
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Literary and intellectual movement that fostered
a new black cultural identity
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• The legacy of the Harlem
• Renaissance opened doors
• and deeply influenced the
• generations of African
• American writers, poets,
• musicians, and artists that
• followed.

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Jazz Age
Louis Armstrong
Chick Webb
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The Gibson Girl, popularized through drawings by
Charles Dane Gibson, was the first national
standard of American feminine beauty.
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Gibson Girl early 1900s
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Flappers
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Q2SC 3 So women, who had found an independence
both in the work force and socially during the
war, were not forced by returning men to give up
their jobs or their new found security. In fact,
they pushed the boundaries. They became more
outspoken and openly challenged religious and
social mores. They drank and smoked in public,
listened to jazz, and they were much more open
and frank about their sexuality and their overt
disdain for authority. They were independent and
strong-willed. They really did change the fabric
of the nation almost overnight.
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1908
1903
1905
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1926 Flapper
1908 Gibson Girl
1924 Flapper
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Economic Prosperity

• Boom in our economy
• Mass production
• Economies of scale

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Economic Prosperity
The discovery of vitamins and their effects also
came about during this decade.

• Boom in our economy
• New technologies
• Assembly line
• Radio
• Vitamins

Radios sold at 400 to 850 dollars. The first
public station was known as KDKA station, at
first located in Pittsburgh. Radio had become a
national pastime and many listeners gathered in
their living rooms to listen to sports news,
concerts, sermons and "Red Menace" news.  
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Economic Prosperity

• Boom in our economy
• Allowed for mass infrastructure renovation
• New roads
• Universal signs
• Cloverleafs
• Tourism and commerce

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Economic Prosperity

• Creation of a middle class
• Result of managerial movement assembly line

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Economic Prosperity

• Restriction of the poor
• No skill low pay
• Manufacturing jobs were unskilled because of
  scientific management.
• Caused more problems after the Great Migration
  and influx of immigrants
• These people caused wages to decrease because
  they were willing to work for less.

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Economic Prosperity

• Excess spending
• Buying of luxury goods on credit to increase the
  standard of living
• Layaway
• Store credit
• Running tab
• Installment plans

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Economic Prosperity

• Entertainment Adventure
• Sports Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey
• Flying Charles Lindbergh
• Silent film movies

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Economic Prosperity
LIFE WAS GOOD
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Economic Prosperity

• What goes up must come down

1920s FAT economy
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Economic Prosperity

• The economy must be regulated.

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Economic Prosperity

• Capitalism is all about supply and demand!

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Economic Prosperity

• All of this will lead us into the worst
  depression this country has seen