The ROARING 20s

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TheROARING 20s
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Introduction to the Roaring Twenties

• One of the most boisterous and rowdy decades in
  US History
• A new prosperity allowed Americans to enjoy
  luxuries and embrace new forms of entertainment.
  America resembled a boiling kettle, fairly
  bursting with the wailing of the sounds of jazz,
  wildly dancing feet, the roar of thousands
  cheering on sports, and conversations laced with
  slang terms.

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Introduction to the Roaring Twenties

• A number of significant and enduring trends
  emerged altering the American landscape
• New forms of transportation, a new woman, and
  increased manufacturing of a wide variety of
  goods emerged
• Radios became a household necessity, talkie
  movies replaced silent film, and this decade
  would also bear witness to the flowering of
  African American culture known as the Harlem
  Renaissance.

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Facts about the Roaring 20s

• FACTS about this decade.
• 106,521,537 people in the United States 
• 2,132,000 unemployed, Unemployment 5.2
• Life expectancy  Male 53.6,   Female 54.6 
• 343,000 in military (down from 1,172,601 in
  1919) 
• Average annual earnings 1236  Teacher's salary 
  970
• Dow Jones High 100  Low 67  
• Illiteracy rate reached a new low of 6 of the
  population.  
• Gangland crime included murder, swindles,
  racketeering 
• It took 13 days to reach California from New
  York.  There were 387,000 miles of paved roads. 

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Jigsaw Activity

• Expert Groups on the following topics
• Changing Role of Women
• Sports, Leisure Time, and American Culture
• The Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age
• Technology and Transportation
• Consumerism
• Prohibition
• Radio and the Movies
• Fundamentalism vs. Evolution

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• Each group will create an informational poster on
  their topic using the information provided in
  your topic folder and textbook.
• Your informational poster should tell a person
  everything they need to know about your topic. Be
  sure to in some way answer the essential
  questions provided for each topic on your poster
  board! You have 30 minutes!
• When time is up, the posters will be placed
  around the room, and you will have an opportunity
  to read about and answer the questions for each
  topic.

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The Changing Role of the Woman

• What characteristics identified a flapper?
• What were the fashion and social trends that
  young women of the 20s embraced?(4)
• How did womens sexual ideas and practices change
  during the 1920s?
• What was the double standard?
• Who was Margaret Sanger?

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Sports, Leisure Time, and American Culture

• What factors led sports to flourish?
• What sports were popular and who were the people
  that made them popular? (2)
• How did literature change?
• What was the Lost Generation?
• Who were the prominent authors of the 1920s?(4)
• What Jazz age author wrote the Great Gatsby?

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The Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age

• What was the Harlem Renaissance?
• Where did Jazz come from and what was its appeal?
• What are some of the cultural accomplishments of
  the Harlem Renaissance and how did they increase
  the pride of African Americans?
• Who were the prominent writers, artists, and
  musicians of this time period? (5)
• What is Black Nationalism and who is Marcus
  Garvey?

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Technology and Transportation

• How did Henry Ford change the way automobiles
  were produced?
• How did automobiles change the lives of
  Americans? (3)
• How did aviation capture the attention of the
  American people?
• Who were Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart?
• In what ways did the standard of living increase
  for Americans during the 1920s? (4-5)

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Consumerism in the 1920s

• How did consumerism change in the 1920s and why?
• How did advertising change?
• Explain how the installment plan worked for the
  American consumer and what dangers might easy
  credit create?
• Why was the term prosperity used to describe the
  time period?
• What were the differences between urban and rural
  life?

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Prohibition

• What previous movement finally led to
  prohibition?
• What did the 18th amendment outlaw and how did it
  effect society?
• What methods did Americans use to acquire and
  conceal alcohol during prohibition? (3)
• What role did organized crime play during the
  1920s?
• Why was prohibition difficult to enforce?
• What is a speakeasy?

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Radio and the Movies

• Why did broadcasting become widespread during the
  1920s?
• How did the radio industry grow and transform
  American lifestyle?
• What were some of the limitations and criticisms
  of the movie industry?
• How did fans idolize movie stars and who were the
  movie stars?
• What is a talkie?

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Fundamentalism v. Evolution

• What is fundamentalism and in what ways was it
  expressed?
• What is Darwins Theory of Evolution?
• Why was John Scopes arrested?
• Who was the prosecuting attorney?
• What was the verdict?
• The Scopes Trial is an example of
  __________________ vs. _________________

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• The Roaring Twenties in Summary
• The 1920s was a time of prosperity, but also a
  time of many downfalls. It was an era of change .
  . . a time when people began to do what they
  wanted to do instead of following social norms.
  The  U.S. prospered as Henry Ford developed the
  automobile assembly line, as the nation had its
  first ever TV broadcast in New York, and as mail
  was delivered via airplanes. Women fought for the
  right to vote and changed the rules of fashion.
  Prohibition made it illegal to drink alcohol,
  creating organized crime with Al Capone leading
  the way. Warren Harding's administration
  participated in the Teapot Dome Scandal, but
  Harding's death left Calvin Coolidge to deal with
  the aftermath. Babe Ruth and the Yankees ruled
  the arena of Baseball. The first ever sports
  broadcast was delivered during a Jack Dempsey
  fight. Charles Lindbergh got the name "Lucky
  Lindy" and became a national hero. Americans
  feared a Communist takeover, especially A.
  Mitchell Palmer who sent suspected Communists
  back to the Soviet Union on what was deemed "The
  Soviet Ark." Italian immigrants, Sacco and
  Vanzetti, were executed in one of the biggest
  trial of the Twenties. W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus
  Garvey, and Langston Hughes led the Harlem
  Renaissance period. Garvey spoke of his ideas for
  Black Nationalism while DuBois and Hughes became
  leading writers of the black movement. The Ku
  Klux Klan began their prejudice spree, preaching
  white supremacy. Clarence Darrow prosecuted John
  Scopes during the "Monkey Trial," after Scopes
  admitted to disobeying the Butler Act by teaching
  evolution. In this decade following the First
  World War, America prospered as the leading
  nation of the world. It is clear to anyone that
  the memories of the Roaring Twenties are still
  vivid as we prepare to enter the 21st Century.

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Essential Questions

• 3. How did the economy grow during the 1920s?
• 4. How as life changed by the prosperity of the
  1920s?
• 5. How did the Harlem Renaissance challenge the
  perception of race in America?

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Review Questions

• Which communications medium was most important in
  shaping life during the 1920s?
• Newspapers
• Telephones
• Radio
• Television

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• 2. The term flapper refers to
• The people who talked too much during the war
• The illegal drinking clubs of the Prohibition era
• The new body style of the Model A car by Ford
• The new attitudes and lifestyles of the 20s
  woman.

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• 3. What was the Scopes trial about?
• The arrest of a communist leader
• The arrest of a KKK member who had killed a black
  man
• The arrest of a teacher for teaching evolution
• The attempt to ban religion from the school system

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• 4. Which famous flyer of the 20s was the first
  to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?
• Red Baron
• Amelia Earhart
• Charles Lindbergh
• John Glenn

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• 5. Which of the following is NOT true about the
  20s?
• Women began to reject the old fashioned values of
  their mothers
• Many black Americans moved North in search of
  better opportunities
• Rock-n-roll music developed
• The Harlem Renaissance showed black cultural
  achievements

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• 6. Which of the following caused the Harlem
  Renaissance to flower in the 1920s?
• Immigration and overcrowding
• New pride in the African American experience
• The NAACP
• Marcus Garveys organization

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• 7. Which was most responsible for what led to the
  Scopes Trial?
• Judaism
• Agnosticism
• Theosophy
• Fundamentalism