1920s prohibition era

Amelia Earhart

as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she became the first person to fly alone from Hawaii to California, also the Atlantic. After that she won an accomplishment that all men and women are equal in intelligence, coordination, speed, coolness, and willpower in jobs.

Margaret Sanger

a poor nursing women in new york city she wrote we see poverty and large families going hand in hand and also believed that women would never achieve equality with men unless they could choose if and when to bear children coined the term “birth control” to replace the outdated term “voluntary motherhood.” In 1916, she was arrested for teaching women how to limit family size and yet in 1920s family planning clinics began to nation worldwide

Suburbs

Americans moved to suburbs and began to spread farther away from cities as people found it easier to travel to and from work by car. In the 1920s, and grew a greater rate than cities

Flappers

During the Roaring Twenties, a young woman who broke with traditional expectations for how women should dress and behave

speakeasies: (during Prohibition)

a secret club that sold alcohol during the era of prohibition speaking quietly about illegal saloons, so as not to alert police. A 1929 issue of New York City’s Variety boldly reported

KKK: (Ku Klux Klan)

White supremacist group that re-emerged with renewed vigor hated black people and did threats to them

Harlem Renaissance:

an era of heightened creativity among African American writers, artists, and musicians who gathered in Harlem during the 1920s

Charleston

young people loved dancing to this new music and other dance crazes quickly swept the country. Compared to earlier styles, these new dances seemed wild and reckless.

Model T

were plain but affordable other manufacturers began to produce better looking cars, Ford halted production

Henry Ford

Made cars and change the USA transportation system

Jazz:

is a distinctly American musical form that originated from a combination of influences, including African rhythms, European harmonies, early 1920s was the jazz age.

Assembly Line

line helped Ford reduce labor costs within the production process by moving the product from one team of workers to the next

Prohibition

a nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages that lasted from 1920 to 1933

Charles A. Lindbergh

competing for the Orteig Prize, awarding $25,000 to the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. The flight from New York to Paris took 33 1/2 hours and made Lindbergh an international hero. Lindbergh helped usher in the era of famed American aviation.

Credit:

An arrangement for buying something now with borrowed money and paying off the loan over time]

Bootlegger:

Capone exhibited his wealth by driving a 30,000 Cadillac and flashing an 11 1/2-carat diamond ring ribbed politicians, judges, and police officers, and also eliminated rival bootlegger

Babe Ruth

American Athlete and baseball player hitting 60 home runs in 1927 and fame in 1936

Charlie Chaplin:

Most iconic character was the tramp whose ill-fitting clothing and shuffling walk made him look to audiences like a vagrant who did not own a pair of shoes in his own size.

Louis Armstrong

a Jazz singer and a great trumpet player and gravelly voice emotional and depth to jazz

The 19th Amendment

gave women the right to vote

Advertising

The more these goods were advertised, the higher the demand they received. Increased demand meant more workers were needed, so more Americans were receiving wages.

Spectator Sports

Americans attending sporting events spectator sports became a business and athletes became national celebrities

ERA: (Equal Right Amendment)

a proposed but unratified Constitutional amendment first introduced in 1923 by Alice Paul for the purpose of guaranteeing equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender]

Red Scare:

The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This "scare" was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.

Nativism:

prejudice toward immigrants.

In the Scopes Trial, the argument was over the Theory of “ Evolution” being taught

the public high school in Dayton, Tenn.Theory of evolution in schools; science teacher John Scopes was found guilty and fined for his conduct, leaving the Tennessee law intact

List new invention of the 1920’s that made life “easier”?

pop up toaster household applicants and cars and radio and entertainment

Prior to the 1920’s, most American viewed Credit as

The growth of installment buying made it possible for Americans to purchase goods on credit. Through installment buying, a buyer makes a down payment on the product, and the seller loans the remainder of the purchase price to the buyer. The buyer then pays back the loan in monthly installments, but if the buyer stops making payments before the loan is repaid, the seller can reclaim the product..

President Harding died in 1923 and “VP Calvin Coolidge

federal government rais the price on farm products Although Congress passed the bill sold surplus in 1927 and 1928 crops overseas. ,President Calvin Coolidge vetoed it both times."

What happened to most farmers during the 1920’s?

Lost their farms

Why is the 1920s referred to as the “Roaring Twenties”

colloquial term for the 1920s, especially within the United States and other Western countries where the decade was characterized by economic prosperity, rapid social and cultural change, and a mood of exuberant optimism.

What new invention entered homes giving more people the chance to enjoy new inventions and entertainment during the 1920’s

Radio itself became a craze in the 1920s as it brought the entire country into average American homes for the first time as well with tv

Which group of people were less open to change and felt certain actions were against their morals?

rural/farming communities resist change because they have strong traditions and values they often see new ideas as threats to their way of life and may view changes as morally questionable this focus on stability helps maintain their community identity

President Harding took over following Woodrow Wilson. He promised that the U.S. would return to ____ and to the days prior to World War 1.

Normalcy