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Technology
◻ Henry Ford’s Model-T⬜Invented 1908⬜Assembly Line⬜Affordable (under $500)⬜Efficient transportation⬜ 1926-26 million cars on the road⬜Created new jobs⬜Increased expansion
Movies Popular form of Entertainment
◻ Silent films◻ Talkies films with talking◻ Famous actors: Valentino and Charlie Chaplin
◻ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_1apYo6-Ow
Jazz Age
◻ Louis Armstrong⬜Famous jazz musician⬜Jazz: became the most
popular form of music in the 1920’s.■Jazz was influenced by African
Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io0uqrp9dco
Harlem Renaissance
◻ Many artists, musicians and authors moved to Harlem, New York
◻ They worked together to create great works of art, music and literature.
◻ Langston Hughes⬜Wrote about the lives of African
Americanshttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/harlem_renaissance/harlem_renaissance_home.htm
Sports
◻ Babe Ruth⬜Radios were
becoming common in homes, which made sports more popular
⬜Babe Ruth (famous baseball player) helped make baseball a popular sport
Prohibition
◻ Prohibition-A complete ban on alcohol◻ 18th amendment-started
prohibition◻ Why do this?◻ Why didn’t it work?
◻ 21st amendment-ended prohibition
◻ Who were Bootleggers?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjFhOG5JzQ&index=45&list=PLUvgn1rvfmHSkR4ozbHzSqhGqf1ZKAJKf
Start at minute 33 and only show to end of prohibition
19th Amendment
◻ Passed in 1920 to give women the right to vote
◻ Women’s roles in World War I helped get the amendment passed
The Great Migration
◻ African Americans migrated north to cities like New York, Chicago, Detroit
◻ Looking to escape Jim Crow laws in the South and find jobs
◻ They still faced discrimination and racism in the North
◻ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjFhOG5JzQ&index=45&list=PLUvgn1rvfmHSkR4ozbHzSqhGqf1ZKAJKf
Start at 26 minutes stop at prohibition
Stock Market
◻ People can buy stock in a company
◻ If the company is making money, stock prices will increase, and the people who own stock will make money.
◻ In 1929 prices of stock began to fall
◻ People panicked and sold their stocks
◻ This dropped prices further causing a loss of a lot of money very quickly
Black Tuesday
◻ The worst day of money loss/stock selling occurred on Tuesday October 29
◻ Nicknamed Black Tuesday
Herbert Hoover
◻ President of the United States 1929-1933
◻ President when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began
The Great Depression
◻ A time of high unemployment and financial struggle in the United States
◻ What caused the Great Depression?⬜Stock Market Crash⬜Misuse of credit⬜Run on the banks
The Great Depression
◻ The Stock Market crashed and people misused credit
◻ The economy was bad
◻ Loss of jobs
◻ Less money being spent
◻ More people lost jobs
◻ The Great Depression
◻ People lost their jobs
◻ People have less money to spend
◻ More people lost jobs
◻ Economy got worse
Cause Effect
Hoovervilles
◻ Many people blamed President Herbert Hoover for the Great Depression
◻ Homeless people grouped together and made homes out of cardboard and other supplies
◻ These became known as Hoovervilles
◻ http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
◻ Franklin Roosevelt was elected president◻ His goal was to get the United States out of
the Great Depression◻ New Deal Programhttp://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/videos/fdr-delivers
The New Deal
◻ A group of programs designed to end The Great Depression
◻ Goals: Relief, Recovery and Reform◻ http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt/videos/the-new-deal-how-does-it-affect-us-today
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
◻ Work camps for men ages 18-25◻ Men received housing, food and $30 month salary◻ Planted trees, created new parks, repaired parks,
and built roads
Dust Bowl
◻ A severe drought (a long period without raid) occurred in the Great Plains
◻ This made soil very dry, creating dust storms
◻ This area became known as the Dust Bowl
◻ The severe drought hurt farmers became they were unable to farm
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