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Individuals in the Roaring Twenties President Warren Harding -29th President ( ) -Republican -Caused Teapot Dome Scandal -Campaign slogan was “Return to Normalcy” President Calvin Coolidge -30th President ( ) -Republican

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The Roaring 20s by Julion, Jake, Ethan, and Emily Timeline of Roaring Twenties World War I Ends Beginning of Jazz Age Rise of moral split between traditionalist s and modernists st amendment, Prohibtion, is enacted Dawes Plan is enacted to try to repay debt caused by World War I Immigration Act of 1942 is enacted to suppress immigration in the United States Scopes Trial, causes extreme moral split between modernists and traditionalists Great Depression begins, ends the Roaring Twenties Prohibition ends Great Depression ends th amendment was passed, allowing women to vote Individuals in the Roaring Twenties President Warren Harding -29th President ( ) -Republican -Caused Teapot Dome Scandal -Campaign slogan was Return to Normalcy President Calvin Coolidge -30th President ( ) -Republican Individuals in the roaring twenties President Herbert Hoover -31st President ( ) -Republican Al Capone -American gangster during Prohibtion, transported illegal liquors and beers -Supposedly caused the Valentines Day Massacre -Federal Agent Eliot Ness was the man who brought him to justice. Individuals in the Roaring Twenties Margaret Sanger -Radical feminist -Promoted reproductive rights for women Charles Lindbergh -Famous pilot during 1920s -Was the first person to fly from New York City to Paris, France Langston Hughes -Writer who became the leading voice of black men and women in the United States. Facts of the Roaring Twenties The Roaring 20s was a time of dramatic and political change. Most people from the 20s are familiar with the term flapper A flapper is a young women with bobbed hair and short skirts. They drank, smoked, and were known for their unlady like actions. Jazz music is mostly accredited to African Americans, but both black and white Americans are responsible for this outbreak Jazz was found in Harlem, due to popularity Two popular spectator sports in the U.S. were baseball and football. Facts of the roaring twenties In 1919, the 18th amendment, Prohibition, goes into effect and bans the buying and selling of alcohol. Prohibition was supported by traditionalists, who believed that alcohol was the cause for Americas social and domestic issues. Many Americans opposed Prohibition, mainly because it promoted organized crime. The 21st amendment ended Prohibition. Facts of the Roaring Twenties The new era of progressivism caused a moral split between traditionalists and modernists. Traditionalists preferred the peace and quiet of a small, rural town while modernists preferred the ever changing and improving city life. Traditionalists tended to be heavily religious, which caused a new wave of fundamentalism to return America to its previously established morals and beliefs. The Scopes Trial was the epitome of the moral clash between traditionalists and modernists. It involved a science teacher teaching evolution to his students, which traditionalists despised. Writers in the Roaring Twenties that criticized American life were known as The Lost Generation. The new morality of the Roaring Twenties was the new want of equality for all United States Citizens. Facts about the roaring twenties Two groups that were left out of the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties of farmers and black Americans. The extreme innovation that emerged during this time was unable to spread to farmers, due to their rural lifestyle. Due to racial prejudices, black men and women were usually also unable to partake in the luxuries that the Roaring Twenties provided. Immigration in the roaring twenties -Immigration spiked in the U.S. between 1919 and 1921 due to the extreme amount of social and economic growth happening the United States. -However, in 1921, the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 was passed, which only allowed a certain number of people from each different nationality and ethnicity to immigrate to the United States. This caused immigration in the U.S. to dramatically decrease The REd Scare During the Roaring Twenties -Due to the sudden influx of immigration in the United States, there was a growing paranoia of the possibility of communism and anarchism increasing in the U.S. -This caused the United States Department of Justice to begin raiding homes and businesses to arrest and deport radical leftists, in particular anarchists. Working During the Roaring Twenties -Due to the Progressive Age in the United States, many workers wanted to unionize. However, many large corporations did not allow them to do this. -This stance against unionization and more caused thousands of protests to emerge all across the United States. -The large influx of new industries helped boost the United States economy. KEllogg-Briad Pact of The Kellogg-Briad Pact of 1928 was a treaty that outlawed war as an instrument of national policy. -Sixty-two different countries agreed to sign this treaty. Spread of Automobile Use Fords automobiles were much cheaper, easier and more efficient to make so therefore automobiles became more of a public occurrence. JAZZ AND MUSIC The jazz age was underway in the beginning of the 1920s it was fueled by the prohibition of alcohol. in 1922, Chicago and New york was becoming the most important places for aspiring jazz musicians. Major inventions Tommy Guns The band-aid The first robot Insulin Frozen food spiral notebooks