The Roaring 20s

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The Roaring 20s

• After WWI, Many advancements were made
• I. POLITICAL TRENDS
• 1. President Warren G. Harding
• a. Return to Normalcy
• 2. President Calvin Coolidge
• a. Rode the wave of prosperity

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II. ECONOMIC SUCCESS

• 1. America less harmed by WWI
• a. All fighting took place in Europe
• -no food, no manpower, disease
• -Europe looked to America for support

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2. Automobile Industry Skyrockets

• a. Americas all-time leading business
• b. Henry Fords Assembly line
• -very efficient
• -created jobs
• -more jobs in peoples pockets
• -more spending
• -better economy
• -promoted other industries
• -glass, steel, oil, tools, advertising
• -increased organized labor (Unions)
• -better working conditions

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III. Cultural Revolution (improvements)

• 1. 19th Amendment (1920)
• a. Womens Suffrage
• -right to vote
• b. Education for all Americans
• c. Harlem Renaissance
• -racial discrimination in hiring
• -African Americans left out
• -pioneers of entertainment
• -music, literature, art, film, etc.
• -entertainment becomes big business

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Questions

• How did the United States Change during the
  1920s?
• What new problems arose in government in the
  1920s?
• What new problems arose in society in the 1920s?
• How did new technology affect the lives of
  Americans during the 1920s?