The Twenties

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The Twenties
Part One
A Turbulent Decade
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Republicans in Power
Warren Harding 1921-1923
Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
Herbert Hoover 1929-1933
Election of pro-business presidents Harding and
Coolidge Isolationist philosophy Immigration
quotas Tariffs on imports to discourage foreign
business competition Corruption in Harding's
administration
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Business and Technology

• Growth of automobile industry
• Advertising gains popularity
• Widespread use of electricity
• Increased production of consumer goods
• Buying on credit
• Superficial prosperity

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The Twenties
Part Two
Jazz Age
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F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Coined the term
• Jazz Age
• Author of The
• Great Gatsby

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Changing Ways of Life

• Prohibition
• Science and Religion Clash
• The Twenties Woman
• Sports
• Music and Dance
• Harlem Renaissance

Charles Lindbergh
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Prohibition

• The banning of the manufacture, sale, and
  possession of alcoholic beverage (18th Amendment)
• Speakeasies and bootleggers
• Organized Crime
• YouTube - Paper Lace-The Night Chicago Died

Al Capone
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Science and Religion Clash

• Battle between fundamentalist religious groups
  and secular thinkers over the validity of certain
  scientific discoveries
• Fundamentalists contest Darwin's theory of
  evolution
• Scopes Monkey Trial

Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan
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The Twenties Woman

• The Flapper
• New Work Opportunities
• Right to Vote (19th Amendment)
• YouTube-19th Amendment

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Sports Heroes of the 1920's
Jim Thorpe
Babe Ruth
Gertrude Ederle
Helen Wills
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Harlem Renaissance

• A literary and artistic movement celebrating
  African-American culture.
• YouTube - Harlem renaissance

Langston Hughes
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I, Too by Langston Hughes I, too sing
America. I am the darker brother. They send me to
eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I
laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I
'll be at the table When company
comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, Eat in the
kitchen, Then. Besides, They'll see how
beautiful I am And be ashamed- I, too, am America.
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Youth in the Roaring Twenties
Flagpole Sitting
Oxford Bags
Bobbed Hair
Dance Marathons
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1920s Slang Language Sampler
Applesauce- an expletive same as horsefeathers,
As in "Ah applesauce!"
Bee's Knees - An extraordinary person, thing,
idea the ultimate
Cat's Meow - Something splendid or stylish The
best or greatest, wonderful.
Copacetic - Wonderful, fine, all right
Cheaters - Eyeglasses
Drugstore Cowboy - a guy that hangs around on a
street corner trying to pick up girls
Dumb Dora - a stupid female
Egg - a person who lives the big life
Flat Tire - A dull witted, insipid, disappointing
date. Same as pill, pickle, drag, rag, oilcan
Giggle Water - An intoxicating beverage alcohol
Heebie-Jeebies - The jitters
Hotsy - Totsy - Pleasing
Real McCoy - The genuine article
Ritzy - Elegant (from the hotel)
Wet Blanket - a solemn person, a killjoy