Womans Suffrage:

nonviolent
fought back for education
Began to protest rights they thought they should have for their lives
Picketing outside White House
1918 passed amendment for federal Womans Suffrage
Wilson made it known that he supported Women's Suffrage
19th amendment employment only raised by 1%
Women received lower pay and mainly worked service jobs
could not have career, education, and not own
Amelia Earhart was the first women to fly a plane
Margaret Sanger opened a birth control clinic, organized conferences, and published
books to spread knowledge of family planning in the U.S despite opposition from the
clergy.
Sports of the 1920s:
baseball was the sport of the 20s
The black sox was the event that shocked america
the athlete's salary was much lower than it is today
Black Sox Scandal
commissioner did not let the players that threw games back into the league
football was a lot smaller
after college football, players just went to get real jobs
created in canton ohio in 1920
Horse Racing
a spectators sport
same today as it was back then
need to win 3 races
Boxing
very popular
National boxing association - 1921
now called world boxing association
Boxing was very different in the 1920s - then they would legit beat eachother up
Jack Dempsey
- Held his title for almost 10 years
- Was known as one of the Big 5 Athletes of the decade
Harlem Renaissance
originally occupied with white jewish residents then more housing became available and
the black population increased
Many writers and artists, some won awards, many books were published
Jane Welton Johnson working on his books Books of AMerican negro poetry 1922 * *
made up of 31 african poets
Music Jazz and Blues was background music for almost every event during the time
Blues came from sorrowed slaved in the south
Combined blues and Ragtime
Began to attract large white audiences
Louis Armstrong was a famous musician at this time

Paul WHiteman- took the name of king of jazz

Music was being spread about the country
Black theater became popular in 1921
shuffle along was popular
running wild 1925
Douglas hotel in chicago
some believed jazz and blues damaged the culture of black people
Many believed blues and jazz captured their culture
AARON DOUGLAS was regularly published
Cotton Club was a venue, very well known, hot spot

Wall Street Crash:

inflation decreased
low employment rate
people kept spending money and had no savings bc they were just taking loans out of
the bank
they didn't worry about the loans and just kept spending
kept spending money
when the stock market crashed- less farming, less steel production
Farmers stopped farming, people started not to have food.
Stocks plummeted drastically this was called Black Tuesday
The banks had to start giving out loans- people lost their jobs
unemployment rate increased
Lead to the Great Depression, people would wait hours in line for food and coffee
1931- 2000 banks closed
1933- 4000 banks closed
people who saved up their whole lives discovered they had no money left
1933- nearly elected president roosevelt declared a bank holiday to asses the banks
1933- fed insurance corporation was established

Fashion of 1920s

bright colors
shorter dresses and shorts
influenced the way americans viewed their appearance
social status
more about social status
women felt more independent, rebellious behavior
state legislators tried to make it a law of how short skirts and dresses could be
prohibition played a role in men's fashion, coats made it easy to hide flasks

Radio

Guglielmo Marconi discovered how to transmit telegraphic code through the air
broadcast began in 1920
1st broadcast was in Pittsburg
If the radio was not invented the internet would not exist today
paid 10,000 to have ads and songs onthe radio
Navajo talkers in world wars used to talk and navigate
radio exploded in the 1920

broadcasted presidential debates

most households had them

Flappers
rebellious young woman between 15-20 and blamed it on the war
broke the victorian wars which
jazz age
rebellious attractive smoking bad behavior
F. Scott Fitzgerald was the king of flappers
cartoons of flappers
Flapper Jane - an article in the magazine- not a real person
flappers were not seeking equality with men
The average father did not know that his daughter was a flapper
women were not supposed to drive
when women did drive, they developed their freedom more
The enemy of a Flapper was often the enemy of change
Flapper King= F. Scott
Henry Ford Model T
Ford was born in Dearborn Michigan in
Creator of the ford motor company in 1903
Built Model T in 1908
Changed and perfected the assembly line
Nicknamed Tim Lizzie
Came into demand bc of low cost durability and low maintenance
Made up to 40 percent of cars sold
Used interchangeable parts
Model T came in several body styles
Top speed of car was 40-45 mph
Hand crank to start the car
.Affordable means of transportation
Benefitted the gas companies and services
Positive impacts- expansion of the american highways
Better working conditions were becoming more common
Fords Motor company is still making cars today
Assembly Line allowed manufacturers to be efficient
Model T ford club of America and a Model T international club
Over 5 million cars were made
1847 - John and William Ford
father and son lived in Michigan
Henry Ford was born and started working at 16
Built Model T

Prohibition
Was assigned to reduce drinking
18th amendment took away the selling of alcohol

U.S govt lost money due to no alcohol tax

Mobsters became powerful bc of the need of alcohol by many americans
most famous was al (flamboyant dough boy talkin al capone
after 14 years, prohibition ended december 5th 1933
endorsed by Franklin Roosevelt
People turned to bootleggers to get alcohol

Sacco & Vanzetti

shoe comany
kill paymaster and guard and take money
get executed
foreigners
anarchest
Movies in the 1920s
dialog
The Jazz Singer
Charles Lindbergh
baby got kidnapped
5 pb&j
first to fly across the atlantic by himself
33 hours

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