The Age of Gatsby
By: Myrna Lopez
U.S. History
The Roaring ’20s
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe
r_embedded&v=Xmqc_wJN4_M#!
What is one thing you learned from this video
about the 1920s?
The 1920s
The 1920s was an era
that made a great
statement. With new
technology, prosperity,
change for women and
African Americans, but
also, great defeat. The
Roaring ’20s was and
age to never be
forgotten.
Warren G. Harding
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Republican President
from 1921-1923
Teapot Dome Scandal
Reduced taxes for rich
Americans with the
Revenue Act of 1921.
Originated term
“Founding Fathers”
Laissez-Faire
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An economic environment in which
transactions between private parties are free
from government restrictions, tariffs, and
subsidies, with only enough regulationsto
protect property rights.
French: “Let them do”
Eighteenth Amendment
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Prohibition of alcoholic
beverages in the United
States.
Production, transport
and sale of alcohol
illegal
Prohibition
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Made alcohol illegal.
Organized crimes
increased in power.
Corruption extended
among law
enforcement officials.
Prohibition Continued
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe
r_embedded&v=OiYqFXmVAFg#action=shar
e
How did the people react to prohibition?
What were some of the consequences?
Nineteenth Amendment
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Prohibits any U.S.
citizen from being
denied the right to vote
on the basis of sex.
Culmination of the
women’s suffrage
movement in the U.S.
Ratified August 18,
1920.
Flappers
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New breed of western
women in the ’20s
Wore short skirts, bobbed
hair, listened to jazz, and
flaunted their dislike for
“acceptable” behavior.
Seen as brash for wearing
too much makeup, drinking,
casual sex, smoking,
driving, and flouting social
and sexual norms.
Flappers Continued
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe
r_embedded&v=3svvCj4yhYc#action=share
What are some things you noticed that
women changed about themselves during
this era?
Harlem Renaissance
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Cultural movement in
the 1920s,
The “New Negro
Movement”
Music and art was
important in the
movement.
Harlem Renaissance Cont.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe
r_embedded&v=LagPOV_QeE8#!
What did the Harlem Renaissance do to
contribute to the transformation of African
Americsn identity?
What did the new culture contribute to the
1920s society?
Bibliography
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http://www.apstudynotes.org/ushistory/topics/causes-and-consequences/
http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_twenties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_renaissan
ce