The ROARING 20s
The Jazz Age
Cities and
Suburbs
Due to improved transportation
Communication Changes
Marconi & Sarnoff
David Sarnoff
Guglliermo Marconi
Electricity brings…
Electricity also brings…
Life in the South
•Jobs for African Americans in the South were
scarce and low paying.
• African Americans faced discrimination and
violence in the South.
• African Americans moved to northern cities in
search of better employment opportunities.
• African Americans also faced discrimination and
violence in the North.
The Great Migration North
Prohibition
• What was Prohibition, and how effective
was it?
Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional
amendment (18th Amendment) that made it
illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell
alcoholic beverages.
Results of Prohibition
• Speakeasies
Created as places for
people to drink
alcoholic beverages
• Bootleggers
People who smuggled
illegal alcohol and
promoted organized
crime
Art, Music and
Literature
• Who are the famous people
during this time?
• What are they famous for?
Georgia O-Keefe
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
• a novelist who
portrayed the
strength of poor
migrant workers
during the 1930s
George Gershwin &
Aaron Copeland
Charles Lindbergh
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
Combination of
African rhythms
and America music
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
Jacob Lawrence
Langston Hughes
Children's Rhymes
By what sends
the white kids
I ain't sent:
I know I can't
be President.
What don't bug
them white kids
sure bugs me:
We know everybody
ain't free.
Lies written down
for white folks
ain't for us a-tall:
Liberty And Justice-Huh!--For All?
Al Capone
President Hoover