Chelsea Carter
Barron Blackford
Raesta Boggs
Junior Varela
of senators and direct
primaries. other important
political
movement
WHAT POLITICAL
CHANGES
include women's right to
OCCURRED DURING
THE
1920S?
vote, the 16th
amendment which is
income tax. towards the
end of the decade things
started to downfall. postwar recession which
eventually led to the
stock market crashing in
1929 which then led to
the great depression
which effected everyone
in the world. just a side
note the KKK was also
1was over and research
and
development
WHY DID LIFE CHANGE
propelled the U.S into the
THE 1920S? HOW
age ofIN
modern
technology. The firstCHANGE?
washing machine was
built in and advertised
1927. Radio and TV's
became more common
and advances in
transportation and
communication also took
place. this progression let
the middle class become
more involved. They
could purchase cars,
radios, and home
SO MUCH
DIDN'T
WHAT IS THE ROARING 20'S?
•
The 1920s were an age of dramatic
social and political change. For the
first time, more Americans lived in
cities than on farms. The nation’s
total wealth more than doubled
between 1920 and 1929, and this
economic growth swept many
Americans into an affluent but
unfamiliar “consumer society.”
•
http://www.history.com/topics/roaring
-twenties
•
"the belief that anyone
can, and should, achieve
material WAS
status." THE AMERICAN
WHAT
•
•
IN THE 1920S?
CrosspointLiterature.
August
29.< http://crosspointliter
ature.wikispaces.com/Am
erican+Dream+of+the+19
20's>
Instead of shooting for
equality, in the 1920's
the american dreamm
wass to get rich fast as
you can and live the fun
free life. And since
people arent striving for
DREAM
WHAT DOES THE ROARING 20S
• The
reckless
jubilance
HAVE TO DO WITH
OUR
BOOK?
that led to decadent
parties and wild jazz
music—epitomized in
The Great Gatsby by the
opulent parties that
Gatsby throws every
Saturday night—resulted
ultimately in the
corruption of the
American dream, as the
unrestrained desire for
money and pleasure
surpassed more noble
•
The first idea of the
WHERE
DID was
THE CONCEPT OF THE
"american dream"
thought
up y the writers
AMERICAN
DREAM GENERATE?
of the declaration of
independence. When
they wrote it they added
that ""All man are created
equal and that they are
all endowed with certain
unalienable rights, among
whih are life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness."
This was the original
American dream before it
was warped by the
people of the 1920's.
HOW IS THE AMERICAN DREAM
TODAY DIFFERENT THAN IN THE
1920S?
• The American Dream
isn't any different, but the
way to achieve it is. Back
then, it was work ethic
and labor, whereas now,
people except things to
be given to them without
earning it.
CITE
http://t.answers.com/answers/#!/entry/what-was-the-major-politicalchange-over-time-in-the,503cd73f444f6789473d0525
http://www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U7/U7_article1.cfm
•http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties
http://crosspointliterature.wikispaces.com/American+Dream+of+the+
1920's
http://www.ovtg.de/3_arbeit/englisch/gatsby/dream.html
•http://www.ovtg.de/3_arbeit/englisch/gatsby/dream.html