1920s Consumerism, Sports,
Leisure
Chapters 12-3, 13-3
1920s Economy
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Industrial expansion
_________________ boom
45-hr. work weeks = more __________
Mass consumption drove prices down
Massive use of ___________
The 3 Republican Presidents
of the 1920s
3 Presidents in the 1920s:
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______________ is Back!
•  Republican Presidents bring back laissezfaire (hands-off) policy
–  Very little government ________________
–  Government favors businesses
–  Things starting to resemble the _____________
•  Many in government feared government
regulation could be misinterpreted as
_____________________
•  Republicans tend to be more laissez-faire
than ___________________
Modern Corporation
•  Massive merger movement in 1920s
•  General Electric, General Motors, Sears
Roebuck, Du Pont
•  1930: ____ companies controlled ___%
of corporate wealth
________________
•  Government policies
favor _______ as well.
–  Lowered ________
–  Gave businesses
_____so they could give
more consumers credit
•  Average annual income
went from $522 to $705
between 1920 and 1929
–  Had ______% of world s
wealth
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Electricity
•  Factories used
electricity
•  Many urban homes
had electricity
–  Appliances such as:
–  Most _____ homes
did not have it
Advertisements of 1920s
•  Increased use of
________________
________________
to sell products
•  Fueled __________
for middle class and
wealthy
People buying on _______!
•  People could buy things through
___________________________________
•  Installment plan:
•  Pay part in cash, the rest later (credit)
•  People thought prosperity of 1920s would
continue _________________________
•  Will later come back to haunt America!
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______________
•  Did not share in prosperity of 1920s
•  Overproduction=
–  Farmers often increased production in attempt to increase
profits
–  Some refused to cut back production after WWI profits
–  Farm incomes ______________
–  Improved technologies meant more yield per acre and less
farmers
_______________
•  Used the ___________
to create cars.
•  Cars were much more
________________
•  Average person could
now have a car.
•  Helped the
___________________
___________________
industries grow.
•  More ______________!
Impact of Auto
•  _____________ roads
•  New types of
businesses
–  ___________________
–  People from _____ areas
come to ________ areas
more often
•  Status symbol
–  Sign of superiority of
___________________
•  Cities continue to
spread ____________
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Airplane Industry
•  Changed way we
travel, get mail, etc.
•  ______________:
Big hero in the
1920s
•  Flew his plane, the
________________,
solo across the
Atlantic Ocean in
1927
Education
•  1914-1926: high school
enrollment increased
from _______________
students to __________
–  Increased enrollment in
_________ programs to
train for industrial jobs
•  Educate children of
__________________
–  Try to teach them
_______________ ways
News Coverage
•  Increase in the
number of
newspapers and
magazines
•  The first
____________
program in 1920
•  By end of the 1920s,
millions of people
had a radio
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Sports
•  People loved sports
in the 1920s
–  1929: $4.5 billion on
entertainment
•  ________________
started
•  ____________ was
popular.
•  __________ was
the most popular
Two Biggest Sports Stars…
Movies!
•  __________ movies
were popular.
•  The first ________ in
1927
________________.
•  Rudolph Valentino,
Clara Bow and Charlie
Chaplin
•  First full length
animated movie:
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The Arts
•  ________________:
Writers who were
resentful of WWI
and upset about
society
The Roaring Twenties 7