PPT-1920s Interwar Years

Unit EQ How did the 1920s transform American culture Section EQ What repelled immigrants from capitalism and what prompted nativism Section Vocab Communism singleparty dictatorled government system Equality above all else. Anthony Parisi. Claire . Hatala. Maria Maguire. Megan Witt. Topic. How does . The Great Gatsby. reflect the . 1920s as . an era of great change? Include the underdeveloped social issues in . Gatsby. By: Amanda . LaFayette. , Madison Chandler and . Rihana. Wilson. Historical Events in the 1920’s. This time was also called the Roaring 20’s because it was a big cultural, industrial, and political growth.. The Roaring Twenties. Life Magazine cover page celebrating the 1920s, http://theroaringtwentieshistory.blogspot.ca/p/events-of-twenties.html . The Roaring Twenties. Music. Jazz, fast, happy, fun. Fashion. Section 1. America Struggles . with Postwar Issues. Nativism. Came out of various worries following WWI. Prejudice against foreign-born people. Evident in immigration quotas, rise of the . Ku Klux Klan. Introduction. Quote. : “American women were transformed after World War I. They seemed to embody the changes going on in the country itself. The United States went from a young industrial state that was accumulating the capital to build factories and railroads to a world power with a consumer economy that relied on its citizens to keep the boom going by borrowing money and buying homes and cars. Meanwhile, the celibate settlement house worker was replaced as a female prototype by the jazz-crazed flapper dancing the Charleston in a speakeasy. Everything that had anything to do with consumption was in style. That included drinking, smoking, and sex - for women as well as men.” -- 'America's Women, 400 years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines' by Gail Collins. Unit EQ: How did the 1920’s transform American culture?. Section EQ:. What repelled immigrants from capitalism and what prompted nativism?. Section Vocab. Communism- . single-party, dictator-led government system. Equality above all else.. The Ku Klux Klan is an outlawed, racist, ultra-conservative, fraternal organization dedicated to the supremacy of an Anglo-Saxon, Protestant society. Although never successful across Canada, the Klan was briefly popular in . THE ROARING TWENTIES. Americans on the Move. Urbanization still accelerating.. More Americans lived in cities than in rural areas. 1920:. New York 5 million. Chicago 3 million. URBAN VS. RURAL. Farms started to struggle post-WWI.. Regionalism (Benton). Modernism (Stella, O’Keefe). Edward Hopper. Chop . Suey. (1929). Edward . Hopper was an American artist in the 1920s. Two common characteristics in his work show facets of American life, such as gas stations and theaters, and seascapes and rural landscapes. Because feminism was strong in the 1920s, many of his solitary figures are women.. Section EQ:. What repelled immigrants from capitalism and what prompted nativism?. Section Vocab. Communism- . single-party, dictator-led government system. Equality above all else.. Red Scare- . widespread fear in U.S. in response to communist cries for worldwide revolution against capitalism.. Week 16 : December 12-16, 2016 Sacco & Vanzetti Clemency Hearing, plus Ch. 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s Homework : READ Americans Ch. 13 section & record 5+ notes by Wednesday (2 Ch. 19 Discussion Questions: The Interwar Years - Challenge of Dictators & Depression Cluck – AP European History 2017 Why did the Paris settlement fail to bring peace and prosperity to Europe? Creativity and literary contributions were rampant in the 1920s, with many representing the societal changes in their works.. Print Media. With more leisure time, and greater access to education, more people started to read during the 1920s. Reading books, magazines, and even other circulations became popular as a pastime. At the same time, more creative thinkers entered the scene to create to meets the demands.. 2. Take out your Interwar vocab to review on your own or with the people around you for . 5 MINUTES. . After that, we will play the Kahoot review as a last recap before the vocab quiz. . 3. Write down your HW.