PPT-The Big Picture: American culture underwent rapid and radical change in the 1920s. Large

Chapter 20 The Roaring Twenties Main Idea The United States experienced many social changes during the 1920s Chapter 20 Section 1 American Life Changes New Roles for Women New Opportunities. 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. The United States between WWI and the Great Depression . Postwar Adjustments. As a result of WWI, USA was world’s largest CREDITOR nation.. In 1922, European nations owed the US $11.5 BILLION. Britain and mainland Europe were completely destroyed by . The New Era: 1920s. The business of America and the consumer economy.. Republican politics: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. The culture of Modernism: science, the arts, and entertainment. Responses to Modernism: religious fundamentalism, nativism, and Prohibition. Themes. ,Advertising and Attitudes towards Consumerism/Mass Media. Characteristics of the Twenties. Mass-Produced consumer goods. Consolidation of Companies. Electrification. Automobile. Rising Stock Prices. 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.. Movies. An era of black-and-white silent films. Some well known titles are:. Metropolis (1927). Ben-. Hur. (1925 film). Nosferatu. : A Symphony of Horror (1922. ). (the original vampire movie). Music. Chapter 31. 1919-1929. Introduction. T. he boom of the golden twenties showered genuine benefits on Americans, as incomes and living standards rose for many.. New technologies, new consumer products, and new forms of leisure and entertainment made the twenties roar.. Ch 13, Sec 1, 2. 1920s was period of massive rapid change.. Inevitable due to WWI.. Many came home from war scarred & wounded both physically & mentally.. Many who stayed home disillusioned as well.. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. EQ – How did the U.S. . experience both economic . growth and social change . in the decade after WWI?. Intro. Video. http://. www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?SearchText=jazz age&lid=18565842&ID=640103&player=12. How would new products make life easier for stay at home wives?. Answer both “Thinking Critically” questions. . Chapter 20 Section 4. A New Mass Culture. New Trends in Popular Culture. Farms: people worked dawn to dusk, with little time to spare. 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 New Trends in Popular Culture. The 1920 was in many respects the first decade of our modern era. Even as cultural issues divided Americans from different regions or economic levels, technology was beginning to break down other barriers. The biggest evidence of this was in the leisure interests of the American people.. Sacco & Vanzetti Clemency Hearing, plus Ch. 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s. Homework. : . READ . Americans. Ch. 13 section & record 5+ notes by Wednesday . (2. nd. of four collaborative, open-notes . Communism-. Socialism- . Nativism- . Red Scare- . Communism and Socialism. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new political ideology called communism grew out of the more moderate socialism. . . Communism .