th Amendment Aim Were the 1920s a step forward or back PROHIBITION AND CRIME The 18 th Amendment banned the sale and consumption of alcohol Prohibition Support Volstead Act law enacted by congress to enforce the 18 ID: 597687
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Do Now: What is the 18th Amendment?
Aim: Were the 1920s a step forward or back?Slide2
PROHIBITION AND CRIME
The 18th Amendment:
banned the sale and consumption of alcohol Slide3
Prohibition Support
Volstead Act: law enacted by congress to enforce the 18th
Amendment.
Advocates of Prohibition: Prohibition improves individuals, strengthens families, and creates a better society. Slide4
Those who opposed prohibition
Speakeasies:
secret drink establishment .
Bootlegger: one who sells illegal alcohol. Slide5
The Mob:
New bread of murders, stealing, and bootlegging.- Al Capone: Most famous mobster of the time.
“I
am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand
.”Slide6
New MASS
CULTURE:
1920sSlide7
Pop Culture
Radio : brings distant events to your home (sports, stories)
Phonograph: listen to music Slide8Slide9
Movies:
HollywoodSilent filmsCharlie Chaplin (actor) Slide10
Leisure
More time to enjoy lifePicnic, games, sports Slide11
Age of Heroes
BABE RUTH
Homerun hero“Great bambino”Baseball: America’s Pastime
CHARLES LINBERGH
PilotCross Atlantic (33hours)“Lucky Lindy” Slide12
Women
in the
1920sSlide13
Social changes
Flappers: risky dressedEasier housework (vacuum, dish washer)Joined social clubs (book) Slide14
“Flappers”Slide15
Political Changes
Flappers believed they had the same rights and menNewly elected to politics19th
amendment Slide16
Economic changes
Enter the workforce NursesSecretary
Teachers New consumer goods Slide17
HARLEM RENIASSANCE :
Growth in African American culture:Music literature, poetry, and arts Slide18
A “New Black Conscious”
African Americans left the
South for a better future
Become: ministers, Drs, lawyers, teachers. Slide19
The Jazz Age
African American form of music known as jazz. Radio and phonograph helped spread.
New Orleans Louis Armstrong: Trumpet player
“Ambassador of Jazz” Slide20
Cotton Club
One of Harlem’s most famous attractions, AA played music to white audiences
Bridges the gap between blacks and whites Slide21
Langston Hughes
Most powerful literary voice of his time
Poetry Slide22
Lasting impact
Altered ways whites viewed African Americans
- The Roaring 20s ends with a financial collapses