PPT-Prohibition and the roaring 20s

1920s economy By 1924 the economy recovers and there is a lot less discontent in society Canada enters a period of postwar prosperity People begin to have money in their pockets again to spend on luxuries . The Jazz Age, The Harlem Renaissance and a Booming Economy. America after WWI . With American blood spilled, according to most Americans, at the fault of Europe, Americans focused their interests inward.. Society of the 1920s. Prohibition. 18. th. Amendment/ Volstead Act. Ban on sale, manufacture, or transportation of alcohol. 1920-1933. 21. st. Amendment ended Prohibition. Prohibition. Volstead act prohibited sale of alcohol. (Library of Congress). In the 1920s baseball recovered from the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 as attendance soared in ballparks throughout the country. (. Photodisc. , Inc.). Charles Lindbergh with his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. His 1927 flight from New York to Paris instantly made him an American hero. (Library of Congress). Prohibition. Definition. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of . alcohol in . the US between 1920 and 1933.. Beginning Ideas of Prohibition. Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Fought for Prohibition. Mass Production . **With the war over people wanted a return. . to “normalcy.”. . -Industries produced consumer goods. . -clothes, cars, . radios. , . washing . machines, . . vacuum . Definition. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of . alcohol in . the US between 1920 and 1933.. Beginning Ideas of Prohibition. Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Fought for Prohibition. “Silent Cal” Becomes President. “The business of America is Business”. Coolidge believed in little government intervention in the economy. Said very little. Silent Cal Gives the People what They Want – laissez-faire!. Ch 7.1. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. What is a recession?. Do economic recessions increase feelings of . Nativism. against immigrants?. Monday. , March 19, 2012. Understand the different clashes of values in the 1920s.. Ch 7.1. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. What is a recession?. Do economic recessions increase feelings of . Nativism. against immigrants?. Monday. , March 19, 2012. Understand the different clashes of values in the 1920s.. . Prohibition . Era. “Why don’t they pass a Constitutional amendment prohibiting anyone from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on the Earth.”. The Great Gatsby. Honors English 11. Standards of Learning. 11.4. The student will read, comprehend, and analyze relationships among American literature, history, and culture. 11.4a . Compare and contrast the development of American literature in its historical context.. Who were the two presidents that followed after Woodrow Wilson? Who was the president that promised normalcy and why was this promise so important to Americans? . LEQ: What are the characteristics of the Roaring 20s? . PROHIBITION IN PRACTICE. ENFORCING THE NEW PROHIBITION LAW PROVED TO BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE, AS MAKING, TRANSPORTING, AND SELLING ALCOHOL WAS ILLEGAL, BUT DRINKING IT WAS NOT.. PROHIBITION GAVE RISE TO HUGE SMUGGLING OPERATIONS, AS ALCOHOL SLIPPED INTO THE COUNTRY THROUGH STATES LIKE MICHIGAN ON THE CANADIAN BORDER.. In 1917, Lenin led the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution & created the 1. st. communist government. What is Communism. ?.  political theory derived from Karl Marx, . advocating.  class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.