PPT-American Life in the “Roaring Twenties”: 1919-1929

Seeing Red vAmerica turned in after the war again disillusion vFear of Communist Russia vSmall party in US vBelieved takeover in US v Palmer Raids 19191920 Attorney Gen A Mitchell Palmer. The 1929 Stock Market crash was a result of various economic imbalances and structural failings. These are some of the most significant economic factors behind the stock market crash of 1929.. CREDIT BOOM. AMH2020. Chapter 31. Derek Wingate. Seeing Red . After World War I, America turned inward, away from the world, and started a policy of “. isolationism. .” Americans denounced “radical” foreign ideas and “un-American” lifestyles.. By Marc Latham, Taylor Smith, Aidan Fulton, & Dan English. 1920s music was called, "a combination of nervousness, lawlessness, primitive and savage animalism and lasciviousness. .”. In a time of freedom and expression Jazz music allowed musicians to improvise and express themselves without a rigid musical format. . Overview. Economic Freedom. Real economy. Financial economy. Alleged causes of the Great Depression. More likely causes. Implications for today. Why Do Economies Grow?. Sufficient amounts of . economic freedom . Objective 3.1:. Examine the decade of the 1920s in the USA to consider how healthy its economy and political system was. Warm-Up: Assessing Prior Knowledge . What do you know about the Roaring (19)20s? . america. (1919 – 1929). Unit 4. :. A turbulent decade. Chapter 13. :. Postwar troubles. Section 1. :. READ TO DISCOVER. 1. What were some of the economic outcomes of demobilization?. Demobilization. or the “Recovery of Europe”?. 1919: Germans establish the Weimar Republic.. April 1921: German reparations bill set at 132 billion gold marks (52% for France, 22% for Britain, 10% for Italy). 1922: Germany recognizes USSR in Treaty of Rapallo.. APUSH Unit 11. 1919-1939. 1920s Popular Culture. WW1 Anxieties. Espionage & Sedition . Act (1918). Demobilization & . Labor Strife. Red Scare (1919). Palmer Raids. Sacco & Vanzetti (1920, 1927). Prohibition. January 1920- 18th Amendment. Sale of alcohol was illegal . Bootlegging- Illegally producing and selling alcohol . Speakeasies. Illegal establishments that sold liquor. “Speak easy” when you are at a bar so you don’t look nervous or act suspicious . There were significant differences between the quality of play and the fan base for pro and college basketball. . Many of the professionals never went to college and some did not even complete high school. . The “manly art of boxing,” seemingly ingrained in many cultures and introduced in the original Olympics in about 688 . bce. , adopted the Marquis of Queensbury rules in the late 1800s and made the sport less violent. . A Scholarship Presentation by Rachel Lampson and John Williams. Biography of Mary Firth . (1584.  – 26 July . 1659). Her name was first referenced on 7 August, 1610 in John Day’s lost . Madde. . Introduction. . . The Great Gatsby, one of the most famous American novels of all time was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel was created around the roaring twenties and the jazz age. It also reflects on the life of the upper class during this time frame. The United States, and more specifically New York was a different place in the twenties when Fitzgerald began writing this book. This webquest was designed to allow the students to travel back in time to a place they know nothing of in order to get them to build background for the story. . After the war, Americans became consumers, spending money instead of saving. . Cars became more affordable and therefore more popular. . Most homes had electricity so Americans bought appliances like toasters and refrigerators. .