PPT-1920’s Women and Change

Daily Question Have women had reasons to rebel before the 1920s Flapper Article Changes in the Role of Women After World War One women had an increased presence in the factory workforce Increased presence in college scene. By James Hurst. “Bleeding” Tree. Baby born in a caul. Baby born in a caul. Doodlebug (. Antlion. ). Doodlebug (. Antlion. ). Kids in 1920. Kids in 1920. N. Carolina Swamp. N. Carolina Swamp. World War I. SLO’s. Henry Ford moved America forward economically. SW describe how the consumer revolution and bull market came to be. How are the effects of the economic boom on urban and rural similar/different?. THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC. 1918/19: Founding the republic (suppression of the radical Left, constitution writing, disappointment at Versailles). 1920/23: Inflation turns into hyper-inflation (shortages, windfall profits, the Ruhr Struggle of 1923, uprisings by the radical Left and Right). © Edward T. O’Donnell, 2006. The Progressive Era. The Progressive Era Defined. Background on the Progressive Era. Three Main Ideas of Progressivism. Who Were the Progressives?. Key Progressive Era Reforms. “A return to normalcy”. The Roaring 20’s. The Jazz Age. The Good Times. Impact. Progressivism. Imperialism / Expansionism. WWI . A New Era. In 1920, Warren G Harding is elected president. States the nation needed a “return to normalcy”. Fad’s Begin. What is a fad?. Many people in the early 1920’s picked up on the latest fads and crazes, perhaps in an attempt to forget the painful memories of the war years.. Mass Media Begins. Most fads came to Canada from the United States in 1920. . Professor Malcolm Sperrin. Royal Berkshire Hospital. Drivers and Considerations. Ageing population. Greater range of treatments. Improved diagnostic tools. Greater expectations. Crikey factors. Equipment capital cost. Republican Control of Government. Throughout the 1920’s Republicans controlled the White House and Congress.. During this time Big Business boomed and farmers and labor unions struggled.. With the death of Teddy Roosevelt the Progressive Republicans died too.. Ms Leslie. History 12. Things to consider about America’s ‘personality’. American revolution was a rejection of European ideas, culture and monarchy. America was Anti-European in it’s attitude towards government structure. 1.) 18th Amendment. . -- passed in 1919, made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal. Why were people for prohibition?. •. People blame high crime rates on alcohol. •. People believe alcohol is evil. 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 . By 1920, just over 20 percent of Americans were high school graduates and only 8 percent were college graduates. . C. ollege . football was enormously popular with the nation's populace. . People . attended games and huddled by their radios to follow the action on Saturday afternoons. . 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. . American . Communist Party . formed in 1919. c. ommunist ideas frightened much of the public. Palmer Raids . (1919) resulted in the deportation and arrest of . thousands. n. o evidence of revolutionary conspiracies uncovered.