PPT-THE ROARING TWENTIES A new age of American Prosperity

BACKGROUND Automobiles telephones and electricity made life easier and more comfortable than ever before Most Americans focused on making money and enjoying themselves Beneath an appearance of calm and prosperity America experienced fundamental economic and social change. (. v. ) to prevent from happening; to make impossible. Her extreme fear of heights . precludes . any chance of ever going skydiving. . sporadic. (. adj. ) . occurring once in a while; infrequent. Residents of Los Angeles are used to only . Community Conversation Regarding the Future Prosperity of West Michigan. March 17, 2014. Ballroom C, DeVos Place. 2:15 – 4:00. Michigan State Senate Districts. Michigan State House Districts. Michigan Municipal League. The Roaring Twenties. Life Magazine cover page celebrating the 1920s, http://theroaringtwentieshistory.blogspot.ca/p/events-of-twenties.html . The Roaring Twenties. Music. Jazz, fast, happy, fun. Fashion. 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? . As communism swept through Russia, fear that labor unions were influenced by Bolsheviks. “Red Scare” of 1919-20 (1. st. Red Scare). Crusade led by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer against suspected communists. The Great Depression. 1920 – 1941. Known by names such as . the Jazz Age, . the Age of Intolerance, . the Age of Wonderful Nonsense,. the age that embodies the beginning of Modern America,. An era of prosperity, republican power, conflict, and/or transition, . Life in Utah During the 1920’s. Student Objective. Students will gain an understanding of what life was like in Utah during the 1920’s and be able to identify key innovations and individuals from the decade.. *Economic Trends*. - The economy is perhaps the most important aspect of the 1920s [so if you don’t read the rest read this part]. Here are some of the economic characteristics of the era:. Initial Recession Followed by Recovery . 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.. 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. . Mass Consumption. Speculation Boom. Uneven Prosperity . Mass Consumption. Changes in production led to new patterns of consumption (mass markets for goods). More advertising. Workers with High wages & More time= Greater purchasing power. 9.1 Boom Times . Main Ideas: President Harding promised a return to peace and prosperity. Calvin Coolidge supported a pro business agenda. American business boomed in the 1920’s. In 1928, Americans elected Herbert Hoover, hoping he would help good financial times continue. . 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- 1919-1920- Attorney Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer. 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. .