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S PRIMARY SOURCE COLLECTION Louis Lozowick 57 th St Ne w York City lithograph 1929 Renwick GallerySmithsonian Institution THE SKYSCRAPER In American self image of the 1920s the icon of. org 7LWOH57347IRQW57347573557HVWDURVVD15735657347FRXUWHV57347RI573471LFN57526V57347RQWV57347DW57347RQW6SDFH Complete image credits at americainclassorgsourcesbecomingmodernimagecreditshtm DV57347D57347ROODU 57524HWWLQJ57347KHDG57347RI57347WKH57347DQG orgsourcesbecomingmodernimagecreditshtm HE WENTIES DQG57347WKH57347QDWLRQDO57347VWULYLQJ57347IRU5734757524QRUPDOF57525 GR57347WKH57347PHDQ57347RZ57347GR57347WKH57347FRQYH57347WKH57347FDUWRRQ57527V FDUWRRQLVW57527V57347SRLQW DW57347LV57347WKH57347FDUW 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. American Life in the “Roaring Twenties”. Seeing Red. Bolshevik Revolution= Communist in Russia. Red Scare of 1919-1920. . -Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. . -6000k suspects rounded up. . 1900-1920. Chelsea Bell. Southern Methodist University. MSA 3325. Spring 2013. Gowns by Paul . Poiret. , 1912. The Edwardian Period and WWI: 1900-1920. Historical Background. 1900-1920. England. France. number) Course Section Course Title Bldg./Rm Begin-End Day(s) HUM 1920 0001 FIG COLLOQUIUM HCB_0212 10:10AM-11:00AM W CGS 2100 0004 MICRO APPL FOR BS/EC HCB_0101 03:35PM-04:50PM TR FLH_0255 12:30PM-01 “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”. Daily Question?. Have women had reasons to rebel before the 1920’s?. 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. (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). 29 & 30 – Republican Presidents . “A return to normalcy” – Harding 1920. The Ohio Gang. Teapot Dome Scandal – Albert B. Fall. “Keep it cool with Coolidge” 1924. “The business of government is business”-Silent Cal. 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. . Transition America. After World War I, America saw many new changes or transitions. Transition from . war. to peace. Isolationist. spirit was strong after WWI. U.S. rejected Treaty of . Versailles. 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.