1. The Roaring Twenties

2. COMPETENCY GOAL 9:Prosperity and Depression (1919-1939) 9.01: Elaborate on the cycle of economic boom and bust in the 1920's and 1930's. 9.02: Analyze the extent of prosperity for different segments of society during this period. 9.03: Analyze the significance of social, intellectual, and technological changes of lifestyles in the United States. 9.04: Describe challenges to traditional practices in religion, race, and gender.

3. 1920's = "Roaring 20's” or "Jazz Age“ modern America is born at this time 1920 census = urban society

5. Pro-business cabinet includes Andrew W. Mellon as Secretary of the Treasury – trickle-down economics

7. Teapot Dome Scandal = Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall takes bribes and makes illegal deals with oil executives

9. Laissez faire —business unregulated by government benefits the nation; business prospers

11. Americans have more money to buy goods, spend on leisure

13. National advertising begins, promotes new products

17. Former WW I pilots work as crop-dusters, stunt fliers, flight instructors

18. U.S. Post Office Department begins air mail service (1918)

19. Charles A. Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart fly across the Atlantic

21. Young people stay in school longer, wear daring clothes, follow silly fads

25. Designers Jean Patou Jeanne Lanvin Coco Chanel

26. Men's Fashion

33. People flock to movies to see favorite actors and actresses such as Charlie Chaplin

36. Ernest Hemingway

37. F. Scott Fitzgerald

40. “I, Too.” by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong. Tomorrow,I'll be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobody'll dareSay to me,"Eat in the kitchen,"Then.Besides,They'll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed--I, too, am America.

42. Louis Armstrong