PowerPoint presentation on the Roaring Twenties

2. Al Capone
In 1919, the Eighteenth
Amendment was passed. It
outlawed the transportation,
marketing, and production of
alcoholic beverages in the United
States. People for the prohibition
believed that it would reduce
family conflict, crime, and
violence, however, it had the
opposite effect.
Al Capone, shown in the image, is
an infamous gangster from the
1920’s who made millions each
year smuggling liquor into the
United States. Major crime
organizations developed due to
the amount of money that could
be made by smuggling alcohol
into the US.

3. The Negro Speaks of I've known rivers:
Rivers I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
By Langston Hughes flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
The Harlem Renaissance was a
time in which African Americans,
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
mostly in Harlem, focused on
creative expression and cultural I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
influence. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
Langston Hughes was a well I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
known African American figure went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy
from the Harlem Renaissance. He bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
wrote many poems and other
works of literature including this
one called “The Negro Speaks of I've known rivers:
Rivers”. Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

4. Billy Sunday
The 1920s was a time of great
cultural and social change.
Many people liked the changes
that were taking place,
however, there were also
those who felt differently.
Many Americans who held
fundamentalist beliefs did not
like the way people were
beginning to stray from
traditional values. Billy Sunday
was a preacher who traveled
around the United States
preaching his fundamentalist
beliefs.
Link: http://youtu.be/Ykn8YcIbmfo
To view a video of Billy Sunday
preaching, click on the link.

5. Women of the 1920s:
Flappers
With the right to vote, women
gained new respect in society.
Many women began working and
going to school. Some women,
called flappers, completely
rejected the traditional lifestyle of
women. They cut their hair, wore
short dresses and make up, and
went dancing. Many flappers also
smoked cigarettes and drank
alcohol. They were a symbol of
the Roaring Twenties.

6. Jazz Age
Jazz music became so popular
during the 1920s that the
decade has often been
referred to as the Jazz Age. It
not only existed in Harlem
during the Harlem
Renaissance, but it swept the
entire country. Jazz became
unbelievably popular.
Louis Armstrong was a famous
Jazz musician from the 1920s.
He is shown in the picture to
the right.
Click on the speaker to hear one
of his songs called “Muskrat
Rumble”

7. Works Cited
• "100 Greatest Popular Songs of the 1920s." 100 Greatest Popular Songs of the
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• "Al Capone Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 26 Jan.
2013. <http://www.biography.com/people/al-capone-9237536>.
• "Billy Sunday Warns America (1929)." YouTube. YouTube, 31 Jan. 2010. Web.
26 Jan. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykn8YcIbmfo>.
• "Louis Armstrong - Muskrat Ramble." YouTube. YouTube, 19 June 2009. Web.
26 Jan. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch0DWA30PiE>.
• "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." Poets.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2013.
<http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15722>.