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The Roaring Twenties: Age of Excess Consumer Economy Age of Excess The Age of Excess was a time when people had more disposable income and Consumer economy: economy thanks to new forms of financing families that relies heavily on how much

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The Roaring Twenties: Age of Excess

Consumer Economy

Age of Excess

The 1920s was a time when the middle class could buy products that only the high class could afford. With more products that made chores easier people had more free time. Consumer economy: economy that relies heavily on how much people are buying and spending.

The Age of Excess was a time when people had more disposable income and thanks to new forms of financing families could spend more money on consumer goods which allowed its consumer economy to grow and prosper.

1999 or under 65% 2,000-4,999 29% 5,000-9,999 5%

Income distribution 1929 (Perry, Reed, Winkler).

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The Roaring Twenties:Women in 1920s The 19th Admenment Women in the 1920s

August 18th the 19th amendment was added to the constitution so that all people of different genders have sufferage.The 19th amendment will be upholded by appropriate legislation.

The 1920s was a age when women known as flappers went against the norms of everyday society. The term known as flapper symbolized this revolution it described a new type of young women fun loving, energetic, rebellious and bold(Perry, Reed, Winkler).

1990 50% 1960 31.8% 1920 18.2%

Women in the Workforce (Perry, Reed, Winkler).

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The Roaring Twenties: Jazz Age

Jazz Age Volstead Act

With the Volstead act which banned the production and sale of alcohol many people went to the speakeasies which featured Jazz artist playing music while they drank.People of that time were looking for more forms of entertainment. A common club known as the Harlem’s Cotton Club which flapper girls came in large groups and black and white people also attened the club. During the 1920s jazz became a really popular form of music. With the advances of technology like the radio people can listen to music without going to a club they can also purchase music instead of going to night clubs.

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In the early1900s- jazz music started. In 1910- radio listeners heard this type of music In 1920s- jazz was a nationwide craze. In 1929-two thirds of radio stations was devoted to jazz. (Perry, Reed, Winkler).

Rise of Jazz

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The roaring Twenties: Harlem Reniassnce Harlem Renaissnce African-American Artist

Zora Neale Hurston-Author Countee Cullen-Poet novilist Langston Hughes-Poet social activist

These artist were the most famous in this movement. The Harlem Renaissance was a growth in African American Arts and Literature in New York's city

Harlem. They also dominated

the Jazz scene.

Harlem 1914 Harlem 1930 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000

New York's Harlem population

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The Roaring Twenties: New Technology New Technology

With advancements in technology more of entertainment along with better communication and transportation made for good products for consumers to by and use. Since people had more money to spend

n said items to better their lives.

Ford Cars

The ford assembly line wanted to get ahead of their competitors by democratize the automobile so everybody could afford it.In the 1920s the Model T was replaced by the model A.

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1892 through 1920 there was about 8 million cars rolled on the roads. Later 1920s there was about 15 millions.

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The Roaring Twenties: New Entertainment. Sports in the 1920s New Entertainment.

With the advancements in technology better entertainment was also created with movies and the radio.Poeple 1920s went to the more than us today they averaged once a week. With the invention of the radio people listened to sporting events which advanced the love and national culture of sports. With the increase of money people had they could go and see sporting events which in the past was only aviable for the rich.

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1920s hundreds of radios late 1920s Helen Wills dominated women’s tennis “Big Bill” Tilden won the national singles title every year from 1920 to 1925.

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The Roaring Twenties: Political Extremist Political Extremist

During Reconstruction Grants plan to eliminate the KKK had almost completely wiped them out. In 1915 a former Methodist revived the Klan Colonel William

J. Simons the Klan used fundraising and publicity to

increase its influence and its size by 1922 the Klan went up to 100,000 after two years it bellowed 4 million (Perry, Reed, Winkler).The NAACP was meant to help support African Americans and tried to make anti-lynching laws but it died in congress but with state law enforcement improved the lynching's decreased.

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1915 A Methodist brought back the Klan. 1922 the Klan went up to 100,000 people.

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The Roaring Twenties:Prohibition Prohibition

With the 18th Amendment added prohibition was legal ban

f production and sale of

all alcohol. With this banning of alcohol forced the people who wanted alcohol was to go to speakeasies which were illegal bars.

18th Admendment

The 18th amendment was ratified in Congress in the year of 1919.Which said the production and the selling

f alcohol was illegal.

Kansans 95% New York 5%

Cities obeying the 18th admenment

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The Roaring Twenties: Organized Crime Organized crime

When it came to organized crime Chicago was the main city it took place in .The most famous gangster was Al Capone nicknamed Scarface he murdered his way to the top of the mob at a young age.

1931 arrested him on tax evasion

Al Capone history

1925 murdered his way to the top. 1902s avoided charges 1933 prohibition ended and bootlegging ended

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The Roaring Twenties Arts and Literature Arts and Literature

When it came to the arts in the 1920s their was no short supply

f it.With the Harlem Renaissance

adding more African American culture into the United States. The jazz age added more variety into the music people listed to.

Lewis 33.3% Eugene O'Niell 33.3% Painter in 1920s 33.3%

Refused Pulitzers prize in 1926

Career went from 1920s to 1950s wove dark poetic tragities from everday American lieves

Like jazz painters did shy from taking the pulse of American life

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In the 1920s the democratic party was getting weaker with the loss/ill health of President Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt waning of the red scare took with it and with Wilson loss of support with the league of nations turned immigrants from Germany and Ireland against the democrates.

The Roaring Twenties 1920s Politics 1920s Politics

loss of support from the league of nations caused irish and germen magents turned againt the democrates Death of Wilson and Theodore caused a weakening of the democratic party. Red Scare took power in the weakening of the democratic party.

Harding won by 61 percent against Governor James Cox

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The Roaring Twenties Signs of Trouble Signs of Trouble

Trouble was growing in the 1920s with the reemergence of the KKK the start of the Red Scare and organized crime groups in the united States trouble was bound to happen. With the KKK reemerging they broaden their targets to Jewish African Americans and Catholics. The Red Scare was a group of 70,000 radicals that formed a communist party.With the Mob they controlled parts of cities doing what they wanted.

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