1920s A decade of change in

the United States

-The time period when the 18th Amendment was

enforced

-The ban of alcohol.

Why? The Temperance Movement stressed the evils of alcohol during the Progressive Era. Carry Nation and Francis Willard were two reformers who pushed for the ban of alcohol.

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The Effects….The law was difficult

to enforce!

Bootleggers broke the law and smuggled alcohol for a profit. This lead to an increase in crime and gang activity.

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-The right to vote.

Women finally received the right to

vote in 1920!

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

Why did it have to take a war for people to think we

were worth having our rights?

Well, it’s about time. It’s nice to know all our efforts weren’t

wasted!

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www.ilstu.edu/~lmerri/uhigh/1920's/flappers.gif More women worked outside of the home in the 1920s, and they felt a sense of freedom and rebellion after gaining the right to vote. Some women, especially in cities, cut their hair and wore makeup and shorter skirts! They danced the Charleston and were carefree.

Flappers dancing the Charleston!

Black Americans exhibited great pride in their heritage and creative achievements during the 1920s and 1930s through music, literature, and art. What is this called?

Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong made their mark as successful jazz musicians in

Harlem.

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Duke Ellington

Louis Armstrong

Impact of the Automobile

People began using credit, and cars are cheaper

Car sales increased

Highways and bridges are built

as a result…

And more jobs are created!!

Technology

Radios

Electricity

Automobiles

Credit

The Red Scare

A time when Americans feared anarchists or

Communists who immigrated to the United

States.

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Sacco & Vanzetti were 2 Italian immigrants, and admitted anarchists, who were tried and executed for a crime they claimed they didn’t commit.

QuotasQuotas were created to limit immigration to the

United States.

Nativists supported this idea.

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KKK gained political

power and pushed anti-immigration legislation.

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What’s the big deal?His trial symbolized the conflict

between traditional values and actions and

modern discoveries and science.

Who was he?A high school

Biology teacher.What happened?He taught evolution, which was against the law in Tennessee.