Results of improved transportation brought by affordable automobiles

o Greater mobility

oCreation of Jobs

oGrowth of transportation industry (Ex. Road construction, oil, steel, automobiles)

oLed to increased numbers of gas stations, tourist cabins, and restaurants

oMovement to suburbs

Communication Changes

Increased availability of telephones

Radio —developed by Guglielmo Marconi. The radio broadcast industry was started by David Sarnoff.

Silent Movies

Ways Electrification Changed Life

Entertainment – radio and movies

Labor saving products such as washing machines, electric stoves, and water pumps

Washing machine and 1920

Electric Lighting

Improved Communication

Results of Prohibition

o Prohibition is the ban on the sale and production of alcohol.

o18th Amendment passed in 1919

oPeople drank bootlegged liquor at speakeasies.

oBootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime

oSpeakeasies were illegal bars created for people to drink alcoholic beverages

People drank illegal liquor at speakeasies

Al Capone was famous bootlegger associated with the Mafia.

The Great Migration North

o Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying

oDuring World War I, African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better employment opportunities

oAfrican Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South

oAfrican Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North

The Harlem RenaissanceAfrican American artists, writers, and musicians based in

Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American culture.

Jacob Lawrence was a painter who chronicled the Great Migration North in art

Langston Hughes was a poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots

Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were famous Jazz composers

Bessie Smith was a famous blues singer

Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30s

ART

Jacob Lawrence chronicled the Great Migration North Georgia O’Keefe, an artist known for

urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest

Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30s

Literature

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s

John Steinbeck was a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers in the 1930s

Langston Hughes combined African and American cultural experiences in poetry

Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30sMusic

Duke Ellington—jazz composer

Louis Armstrong—jazz composer

Bessie Smith—blues singer

George Gershwin—wrote uniquely American music

Aaron Copland—wrote uniquely American music

• Buy now, pay later

• Woman against traditional views.

Charles Lindbergh

• First to fly across the Atlantic Ocean