+ 1920s and 1930s: review. + technology extended progress into all areas of american life, including...
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1920s and 1930s: REVIEW
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Technology extended progress into all areas of American life, including neglected rural areas.
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+Results of Improved
Transportation Brought About by Affordable Automobiles
1. Greater mobility
2. Creation of jobs
3. Growth of transportation-related industries (road construction, oil, steel, automobile)
4. Movement to suburban areas
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+Invention of the Airplane
The Wright Brothers
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+Use of the Assembly Line
Henry Ford and the automobile
Rise of mechanization
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+Communication Changes
Increased availability of telephones
Development of the radio and broadcast industry
Development of the movies
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+Ways Electrification
Changed American Life
Labor-saving products (e.g. washing machines, electric stoves, water pumps)
Electric lighting
Entertainment (e.g. radio)
Improved communications
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+Discussion Question
How was social and economic life in the early twentieth century (1900s) different from that in the late nineteenth century
(1800s) ?
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+Discussion Question
What factors increased factory and labor
productivity?
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Reforms in the early twentieth century could
not legislate how all people behaved.
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Economic conditions and violence led to the
migration of people.
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Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional
amendment that made it illegal to manufacture,
transport, and sell alcoholic beverages.
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+Results of Prohibition
Speakeasies were created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages
Bootleggers made and smuggled alcohol illegally and promoted organized crime.
Repealed (undone) by the 21st Amendment.
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+The Great Migration: North and West
Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying
African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South
African Americans moved to cities in the North and Midwest in search of better employment opportunities
African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the North and Midwest
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+Discussion Question
What was Prohibition, and how effective was it?
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+Discussion Question
Why did African Americans migrate to northern cities?
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+Discussion Question
What were the economic changes during the early
twentieth century?
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The 1920s and 1930s were important decades
for American art, literature, and music.
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The leaders of the Harlem Renaissance drew upon the heritage of African
American culture to establish themselves as
powerful forces for cultural change.
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+Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 1930s
Art: Georgia O’Keeffe, an artist known for urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest
Literature: F. Scott Fitzgerald, a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s
Literature: John Steinbeck, a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s
Music: Aaron Copland and George Gershwin, composers who wrote uniquely American music
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+Harlem Renaissance
African American artists, writers, and musicians based in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American
culture.
The popularity of these artists spread beyond Harlem to the
rest of society.
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+Harlem Renaissance
Art: Jacob Lawrence, a painter who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration through art
Literature: Langston Hughes, a poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots
Music: Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, jazz musicians
Music: Bessie Smith, blues singer
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+Discussion Question
Who were the leaders in art, literature, and music during
the 1920s and 1930s?
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+Discussion Question
What were the contributions of these leaders?
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+Discussion Question
How did the Harlem Renaissance influence
American life?
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The optimism of the 1920s concealed
problems in the American economic system and
attitudes about the role of government in controlling
the economy.
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The Great Depression had a widespread and severe impact on American life.
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Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal used government programs to help the
nation recover from the Depression.
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+Causes of the Great Depression
People overspeculated on stocks, using borrowed money that they could not repay when stock prices crashed
The Federal Reserve failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system
High tariffs discouraged international trade
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+Impact on Americans
A large number of banks and other businesses failed
¼ of workers were without jobs
Large numbers of people were hungry and homeless
Farmers’ incomes fell to low levels
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+Major Features of the New Deal
Social Security
Federal work programs
Environmental improvement programs
Farm assistance programs
Increased rights for labor
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+Discussion Question
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
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+Discussion Question
How were the lives of Americans affected by the
Great Depression?
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+Discussion Question
What were the major features of the New Deal?