Roaring Twenties

What caused unemployment after WWI?

• Soldiers returning home meant an excess of laborers

• Anti-immigration sentiment was high

• More people wanted goods

• Workers were striking for higher wages.

Why were the twenties "Roaring"?

• The economy was failing

• There was a decline in technological advancements

• American culture was full of excitement

• Social norms were staying the same

What were the origins of Jazz?

• European classical music

• South American folk music

• Indian classical music

• African American influences from New Orleans

Why did Harlem become a thriving neighborhood of African American artists?

• The area was known for its dull nightlife.

• The area was home to no jazz clubs.

• The area was not a thriving neighborhood for art.

• many African Americans settled there in the Great Migration

How did Prohibition support the spread of organized crime?

• People who wanted to drink relied on illegal speakeasies and booteggers

• Prohibition decreased the demand for smuggled goods

• Prohibition led to increased law enforcement

• Prohibition caused a rise in the production of homemade alcohol

The boom of the automobile in popularity led to 

•  decline in tourism
• new roads and bridges being built
• gasoline being rationed
• workers in the Ford plants receiving pay cuts

One change for women in the 1920s...

• Women felt freer to be bolder in styles and manners
• Married women balanced career and family easily
• Many women had long hair and avoided makeup
• Women dominated leadership in businesses

This led to a political scandal for President Harding

• restrictions on immigration
• selling of oil rights on federal property
• the federal response to the red scare
• Awarding a Medal of Honor to an aviator

The main reason for urban sprawl in the 1920s 

• the rise of the automobile
• widespread distribution of electricity
• growth of industry
• a change in birth rate

The racial rioting across many cities in the US during the summer of 1919 is collectively called

• red dawn
• red scare
• red summer
• red tide