Exploring the Roaring Twenties

Henry Ford

• pioneered the automobile industry with assembly line.

• invented the first car in America.

• created the first electric vehicle.

• developed the first motorcycle.

Roaring Twenties

• of economic prosperity and cultural change in the 1920s.

• of economic decline and social unrest in the 1930s.

• of technological stagnation and cultural conservatism in the 1910s.

• of global conflict and economic hardship in the 1940s.

Art Deco

• A design style characterized by bold geometric patterns.

• A type of painting that emphasizes realism.

• A musical genre popular in the 1920s.

• A fashion trend focused on minimalism.

Jazz Age

• marked by the popularity of jazz music and dance.

• a period characterized by classical music dominance.

• an era known for the rise of rock and roll.

• a time when folk music was the most popular genre.

Sacco and Vanzetti

• trial of two Italian anarchists.

• a famous art movement.

• a political theory by Karl Marx.

• a historical novel by Ernest Hemingway.

Stock Market Boom

• increase in stock prices during the 1920s.

• decrease in stock prices during the 1930s.

• stagnation of stock prices in the 1950s.

• rapid decline in stock prices in the 1980s.

Scopes Trial

• trial on teaching evolution in schools.

• trial on the prohibition of alcohol.

• trial on civil rights violations.

• trial on the legality of same-sex marriage.

Lost Generation

• A group of optimistic American writers during the Great Depression.

• A collection of disillusioned American writers post-WWI.

• A movement of American poets in the 19th century.

• A term for American authors who embraced modernism in the 1960s.

Prohibition

• Amendment banning alcohol (1920-1933).

• Law allowing the sale of alcohol.

• Amendment legalizing alcohol consumption.

• Regulation on alcohol production.

Red Scare

• Fear of communism spreading in the U.S.

• A political movement for civil rights

• A military strategy during the Cold War

• An economic policy in the 1920s