A presentation about the roaring twenties. It details the key features, events, and more. I created this powerpoint as homework for history about the roaring twenties. I hope this is interesting and educational.

1. THE ROARING
TWENTIES
ROARING OR NOT?

2. BOOMING ECONOMY
• Mass production rose.
• Increased disposable income for all citizens.
• Per capita income: $520 to $681 from 1919-1929.
• Items such as cars could be afforded by ordinary
townspeople.

3. NYC WAS
‘ELECTRIFIED’
• Gave way to new technologies
• Commute and perform tasks in bright light.
• Appliances used included:
• Washing machines
• Irons
• Vacuum cleaners
• Electric ovens

4. JAZZ AND
ENTERTAINMENT
• Allowed Americans to forget about the war.
• The invention of the radio.
• Connected thousands of Americans.
• Comfort of their home.
Fun Fact: Three
quarters of the
population went
to the movies
every week!

5. POLICE CORRUPTION
• Them getting involved in crime
• Drinking alcohol
• Encouraging alcohol consumption
• Joining racist groups
• Encouraging racism and white supremacy

6. WHITE SUPREMACY
(KKK)
• Thriving in southern states
• Multiplying segregation
• Churches
• Buses
• Schools
• Burning black churches
• Murder of black men
• Rape of black women

7. ORGANIZED CRIME
• Rose during prohibition era
• Al Capone was one who owned 10,000
speakeasies.

8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Title background image. Amber Brock. 17th June 2018. http://www.signature-
reads.com/2017/01/4-reasons-literature-loves-roaring-20s/
• Slide #3 background image. Jean Zimmerman. 17th June 2018.
https://jeanzimmerman.com/2013/12/26/the-roaring-twenties/
• Slide #3 image. Elohfmb. 18th June 2018. https://pt-static.z-
dn.net/files/d3b/3d83caadbe42fb29dcee45a1992a769b.jpg
• Slide #3 washing machine. Aalfonso11. 18th June 2018.
https://1920sand30sinventions.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/images2.jpeg

9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Slide #3 vacuum cleaner image. Fred Ayres. 18th June 2018.
https://tldrapush.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/hoover.jpg
• Slide #3 electric oven image. Brita Louise. 18th June 2018.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ba/fb/cc/bafbccd6abcfedfba88069b807b3d617.jpg
• Slide #2 cars image. SSUSH 16. 19th June 2018.
http://mrsthompsonhistory.weebly.com/roaring-1920s.html
• Slide #2 fans image. Lbonnesen. 19th June 2018. https://www.tes.com/teaching-
resource/1920-s-usa-mass-production-11396897

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Per capita income info. Digital History. 19th June 2018.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3432
• Henry Ford assembly line image. 19th June 2018. BronPit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61D9CGLDaXc
• Henry Ford image. 19th June 2018. The Henry Ford.
https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/stories-of-innovation/visionaries/henry-
ford/
• Jazz and entertainment. 20th June 2018. Warble Entertainment Agency.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVrlPI28wwc

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Jazz and background image. Frank Driggs. 20th June 2018.
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/11/02/242428973/paramount-records-
the-label-inadvertently-crucial-to-the-blues
• Radio listening image. Randy Alfred. 20th June 2018.
https://www.wired.com/2010/09/0929ready-made-radio-receivers/
• Radio machine image. Paul Litwinovich. 20th June 2018. http://wshu.org/post/thats-
radio#stream/0
• Police corruption image. 24th June 2018. https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/once-
upon-a-city-archives/2016/03/03/once-upon-a-city-from-police-corruption-to-
cracking-key-cases.html

12. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Facts. Wyatt Hamm. 27th June 2018. https://prezi.com/eks-1xegpk6c/the-good-
and-bad-of-the-roaring-twenties/