The document provides information about key events and topics from the 1920s-1930s in the United States, including the Roaring Twenties, the stock market crash of 1929, the Great Depression, and the Dust Bowl. Specific details covered include Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, the rise of jazz and the Harlem Renaissance, Prohibition and women's suffrage, the New Deal programs under FDR, and life in shantytowns called Hoovervilles during the economic crisis.

1. With Mr. Luzadder 5th Grade Plain Elementary Simpsonville, South Carolina Prosperity & Depression

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3. 3 New Deal assembly line Guglielmo Marconi Eleanor Roosevelt Roaring Twenties credit Henry Ford mass media unemployment jazz suffrage Louis Armstrong eighteenth amendment stock market Hooverville Hoover blanket Hoover flag Charles Lindbergh Ameilia Earhart prohibition Herbert Hoover Harlem Renaissance Duke Ellington inflation shanty Social Security twenty-first amendment Great Depression drought migrant worker Dust Bowl mass production Franklin D. Roosevelt nineteenth amendment

4. 4 Prosperity & Depression The Roaring Twenties

5. Essential Questions 5 How did new technology affect the lives of Americans? Prosperity & Depression

6. The Roaring Twenties 6 The Roaring Twenties was a time of prosperity and optimism. Change was evident everywhere -- in industry, transportation, communication, fashion, entertainment, and art. During this time, American culture changed forever. Prosperity & Depression

7. Population 105,710,620 (307,006,550 in 2009) Average Life Expectancy 54 years (78.4 years in 2008) Average Annual Income $1,574 (2009 median: $49,777) Prices postage: $.02 per ounce candy bar: $.05 movie ticket: $.10 gallon of gasoline: $.21 - $.30 gallon of milk: $ .58 Model T Ford: $290 Children’s Books Bambi The Story of Dr. Doolittle The Velveteen Rabbit Winnie-the-Pooh Sports Heroes Jack Dempsey Bobby Jones Lou Gehrig Facts and Figures Prosperity & Depression 7

8. 1920 Adolf Hitler forms the Nazi Party 1921 Mao Tse Tung helps form the Chinese Communist Party 1922 Benito Mussolini becomes prime minister of Italy King Tutankhamen is discovered The USSR is formed 1924 The first winter Olympics are held in France. Josef Stalin becomes leader of the USSR 1925 Adolph Hitler’s book Mein Kampf is published Life magazine 1926 A man from Norway invents aerosol which allows liquids to be sprayed as a fine mist A.A. Milne writes the book Winnie-the-Pooh. What Happened Prosperity & Depression 8

9. 1920 Pogo sticks 1921 Band-Aids 1922 Eskimo Pies The Readers Digest magazine insulin for diabetics 1923 Welch’s grape jelly Time magazine’ 1924 Wheaties cereal spiral bound notebooks Kleenex crossword puzzles permanents for hair 1926 zippers 1928 Rice Krispies What’s New Prosperity & Depression 9

10. Prosperity & Depression 10 The Roaring Twenties Begin (.33)Boom Times (5.34)1920 -1929: How We Lived (7.52)

11. Automobiles Henry Ford’s newmethod of production, the assembly line, was faster and cheaper than previous methods, forever changing factories in the United States. An assembly line is a method of mass production in which a product is put together as it moves past a line of workers. Mass production is the making of a large number of goods that are alike. 11 Prosperity & Depression

12. Prosperity & Depression 12 Automobiles and Roads (2.16)Automobiles (3.00)

13. Aviation 13 In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman pilot to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean. In 1936 she attempted to fly around the world and her plane mysteriously disappeared. The Aviation History Online Museum: Charles Lindbergh The Aviation History Online Museum: Amelia Earhart The Aviation History Online Museum: Amelia Earhart (Transcontinental Flight) The Aviation History Online Museum: Amelia Earhart (Transatlantic Flight) Prosperity & Depression

14. Prosperity & Depression 14 Charles Lindbergh (2.43)Amelia Earhart (2.49)

15. Radio and Television 15 GuglielmoMarconi was an Italian physicist and inventor who sent the first radio message across the Atlantic Ocean. Public forms of communication that reach large audiences are known as mass media. Prosperity & Depression

16. Prosperity & Depression 16 Radio and Television (.49)

17. Prosperity & Depression 17 1920 – 1929: Science & Technology (7.37)

18. Essential Questions 18 What was jazz and the Harlem Renaissance? Prosperity & Depression

19. Jazz 19 Jazzwas a musical form which began in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was influenced by African American musical traditions. Prosperity & Depression

20. Jazz 20 Louis Armstrong was a trumpeter and singer who was the first major jazz soloist. Prosperity & Depression

21. Jazz 21 Duke Ellington was a pianist, Jazz composer, and a big band leader. He composed hundreds of songs and won twelve Grammy awards. Prosperity & Depression

22. Prosperity & Depression 22 The Jazz Age (.59)Duke Ellington (16.27)

23. The Harlem Renaissance 23 The Harlem Renaissance was an artistic movement centered in Harlem, an African American neighborhood in New York City. Prosperity & Depression

24. Prosperity & Depression 24 The Harlem Renaissance (6.40)

25. Essential Questions 25 What were the 18th, 20th, and 21st Amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Prosperity & Depression

26. Prohibition 26 Prohibition, also known as The Noble Experiment, was the period in United States history from 1920 to 1933 in which the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of alcohol was illegal. In 1919, the eighteenth amendment to the United States Constitution was passed enacting prohibition. Prosperity & Depression

27. Prohibition 27 The illegal production and distribution of alcohol, which became known as bootlegging, became common during prohibition. Notorious gangsters, such as Al Capone, were heavily involved in bootlegging. Speakeasies were establishments that illegally sold alcoholic beverages during Prohibition. Speakeasy operators often bribed the police to leave them alone or to give them advance notice of raids. In 1933, the twenty-first amendment to the United States Constitution was passed which repealed, or ended, prohibition. Prosperity & Depression

28. Prosperity & Depression 28 Prohibition (2.09)

29. Women’s Suffrage 29 In 1920, the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution was passed which gave women the right to vote. Suffrageis the right to vote. Prosperity & Depression

30. Essential Questions 30 What was the Great Migration? Prosperity & Depression

31. The Great Migration 31 In 1914, 90 percent of African Americans lived in the southern states that once belonged to the Confederacy where segregation was legal. By 1930, less than 80 percent of African Americans lived in the South. African Americans left the South not only to escape the prejudice and discrimination that existed there, but also because of the economic activities that existed in the North. Prosperity & Depression

32. The Great Migration 32 During World War I, factory workers recruited African Americans to move north by telling them about the higher wages and better living conditions that existed there. Once African Americans moved to the North, however, they often experienced segregation and lived in slums. Prosperity & Depression

33. 33 Prosperity & Depression The Great Depression

34. Population (1930) 122,775,046(307,006,550 in 2009) Average Life Expectancy 59.7 years (78.4 years in 2008) Average Annual Income $1,970 (2009 median: $49,777) National Debt $16,185,309,831 Average House Price (1930) $7,145 Prices postage: $.02 - $.03 per ounce candy bar: $.05 movie ticket: $.25 Movies Gone with the Wind King Kong Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Wizard of Oz Facts and Figures Prosperity & Depression 34

35. 1930 Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin is born Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dies Clint Eastwood is born 1931 Thomas Edison dies Mickey Mantle is born 1932 Judy Blue is born George Eastman dies (Kodak) 1933 President Calvin Coolidge dies 1934 Hank Aaron is born 1935 Elvis Presley is born 1936 Wilt Chamberlain is born 1937 Bill Cosby is born Amelia Earhart dies Colin Powell is born Births & Deaths Prosperity & Depression 35

36. 1930 Gandhi leads his country in civil disobedience The first World Cup soccer game is played in Uruguay. 1933 Aldolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Germany and Japan leave the League of Nations. 1934 The Soviet Union joins the League of Nations. A civil war breaks out in China 1935 Persia changes its name to Iran Italy invades Etheopia 1936 The Olympics are held in Berlin, Germany A civil war breaks out in Spain 1937 The Hindenburg explodes killing 34 1938 Germany annexes Austria The ballpoint pen is invented What Happened Prosperity & Depression 36

37. 1930 Nancy Drew mysteries 1931 Scotch Tape electric razors Scrabble Alka-Seltzer 1933 Mickey Mouse watches comic books 1935 parking meters paperback books Monopoly game crossword puzzles permanents for hair 1936 electric guitar Life magazine 1937 jet engines 1939 air-conditioned cars helicopter What’s New Prosperity & Depression 37

38. Essential Questions 38 What were Black Tuesday and the Great Depression? Prosperity & Depression

39. Black Tuesday 39 Many Americans borrowed money to buy stocks because they believed that they were certain they could get rich in the stock market. On October 24, 1929 the stock market crashed. This means that the value of most stocks fell dramatically. This day became known as Black Tuesday. When the stock market crashed, banks tried to get the loans they had made repaid. The stock purchased by these investors, however, was now worth little or nothing and so banks were able to get little of their money back. When word spread that banks were unable to collect the money they had loaned, depositors rushed to withdraw their savings. Prosperity & Depression

40. Prosperity & Depression 40 1929 Stock market returns to pre-depression close (1955) World War II Ends (1945) The United States enters World War II (1941) 1932

41. Great Depression 41 A stock market is a place where stocks are bought and sold. Credit is borrowed money. The Great Depression was a period of severe economic hardship that began in the United States in 1929. Inflation is a rapid rise in prices. Unemploymentis number of workers without jobs. Prosperity & Depression

42. Prosperity & Depression 42 The Great Depression (.46)Black Tuesday (5.34)

43. Prosperity & Depression 43 Black Tuesday (5.34)Life in the 1930s (5.26)President Hoover vs. World War I Vets (3.03)

44. Great Depression 44 A shanty is a shack built by poor people during the Great Depression. A Hooverville is a shantytown. Prosperity & Depression

45. Prosperity & Depression 45 Welcome to Hooverville(6.22)

46. 46 Dweller in a Hooverville in Circleville, Ohio Prosperity & Depression

47. 47 Shanty in Herrin, Illinois Prosperity & Depression

48. 48 Shanty in Herrin, Illinois Prosperity & Depression

49. 49 Family living in a shanty in Herrin, Illinois Prosperity & Depression

50. Great Depression 50 A Hoover blanket is a newspaper used by homeless people to keep warm. Hoover flags are empty pockets turned inside out. Prosperity & Depression

51. Great Depression 51 The New Deal was a series of programs that attempted to help the nation recover from the Great Depression. Social Security was New Deal program that provides monthly payments to people who are elderly, disabled, or unemployed. Prosperity & Depression

52. Prosperity & Depression 52 The New Deal (8.08)The Second New Deal (6.00)

53. 53 Prosperity & Depression The Dust Bowl

54. Essential Questions 54 What was the Dust Bowl? Prosperity & Depression

55. Dust Bowl 55 A drought is a long period without rain. The Dust Bowl was a name given to much of the Great Plains during the long drought of the 1930s. Prosperity & Depression

56. Prosperity & Depression 56 The Dust Bowl (6.40)Migration from the Dust Bowl (4.17)Surviving the Dust Bowl (online) (52:31)

57. 57 Dustbowl Prosperity & Depression

58. Dust Bowl 58 A migrant worker is a person who moves from place to place harvesting crops. Prosperity & Depression

59. Prosperity & Depression 59 The Hindenburg (2.58)