Roaring+20s+Assignments+in+Creating+America+Textbook


 * Categories || Main Idea  ||
 * Government || Presidents Harding and Coolidge support business to promote American economic well being  ||
 * Business || Business boomed in th1920s and the standard of living rose for many Americans  ||
 * Agriculture || Farmers were hit hard economically as the value of farm products drooped as demand from Europe fell  ||
 * Technology || New Technology led to growth of business and changes in the way Americans lived their lives  ||
 * Society || New attitudes and lifestyles brought much conflict  ||
 * Popular Culture || Movies, radio, jazz, and sorts all became popular forms of entertainment  ||

Mass media changed the lives of people: They spent their leisure time listening to the rado or watching movies. Mass media spread popular culture ||
 * #2 page 712 || * Harding: president whose administration was marked by scandal
 * Coolidge: president who promoted business
 * Ford: producer of the inexpensive model T automobile and developer of the assembly line ||
 * Page 712 #3a || * Harding and Coolidge's policies toward business:
 * Higher tariffs
 * Lower taxes
 * Little government interference ||
 * Page 712 #3b || * The effect of Corruption on Harding’s administration:
 * It destroyed his presidency ||
 * Page 712 #3c || * New Technology helped business grow by : goods became cheaper and were more quickly created
 * Assembly line and electricity, larger ships, fuel powered engines
 * Consumers bought more goods and this in turn helped business grow
 * Installment buying allowed people to buy more goods and pay in small
 * Page 712 #4 || * Several developments added to prosperity in the 1920s
 * Technological developments
 * Cheap power sources, fuel
 * Governments “hands off approach” left business with little or any regulation
 * New products for consumers
 * Buying on installment ||
 * #2 page 716 || * Fads of the roaring 20s:
 * shorter hemlines
 * flagplie sittinf
 * bobbed hairstyles,
 * dance marathons
 * lively songs
 * silly fads
 * #3a page 716 || * The Roaring 20s changed the lives of young people:
 * They rebelled against past values and experimented with new values and behaviors
 * Young people rebelled against the authority of adults
 * #3b page 716 || * Factors responsible for he changes in women’s lives:
 * Prosperity
 * Labor saving appliances
 * Convenience foods
 * The 19th amendment
 * #3 c page 716 || * Conflicts of the 20s which divide society:
 * African Americans vs. White Americans
 * Native born Americans vs. immigrants
 * Urban vs. rural communities
 * Science vs. religion
 * Page 716 #4 || * ** American Society was transformed in the 1920s **
 * Young people and women had more freedom
 * Large numbers of African Americans migrated to the North for more economic opportunity
 * Divisions existed in society over: religion, fundamentalism vs. evolution, prohibition, racism
 * Page 721 #2 || * 1920s Mass media facts
 * Radio: sales of radio sets; stations bradcast news, sports, music, comedies, and commercials; radio united the country together
 * Movies: spread popular culture; moviemakeing centered in Hollywood; gave people an escape
 * Large numbers of African Americans migrated to the North for more economic opportunity
 * Divisions existed in society over: religion, fundamentalism vs. evolution, prohibition, racism
 * Page 721 #2 || * 1920s Mass media facts
 * Radio: sales of radio sets; stations bradcast news, sports, music, comedies, and commercials; radio united the country together
 * Movies: spread popular culture; moviemakeing centered in Hollywood; gave people an escape
 * Movies: spread popular culture; moviemakeing centered in Hollywood; gave people an escape
 * P 721 #3a || * Factors giving American more leisure time:
 * Labor saving devices
 * reduced working hours ||
 * 721 #3b || * Effect of radio on sports:
 * Radio was able to popularize sports and athletes like Babe Ruth
 * p. 721 #3c || * Harlem was called the unofficial capital of Black America because:
 * It was a place where African American writers, artists, musicians, singers, painters and sculptors lived and worked
 * #4 page 721 || * There were many contributions to mass culture during the 1920s
 * Radio and movies contributed to the spread of a mass culture where millions shared the same ideas and trends and
 * Example:
 * baseball could be followed by millions
 * Movies could spread new styles of clothing and fashion
 * baseball could be followed by millions
 * Movies could spread new styles of clothing and fashion