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--Warren G. Harding became President and promoted Normalcy Lower taxes.
--Harding’s Cabinet turned out to be very corrupt.
--He died suddenly while still in office.
--The President as well as most Americans believed that the U.S. should stay out of other nations affairs, except in matters of self-defense.
--This helps lead to WWII.
--Economy was booming in the 1920’s.
--Automobiles had the greatest impact on human life.
Assembly Line: Invented by Henry Ford to speed up production and lower costs, everyone could afford a car.
--After WWI former military pilots bought old war planes and used them as crop dusters, stunt fliers, and flight instructors.
--Transcontinental flights by Lindberg and Earhart helped to promote the idea of commercial air transportation.
--1st passenger airline was Pan-America in 1927.
--For the 1st time, young people rebelled against the values of the past and the authority of their elders.
--New fashions, attitudes, and behavior Movies and T.V.
--More people went to college.
--Women had shorter hair and dresses.
Flapper- New style for women (short hair, Dresses, ect.)
--Women had more freedom They drove cars, played sports, went to college, got jobs.
--Marriage was seen as more equal.
--The Right to Vote (19th Amendment).
--Supporters of Prohibition felt it would promote good health and morality.
--Saloons closed doors, people found ways to get liquor illegally. Speakeasy’s and night clubs.
--Bootleggers made their living by transporting and selling liquor illegally.
--Growth of organized crime (Criminal Gangs).
--Al Capone 700 Criminal Army in Chicago Took over all speakeasy’s. 21st Amendment put an end to Prohibition.
--National Association for the advancement of colored people (NAACP) tried to protect African Americans Rights.
--Marcus Garvey Back to Africa Movement.
--With better appliances and lower working hours Americans had more leisure time.
--Higher wages=more money to spend on this leisure time (have fun).
--25 cent movie Museums, libraries, books and magazines.
--Talk on phone, listen to radio, drive cars.
--Ethnic groups excluded.
--Mass Media is communication that reaches a large audience.
--Americans were better informed.
--Another leisure activity was watching, playing, and listening to sports (on the radio).
--Boxing became very popular.
--Baseball—Bronx Bombers—Babe Ruth.
--African Americans had a new sense of freedom after WWI.
--Harlem unofficial capital of African Americans.
--Jazz
--Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington.