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Chapter 24 Section 4

The Roaring Twenties

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FlappersSymbolized the new liberated woman of the 1920s. *Short bobbed hair *Short skirts *Heavy makeup

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Sports & FadsBabe Ruth – Most homeruns hit in 1927 60Gertrude Ederle – 1st woman to swim across the English Channel1st Miss America Pageant 1921

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EntertainersLouis Armstrong – Jazz trumpeterDuke Ellington – pianist/composerBessie Smith – singer

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Harlem RenaissanceA flowering of African American culture.Instilled interest in African culture and pride.

Langston Hughes:Writer that went to Harlem …novels, poems, short stories

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expatriatesPeople who choose to live in another country…Questioned American ideas

F. Scott Fitzgerald and ZeldaErnest Hemingway

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18th AmendmentBanned the manufacturing, sale & transportation of liquor in the U.S.

Volstead Act – the means of enforcing the ban.

Drys/Wets

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Al Capone (Scarface)Controlled organize crime & local politics in Chicago.

Smuggled alcohol during prohibition…

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nativismThe belief that native born Americans are superior to foreigners

Revival of the Ku Klux Klan

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The Scopes Trialevolution:The scientific theory that humans evolved over vast periods of time.

John Scopes convicted of breaking the law and fined $100.

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Election of 1928President Coolidge did not run for a second term.

Herbert Hoover“To Hooverize” meant to “economize, to save and

share.”

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Will RogersPerformed in the Wild West shows – trick-roping act, sense of humor made him a star.“I don’t make jokes – I just watch the government & report the facts.”


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