The Roaring 20s Happy to Be Alive Americans come back from WW1 with sense of appreciation for life New independence for groups: women, young people Movement to cities continues, cars and other new inventions Flappers Young women push social rules Shorter skirts, show off shoulders, short bob hair cuts Smoking, drinking, dancing in public Dont want to give up jobs since men are back Prohibition 18 th Amend outlawed sale, production, transportation of alcohol Incredibly hard to enforce, thousands arrested Speakeasies secret clubs that serve booze, code words and knocks Bootleggers make alcohol illegally, gangster get into the business, NASCAR starts Al Scarface Capone powerful gangster in Chicago, illegal booze, St. Valentines Massacre, arrested for tax evasion Fundamentalism Some religious groups become fundamental bible totally true, extreme Christianity Threatened by teachings of Darwin evolution of the species Scopes Monkey Trial Tenn teacher teaches about evolution, fired, huge trial w/media attention Found guilty but later overturned The Automobile Cars huge after WW1, everyone wanted one Henry Ford doesnt invent it but mass produces the Model T, assembly line production, cheaper and faster Growth of cars lead to growth in gas, steel, insurance, repair shops Business Booms Manufacturing doubles=more jobs= more $ to spend Appliances are big purchases, bought on installment plans down payment with monthly payments Creates a great deal of debts due to interest additional $ paid to borrow The Age of Jazz Fads become big activities or styles of time period Flag pole sitting, dancing, new games Radio becomes huge NBC & CBS created Edison invents nickelodeons movies that cost a nickel First movies are silent, talkies come later Leads to celebrities, sports leads to heroes Jim Thorpe Olympics, football, baseball Babe Ruth-- baseball Charles Lindbergh first to fly across Atlantic non-stop, national hero, son kidnapped Jazz and Blues music spreads across US from New Orleans, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington