Warren Harding- 29th President of the United States from 1921-1923. He was a republican president from Ohio, and was involved in many scandals. Many experts consider him one of the lowest ranking presidents ever. Harding’s lack of controlling his administration, led to twelve years of failed republican rule.
Fordney McCumber Tariff Act- 1922 Act that increased tariff rates. Reflected American isolationist inclinations following World War 1.
Bureau of the Budget- A Place for all government expenditures, to be placed in a single budget for Congress to review and vote on. This was the beginning of Presidential assistance over federal budget decisions.
Teapot Dome- Albert Fall, Secretary of the Interior, accepted a bribe for leasing the Elk Hills oil reserve near Teapot Dome, Wyoming in 1924.He was convicted in 1929. Attorney General Harry Daughtery also took bribes for agreeing not to prosecute certain criminal suspects. This scandal was one that labeled the Harding administration to be dishonest and one of the worst administrations in American history.
Calvin Coolidge- 30th President of the United States from 1923-1929. He obtained the presidency after the sudden death of Harding. He won the election in 1924, and helped restore the trust of the American people in their government officials. He was a republican who was very popular with the middle class. Coolidge is known for his dormancy as President, as well as big business views.
McNary-Haugen Bill- The bill that would have assisted farmer’s price supports. It was shot down twice by President Coolidge. The two vetoes of this bill labeled Coolidge as a president of inaction.
Herbert Hoover- 31st President of the United States from 1929-1933. After the Stock Market crashed in 1929, Hoover attempted to hinder the situation. All his plans failed, and the Great Depression was a result. Hoover is also considered by many experts to be one of the lowest ranking presidents ever. President responsible for biggest depression in American history.
Alfred Smith- Democratic candidate that lost to Hoover in the 1928 election. He was a Roman Catholic and strong opponent of prohibition. This helped him gain a lot of support from immigrant voters in the city. Smith’s loss showed that American’s were still not ready for a Democratic President.
Business prosperity- The period in America from 1922-1928, in which life was the most enjoyable. It was after the 1921 recession, and before the stock market crash of 1929. Harding and Coolidge both liked this, reducing impact as strong political leaders.
Assembly line- The manufacturing system which improved methods of mass production. A system in which workers remained in one place all day, and performed the same simple actions over and over again. A system perfected by Henry Ford and adopted by most major industries in the 1920’s. The assembly line helped America’s industry gain faster and cheaper methods of mass production.
Open shop- keeping jobs open to nonunion workers. By refusing to hire exclusively union members, construction employers effectively undercut many of the conditions, such as the eight hour day, that unions had achieved over the past several decades.
Welfare capitalism- Companies voluntarily offering their employees improved benefits and higher wages in order to remove the need for organized unions. This helped working class Americans gain better salaries and better benefits, and helped quell company’s fears of unions.
Jazz age- In the 1920’s college and high school students rebelled by listening to and dancing to jazz music. The Jazz age was the period in the 1920’s in which African American musicians brought jazz north as a symbol of new and modern culture. This was the beginning of a huge transformation in the music and culture of America, with the popularity of the big band.
Consumerism- The growing rate of electricity in the common home enabled Americans to purchase the new consumer appliances of the decade. Refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, and washing machines were some of the largest selling products. Advertising also expanded and companies found that they could manipulate the consumer to buy their product. This was the beginning of the expansion of commonly used appliances, and America’s need to shop.
Charles Lindberg- The man to complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight. The flight took 33 hours for Lindberg to get from Long Island to Paris. Lindberg showed that a solo flight is possible and shocked the world due to the incredible feat for its time in 1927.
Sigmund Freud- Austrian psychiatrist who stressed the role of sexual expression in mental illness. Man responsible for the term Freudian slip, a commonly used term in modern psychology.
Margaret Sanger- A birth control activist who achieved growing acceptance in the 1920’s. The use of contraceptives for birth control was still against the law in almost every state. Paved the way for proper protection against pregnancy and STDs.
Modernism- A range of influences, including the changing role of women, the Social Gospel movement, and scientific knowledge, caused large numbers of Protestants to define their faith in new ways. Modernists took a historical and critical view of certain passages in the Bible and believed they could accept Darwin’s theory of evolution without abandoning their religious faiths. This changed the way people looked at religion.
Fundamentalism- One who believes only in religious texts as literally true, and does not accept ideas against religious morals, generally Christianity. Fundamentalists in the South, debated theories such as evolution greatly and led to the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Revivalists- Revivalists such as Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPhereson, fought for the country to come back to their Protestant routes. The Revivalists used new instruments such as the radio to attract followers. This was the first use of mass communication used for transforming people's ideas.
Gertrude Stein- A writer from the 1920's who wrote novels as one of the first of the Lost Generation. Her novels were a catalyst for a new form of literature and modern art.
Lost Generation- The generation of writers in the 1920's that talked about materialism and disillusionment. This group of writers changed the focus of literature during the era to focus on a new subject matter that was taboo years earlier.
F. Scott Fitzgerald- A controversial writer whose writings were edgy and talked about the night life of the roaring 20's. He was one of the first to write stories about new ideas like kissing in public and large liquor parties.
Ernest Hemingway- An extremely influential writer who wrote about economy and the working class. His writing played a big part in all 20th century non-fiction, and taught messages of working class triumphs and failures.
Sinclair Lewis- An author's whose books criticized American society and showed a strong capitalist theme. His book “Babbitt” won him the first American Nobel Prize in Literature.
Ezra Pound- An American author who led the modernist movement in the 20's. His writings are some of the major movers of modernist ideas and movements.
T.S. Eliot- An author of the Lost Generation that played a key part in the modernist movement with his poems. His first poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, was seen as the masterpiece of modernism, and was one of the most important writings in the 1920's.
Frank Lloyd Wright- An American architect who designed over 500 buildings, and supported the opening of the Prairie School of Architects. He developed the Usonian home, which became incredibly popular in the 30's, 40's, and 50's.
Functionalism- The line of thinking that something created should first function well and correctly, and then look good after. Functionalism created a new idea of construction, by creating stronger structures and leading to the creation of skyscrapers.
Edward Hooper- A realist painter that painted extremely detailed scenes of both rural and urban life. His paintings showed the modern American life of both urban and rural life styles with more detail then most painters before.
Georgia O'Keeffe- An abstract painter who painted American landscapes with abstract colors and ideas. O’Keefe played a large part in making American art popular in Europe.
Harlem Renaissance- A vast cultural explosion from African American artists in Harlem, NY. Poets' and musicians' writings and music became popular around the country to both African Americans and whites. The Harlem Renaissance was the first time African American culture was being embraced in America. The writers and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance influenced many people both African American and white.
Countee Cullen- An African American poet who became famous as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Countee Cullen was a key member of the Harlem Renaissance and is celebrated as one of the greatest African American poets of all time.
Langston Hughes- An African American poet/novelist who wrote during the Harlem Renaissance era. Langston's novels and poems are seen to be some of the greatest sources/recollections of African American poverty in the early 20th century.
Louis Armstrong- An African American Jazz musician who led the beginning of the Jazz Age. His music was the first to cross cultural border lines and become popular with all races.
Bessie Smith- A blues singer who became incredibly popular during the Jazz Age touching many with her voice. Bessie's singing influenced many other singers and helped spread African American music to the popular mainstream.
Marcus Garvey- A Jamaican immigrant who brought over the United Negro Improvement Association to Harlem. He supported racial pride and a back-to Africa movement for African Americans. Many African American leaders disagreed with his idea to go Africa, but fed greatly on his ideas for racial pride and self-respect.
Scopes Trial- A trial in which John Scopes was arrested for teaching Evolution to a class in Tennessee. His lawyer was the famous Clarence Darrow and the lawyer for the fundamentalists that apposed Scopes's teachings was presidential loser William Jennings Bryan. Scopes was eventually convicted as guilty, but once released from jail he continued to teach Evolution to his class. This trial was one of the first clashes between fundamentalists and modernists and was a step towards solving the still unsolved problem of whether religion and school should be combined.
Clarence Darrow- A modernist lawyer who is most famous for his defending of John Scopes in the Scopes Trial. Clarence Darrow was one of the first modernists to assert authority against fundamentalists.
Prohibition- The 18th Amendment prohibited the sale, and manufacture of all alcoholic beverages. Very few obeyed this Amendment and people still drank at speakeasies and bootleggers became incredibly common. This Amendment created a large amount of corruption and organized crime that sold bootleg alcohol, and divided the nation once more.
Organized Crime- A newly created “big business” caused by the 18th Amendment and the public's want of alcohol regardless of the Amendment. From their start with bootlegging, organized crime has expanded into illegal gambling, prostitution, and narcotics.
Immigration Quota Laws- Two laws that limited immigration greatly. The first of the two made it so only 3% of foreign-born persons were allowed in based upon the 1910 census. In order to keep many southern Europeans out, the second act limited to only 2% of foreign-born persons could immigrate based on the 1890 census. These laws restricted European and Asian immigration and ended the long standing United States unlimited immigration policy.
Sacco and Vanzetti- Two Italian immigrants who were convicted of murder because they were poor immigrants. They were eventually executed after much repeal and debate over their trial. This was the first national example of racism and nativism being publicly displayed together.
Ku Klux Klan- A nativism group started many years before that in the 1920 re surged as an extremely racist group that was hostile towards many minorities. The group grew very large until it began to collapse after one of its leaders, David Stephenson, was convicted of murder. The KKK was an example of hostile American racism that had grown to become a large voice in the nation.
Disarmament- With hoping to induce peace Republican Presidents of the 20's tried to reduce the national supply of guns the country held. The 20's were one of the first times a President spoke out against America's arms supply in comparison the rest of the world.
Washington Conference- A conference where Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes met with world ambassadors, to discuss relative navy sizes between the countries and resolve conflicts in the Pacific. They came up with the Five-Power Treaty, which limited the sizes of the 5 countries with the biggest navies, the Four-Power Treaty, which made the 4 countries with the largest navies respect each others territory in the Pacific, and lastly the Nine-Power Treaty, which caused the nine nations at the conference to all respect the territorial integrity of China. This was one of the first conferences in which the strongest countries of the world discussed peace through military disarmament.
Kellogg-Briand Treaty- A pact that made mobilizing against another country for national ends illegal. It served little purpose because it allowed defensive wars and did not explain how to deal with violators. This treaty showed the first time world powers came together to ban war for national gain.
War Debts- After World War 1 America had lent the Allies $10 million and required that they receive every penny back. America had rarely been a creditor nation and tried to receive all its money back from crediting the allies.
Reparations- As part of the Treaty of Versailles Germany was supposed to pay the allies $30 million to help repair their countries, but Germany was bankrupt, in ruin, and close to anarchy. Britain and France were unable to collect their money so plans such as the Dawes Plan were created.
Dawes Plan- A compromise created by Charles Dawes that created a system where the U.S. would help rebuild Germany's economy so that it could repay the reparations so Britain and France could pay back the U.S. war debts. With the collapse of the stock market in 1929 U.S. loans to Germany ceased and money for reparations stopped causing the problem to reappear
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Cost of Food, Cars, Clothes, and famous inventions of the 1920's in America
Food Prices
Bacon 1 lb. 52¢ 1920
Bacon 1 lb. 47¢ 1925
Beef Rib Roast1 lb 39¢ 1926 New York
Bread 1 lb. 12¢ 1920
Bread 1 lb. 9¢ 1925
Bread 1 lb. 10¢ 1925 New York
Bread 1 lb. 10¢ 1929 Chicago
Butter 1 lb. 70¢ 1920
Butter 1 lb. 55¢ 1925
Butter 1 lb. 56¢ 1929 Chicago
Butter 1 lb. 57¢ 1925 Los Angeles
Cabbage 1 lb. 2¢ 1920 WI
Carmel Wafers (1lb.) 36¢ 1924 WI
Cheese I lb. 38¢ 1926 New York
Chicken 1 lb. 39¢ 1925 New York
Chicken lb. 42¢ 1929 New York
Codfish 1 lb. 29¢ 1924 WI
Coffee 1 lb. 47¢ 1920
Cornmeal 1 lb. 7¢ 1925 New York
Eggs 1 Doz. 47¢ 1920 WI
Fancy Lake Trout 1 lb. 22¢ 1920 WI
Lemons 6 15¢ 1920 WI
Lettuce 3 Heads 25¢ 1924 WI
macaroni 3 lbs 25¢ 1924 WI
Milk ½ Gal. 28¢ 1925
Navy Beans 1 lb. 10¢ 1926 New York
Norwegian Sardines in Olive Oil 15¢ 1924 WI
Oranges 6 25¢ 1920 WI
Peaches 1 lb. 17¢ 1924 WI
Pineapple Sunbeam 40¢ 1924 WI
Potatoes 10 lbs. 36¢ 1925
Prunes 3 lbs. 25¢ 1924 WI
Pure Lard 5 lbs. $1.20 1920 WI
Round Steak 1 lb. 36¢ 1925
Round Beef Steak 1 lb. 36¢ 1926 Chicago
Sugar 5 lbs. 97¢ 1920
Watermelon 1 lb. 2¢ 1920 WI
Car Prices
Austin 20 Touring Car $695 1920
Austin 20 Coupe $850 1920
Austin 20 Landaulet $875 1920
Buick Touring Car (six) Model D $650.00 1921
Cadillac Touring Car $3940 1921
Cadillac Victoria $4540 1921 Wisconsin
Chevrolet Superior Roadster $490.00 1924 Wisconsin
Chevrolet Various Vehicles (Roadsters, Touring Cars, Utility Coups, Sedans)From $490 to $795 1924 Michigan
Dort Six Five Passenger Touring Car $1095 1924 Wisconsin
Ford Runabout $265.00 ($85.00 extra for starter and dismountable rims) 1924 Michigan
Packard Single 6 with 17 miles per gallon with Packard Quality $2975 1920
Willys Overland with 6 Cylinders $985 1925
Inventions
Frozen Food ----- 1924 USA by Clarence Birdseye
Iron Lung ----- 1928 USA by Philip Drinker
Liquid Fuel Rocket ----- 1926 USA by Robert Goddard
Sticky Plasters ----- 1920 USA by Earle Dickson
Talking Pictures ----- 1927 USA
Videophone ----- 1927 USA
Clothes
Mens Clothing Suits (Pre-War) $30.00 New York 1920
Mens Clothing Suits (Post War)$50.00 New York 1920
Silk Lined Suit (Hart Shaffner & Marx) $50 (Sale Price) New York 1920
Boy’s and Girls’ Ribbed Cotton Stockings 35¢ Wisconsin 1921
Girls Bob Evens Middy Blouses $2.75 Wisconsin 1921
Boys Cotton Sweaters 95¢ Wisconsin 1921
Wool Sweaters or Coats $1.98 Wisconsin 1921
Girls’ Serge Dresses (Wood Peter Tom Dresses, Navy, Braid Trimmed) $4.75 Wisconsin 1921
Zepher Yarn Sweaters $5.98 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s All Wool Sweaters $4.98 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Black Sateen Bloomers 48¢ Wisconsin 1921
Ladies Wool Flannel Robes $3.95 Nebraska 1934
Children’s Union Suits 98¢ Wisconsin 1921
Childrn’s Union Suits 1.25¢ Wisconsin 1921
Boy’s Heavy Fleece Lined Underwear 98¢ Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Part Wool Ribbed Untion Stuts $1.98 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Vests and Pants 68¢ Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Black Cat School Stockings (Heavy Ribbed Cotton) 25¢ Wisconsin 1921
Boys Wool Tweed Two-Pants Suits $7.45 to $7.95 Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Right-Posture Suits $12.98 to $16.50 Wisconsin 1921
Two-Piece Pant Navy Serge Pant Suits $8.95 Wisconsin 1921
Tweed Knickers (for 8 to 18 yrs.) $1.55 Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Blouses (Various materials and styles) 69 ¢ and 98 ¢ Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Knickers $1.48, $2.48, and $2.98 Wisconsin 1921
Velvet and Serge Suits (Oliver Twist and Middy Styles) $3.50, $5.00, and $5.95 Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Shoes Dark Brown, Double-Wear Soled English Walker, Various Sizes From $2.65, Wisconsin 1921
Girls’ Calf Skin Shoes (Various Sizes) From $1.45, Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Pantyhose (Fine Combed Egyptian Yarn) 25¢ Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Hats $2.95 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s All Wool Sweaters $1.98 Wisconsin 1921
Girls’ Pure Worsted Zephyer Sweaters $4.98 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Black Sateen Bloomers 48¢ Wisconsin 1921
Fall Coats (Ravena, Velour, Polyanna, and other fabrics $29.75 Wisconsin 1921
Women’s Tight Fleeced Union Suits 98¢ Wisconsin 1921
Women’s Sateen Bloomers (Double Sewn) 98¢ Wisconsin 1921
Women’s Wool Skirts $7.50 to $22.50 Wisconsin 1921
Men’s Fall Suits $27.50 to $48.00 Wisconsin 1921
Men’s Dress Shoes (Dark Brown Mahogany Calf Goodyear, Welt Sewed) $4.85 Wisconsin 1921
Food Prices
Bacon 1 lb. 52¢ 1920
Bacon 1 lb. 47¢ 1925
Beef Rib Roast1 lb 39¢ 1926 New York
Bread 1 lb. 12¢ 1920
Bread 1 lb. 9¢ 1925
Bread 1 lb. 10¢ 1925 New York
Bread 1 lb. 10¢ 1929 Chicago
Butter 1 lb. 70¢ 1920
Butter 1 lb. 55¢ 1925
Butter 1 lb. 56¢ 1929 Chicago
Butter 1 lb. 57¢ 1925 Los Angeles
Cabbage 1 lb. 2¢ 1920 WI
Carmel Wafers (1lb.) 36¢ 1924 WI
Cheese I lb. 38¢ 1926 New York
Chicken 1 lb. 39¢ 1925 New York
Chicken lb. 42¢ 1929 New York
Codfish 1 lb. 29¢ 1924 WI
Coffee 1 lb. 47¢ 1920
Cornmeal 1 lb. 7¢ 1925 New York
Eggs 1 Doz. 47¢ 1920 WI
Fancy Lake Trout 1 lb. 22¢ 1920 WI
Lemons 6 15¢ 1920 WI
Lettuce 3 Heads 25¢ 1924 WI
macaroni 3 lbs 25¢ 1924 WI
Milk ½ Gal. 28¢ 1925
Navy Beans 1 lb. 10¢ 1926 New York
Norwegian Sardines in Olive Oil 15¢ 1924 WI
Oranges 6 25¢ 1920 WI
Peaches 1 lb. 17¢ 1924 WI
Pineapple Sunbeam 40¢ 1924 WI
Potatoes 10 lbs. 36¢ 1925
Prunes 3 lbs. 25¢ 1924 WI
Pure Lard 5 lbs. $1.20 1920 WI
Round Steak 1 lb. 36¢ 1925
Round Beef Steak 1 lb. 36¢ 1926 Chicago
Sugar 5 lbs. 97¢ 1920
Watermelon 1 lb. 2¢ 1920 WI
Car Prices
Austin 20 Touring Car $695 1920
Austin 20 Coupe $850 1920
Austin 20 Landaulet $875 1920
Buick Touring Car (six) Model D $650.00 1921
Cadillac Touring Car $3940 1921
Cadillac Victoria $4540 1921 Wisconsin
Chevrolet Superior Roadster $490.00 1924 Wisconsin
Chevrolet Various Vehicles (Roadsters, Touring Cars, Utility Coups, Sedans)From $490 to $795 1924 Michigan
Dort Six Five Passenger Touring Car $1095 1924 Wisconsin
Ford Runabout $265.00 ($85.00 extra for starter and dismountable rims) 1924 Michigan
Packard Single 6 with 17 miles per gallon with Packard Quality $2975 1920
Willys Overland with 6 Cylinders $985 1925
Inventions
Frozen Food ----- 1924 USA by Clarence Birdseye
Iron Lung ----- 1928 USA by Philip Drinker
Liquid Fuel Rocket ----- 1926 USA by Robert Goddard
Sticky Plasters ----- 1920 USA by Earle Dickson
Talking Pictures ----- 1927 USA
Videophone ----- 1927 USA
Clothes
Mens Clothing Suits (Pre-War) $30.00 New York 1920
Mens Clothing Suits (Post War)$50.00 New York 1920
Silk Lined Suit (Hart Shaffner & Marx) $50 (Sale Price) New York 1920
Boy’s and Girls’ Ribbed Cotton Stockings 35¢ Wisconsin 1921
Girls Bob Evens Middy Blouses $2.75 Wisconsin 1921
Boys Cotton Sweaters 95¢ Wisconsin 1921
Wool Sweaters or Coats $1.98 Wisconsin 1921
Girls’ Serge Dresses (Wood Peter Tom Dresses, Navy, Braid Trimmed) $4.75 Wisconsin 1921
Zepher Yarn Sweaters $5.98 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s All Wool Sweaters $4.98 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Black Sateen Bloomers 48¢ Wisconsin 1921
Ladies Wool Flannel Robes $3.95 Nebraska 1934
Children’s Union Suits 98¢ Wisconsin 1921
Childrn’s Union Suits 1.25¢ Wisconsin 1921
Boy’s Heavy Fleece Lined Underwear 98¢ Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Part Wool Ribbed Untion Stuts $1.98 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Vests and Pants 68¢ Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Black Cat School Stockings (Heavy Ribbed Cotton) 25¢ Wisconsin 1921
Boys Wool Tweed Two-Pants Suits $7.45 to $7.95 Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Right-Posture Suits $12.98 to $16.50 Wisconsin 1921
Two-Piece Pant Navy Serge Pant Suits $8.95 Wisconsin 1921
Tweed Knickers (for 8 to 18 yrs.) $1.55 Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Blouses (Various materials and styles) 69 ¢ and 98 ¢ Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Knickers $1.48, $2.48, and $2.98 Wisconsin 1921
Velvet and Serge Suits (Oliver Twist and Middy Styles) $3.50, $5.00, and $5.95 Wisconsin 1921
Boys’ Shoes Dark Brown, Double-Wear Soled English Walker, Various Sizes From $2.65, Wisconsin 1921
Girls’ Calf Skin Shoes (Various Sizes) From $1.45, Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Pantyhose (Fine Combed Egyptian Yarn) 25¢ Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Hats $2.95 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s All Wool Sweaters $1.98 Wisconsin 1921
Girls’ Pure Worsted Zephyer Sweaters $4.98 Wisconsin 1921
Children’s Black Sateen Bloomers 48¢ Wisconsin 1921
Fall Coats (Ravena, Velour, Polyanna, and other fabrics $29.75 Wisconsin 1921
Women’s Tight Fleeced Union Suits 98¢ Wisconsin 1921
Women’s Sateen Bloomers (Double Sewn) 98¢ Wisconsin 1921
Women’s Wool Skirts $7.50 to $22.50 Wisconsin 1921
Men’s Fall Suits $27.50 to $48.00 Wisconsin 1921
Men’s Dress Shoes (Dark Brown Mahogany Calf Goodyear, Welt Sewed) $4.85 Wisconsin 1921
1920's Article
Fads of the 1920's
Since the 1920s was a time of celebration, there were many fads. People loved to dance, especially the Charleston, Fox-trot, and the shimmy. Dance marathons were something everyone went to every weekend. The longest dance record ever recorded was a record of 3 weeks of dancing. Another fad of the 1920's was the radio. People "tuned" in every day to listen to music, as jazz, sports and live events. A favorite for listening to jazz was "the king of jazz", Louie Armstrong. The latest fashion fad was the flapper, a fad for women. The movie was also the latest thing. The start of 3-D movies was in the 1920's. The average American had a lot to look forward to, in the 1920's, that’s for sure!
Inventions
An invention, which soon after became a popular fad, is the radio. Because of no invention of the TV, the radio was their TV. And, it really did do pretty much everything the TV does for us. If you tuned in at the right time, you could catch comedy shows, news, live events, jazz, variety shows, drama, opera, you name it, the radio had it! Discovered in the 1920's were penicllin and discovery of insulin for diabetic.This decade had some major breakthroughs in medicine and science.
Did You Know...
Here's some of the little things you probably didn't know. The peanut butter and jelly sandwich became famous in 1922. The #1 book on the bestseller list was a Manners book by Emily Post. People said it was a good book because it was not snobby. Calvin Coolidge, a president of a few words, was so famous for saying so little that a White House dinner guest made a bet that she could get the president to say more than two words. She told the president of her wager. His reply, "You lose."
Beyond Belief: A True Story
In November of 1923, Lord Carnavon has just opened Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb, but was a superstition about the Pharaoh's curse. The superstition said that if someone opened and "disturbed" a mummified pharaoh, a curse would be placed on the finder of the coffin. Apparently, six months after Tutankhamen's tomb was opened, Lord Carnavon died of an insect bite while working in the tomb.
Entertainment
The 1920’s was the decade of entertainment. Rin-Tin-Tin, the movie dog, used to be a starving German Shepherd dog during the Great War. He became most famous dog ever to star in the movies in 1923. The first radio broadcast ever came out in November of 1920. The first Miss America contest was held on September 8, 1921. Metro Goldwyn Mayer film making studio was founded. A new Pooh Bear story by A.A. Milne was a big hit for little children. Mickey Mouse became everyone's favorite cartoon character in Steamboat Willie.
National Events
The Supreme Court struck down a 1918 minimum-wage law for District of Columbia woman because with the vote, women were considered equal to men. This ruling canceled all state minimum wage laws. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first woman elected governor of a state. Bertha Knight Landes is the first woman elected governor of a sizable city, Seattle, Washington.
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
On October 24, 1929, later to be known as Black Thursday, the stock market began its downhill drop. After the first hour, the prices had gone down at an amazing speed. Some people thought that after that day, the prices would rise again just as it had done before. But it didn’t. Prices kept dropping, and on October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday, more than 16 million shares were sold, but by the end of the day, most stocks ended below their previous value, and some stocks became totally worthless. Because of that, some people became homeless and penniless, all because of the Stock Market Crash. By November 13, the prices had hit rock bottom. The stock AT&T had gone from $304, to the price of $197. America had celebrated for eight years, but now, everything was wasted in just a few weeks, by the Stock Market. It was a sad ending to this glorious decade!
Timeline of the 1920's
1920 - November 2: First Radio broadcast; President Warren Harding elected; women get their first vote
1921 - September 8: First Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City; November 11: Unknown soldier of World War I buried
1922 - November 26: Archaeologist Howard Carter finds tomb of Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt
1923 - August 2: President Harding dies; August 3: Vice President Calvin Coolidge is sworn into office as president
1924 - February 3: Former President Woodrow Wilson dies; November 4: Calvin Coolidge is elected President
1925 - October 2: Scottish inventor John Baird invents the first form of a television
1927 - First talking movie, The Jazz Singer released; May 20: Spirit of St. Louis and pilot Charles Lindbergh land in Paris
1928 - September 19: First Mickey Mouse talking film, Steamboat Willie, released by Walt Disney; November 6: Herbert Hoover elected President
1929 - October 24: Start of the Stock Market Crash
The 1920's was, for 8 years and 3/4 of 1929, a very happy decade. The last 1/4 was the Stock Market Crash that could have started the Great Depression that lasted straight through the 1930' s, not ending until mid-1940. A war started before 1920, and a war broke out in 1929. Although it was called the Great Depression, people killed others, killed themselves, became homeless, and became penniless. Actually, the eight years of happiness might have felt like a small vacation to a person who lived during the time.
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Since the 1920s was a time of celebration, there were many fads. People loved to dance, especially the Charleston, Fox-trot, and the shimmy. Dance marathons were something everyone went to every weekend. The longest dance record ever recorded was a record of 3 weeks of dancing. Another fad of the 1920's was the radio. People "tuned" in every day to listen to music, as jazz, sports and live events. A favorite for listening to jazz was "the king of jazz", Louie Armstrong. The latest fashion fad was the flapper, a fad for women. The movie was also the latest thing. The start of 3-D movies was in the 1920's. The average American had a lot to look forward to, in the 1920's, that’s for sure!
Inventions
An invention, which soon after became a popular fad, is the radio. Because of no invention of the TV, the radio was their TV. And, it really did do pretty much everything the TV does for us. If you tuned in at the right time, you could catch comedy shows, news, live events, jazz, variety shows, drama, opera, you name it, the radio had it! Discovered in the 1920's were penicllin and discovery of insulin for diabetic.This decade had some major breakthroughs in medicine and science.
Did You Know...
Here's some of the little things you probably didn't know. The peanut butter and jelly sandwich became famous in 1922. The #1 book on the bestseller list was a Manners book by Emily Post. People said it was a good book because it was not snobby. Calvin Coolidge, a president of a few words, was so famous for saying so little that a White House dinner guest made a bet that she could get the president to say more than two words. She told the president of her wager. His reply, "You lose."
Beyond Belief: A True Story
In November of 1923, Lord Carnavon has just opened Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb, but was a superstition about the Pharaoh's curse. The superstition said that if someone opened and "disturbed" a mummified pharaoh, a curse would be placed on the finder of the coffin. Apparently, six months after Tutankhamen's tomb was opened, Lord Carnavon died of an insect bite while working in the tomb.
Entertainment
The 1920’s was the decade of entertainment. Rin-Tin-Tin, the movie dog, used to be a starving German Shepherd dog during the Great War. He became most famous dog ever to star in the movies in 1923. The first radio broadcast ever came out in November of 1920. The first Miss America contest was held on September 8, 1921. Metro Goldwyn Mayer film making studio was founded. A new Pooh Bear story by A.A. Milne was a big hit for little children. Mickey Mouse became everyone's favorite cartoon character in Steamboat Willie.
National Events
The Supreme Court struck down a 1918 minimum-wage law for District of Columbia woman because with the vote, women were considered equal to men. This ruling canceled all state minimum wage laws. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first woman elected governor of a state. Bertha Knight Landes is the first woman elected governor of a sizable city, Seattle, Washington.
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
On October 24, 1929, later to be known as Black Thursday, the stock market began its downhill drop. After the first hour, the prices had gone down at an amazing speed. Some people thought that after that day, the prices would rise again just as it had done before. But it didn’t. Prices kept dropping, and on October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday, more than 16 million shares were sold, but by the end of the day, most stocks ended below their previous value, and some stocks became totally worthless. Because of that, some people became homeless and penniless, all because of the Stock Market Crash. By November 13, the prices had hit rock bottom. The stock AT&T had gone from $304, to the price of $197. America had celebrated for eight years, but now, everything was wasted in just a few weeks, by the Stock Market. It was a sad ending to this glorious decade!
Timeline of the 1920's
1920 - November 2: First Radio broadcast; President Warren Harding elected; women get their first vote
1921 - September 8: First Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City; November 11: Unknown soldier of World War I buried
1922 - November 26: Archaeologist Howard Carter finds tomb of Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt
1923 - August 2: President Harding dies; August 3: Vice President Calvin Coolidge is sworn into office as president
1924 - February 3: Former President Woodrow Wilson dies; November 4: Calvin Coolidge is elected President
1925 - October 2: Scottish inventor John Baird invents the first form of a television
1927 - First talking movie, The Jazz Singer released; May 20: Spirit of St. Louis and pilot Charles Lindbergh land in Paris
1928 - September 19: First Mickey Mouse talking film, Steamboat Willie, released by Walt Disney; November 6: Herbert Hoover elected President
1929 - October 24: Start of the Stock Market Crash
The 1920's was, for 8 years and 3/4 of 1929, a very happy decade. The last 1/4 was the Stock Market Crash that could have started the Great Depression that lasted straight through the 1930' s, not ending until mid-1940. A war started before 1920, and a war broke out in 1929. Although it was called the Great Depression, people killed others, killed themselves, became homeless, and became penniless. Actually, the eight years of happiness might have felt like a small vacation to a person who lived during the time.
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