The 1920’s and 30’sThe Roaring Twenties and

The Great Depression

Cultural Literacy

Unit Objective

• To identify iconic figures and symbols of the 20s

Roaring Twenties

Wall Street Bombing by Anarchists 1920

Flapper: Young female rebel

Scopes Trial: Teaching Evolution

Prohibition: Era during which manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol was illegal (18th

Amendment; Repealed by 21st)

*Al Capone: Led organized crime in Chicago

St. Valentines Day Massacre

*Babe Ruth: Greatly increased popularity of baseball

*Louie Armstrong: Jazz musician that brought jazz to Chicago

*Charlie Chaplin: Silent film star

Charles Lindbergh: 1st to fly solo across Atlantic; Lost child to kidnapping/murder

Spirit of St Louis

Great Depression and Presidents

Stock Market Crash

*Warren G Harding: Scandal and Corruption

Calvin Coolidge“Silent Cal”

*Herbert Hoover: Blamed for the Depression, perhaps unfairly

*Franklin Delano Roosevelt (“FDR”)New Deal, 3 Rs, First 100 Days, Court Packing

*FDR Quotes“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”“Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied

according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.”

“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.”

“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”

“This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.”

*Fireside Chats: Radio addresses FDR used to explain New Deal to Americans and give hope

*Henry Ford and theModel T-1st affordable car

The Bonus March: WWI vets who marched on Washington for early payments owed to them

Hoovervilles

Hoover Dam

Dust Bowl

Okie: Left Oklahoma during Dust Bowl

Soup Kitchen

Amelia Earhart: Famous female pilot; Disappeared without a trace

*Jesse Owens: Won several gold medals at 1936 Olympics in Berlin