The Roaring Twenties

Life in the 1920s English 11

WWI (1914-1918)
Industry & Manufacture Technology Economy Emotional state

Celebration!

Drinking becomes more popular

18th Amendment

18th Amendment
Prohibition
Alcohol seen as dangerous Many women pro-Prohibition to rid abuse Officially proposed before war ended = grain Began ratification 1919 as Wartime Prohibition

18th Amendment:
January 1920 Ban on the production, transportation, sale

18th Amendment

18th Amendment

18th Amendment

18th Amendment
Bootlegging Speakeasies

18th Amendment
Gangster violence & Al Capone

19th Amendment
Participation of women in the war effort. Women forced out of work upon mens return Wartime sparked change New social and cultural dynamics

19th Amendment

19th Amendment

19th Amendment
Women granted the right to vote in 1920 The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Music & Dance

Jazz & Charleston

Music and Dance

Dance craze Music now If Carly lived in 1920

Fashion before 1920

Before

1920s Fashion

The Model T
Cars had been expensive to make & buy Henry Ford changed the manufacturing line & made the Model T
All the same

1918 = $850 dollars ($25,000 today) Mid1920s = less than $300 ($3,500 today) Revolutionized transportation Social statement

The Model T