THE ROARING TWENTIES “We are entering a new era.” Henry Ford Before the war: “The stage is set, the destiny is disclosed, It has come about by no plan of Our conceiving, but by the hand of God who led us into the war. We cannot turn back. America shall in truth show the way.” Woodrow Wilson! +! After World War I, the US emerged as a world leading power. Developing industries: - Automotive - Aeronautic - Communicative - Cinematographic Ut Mass production; Assembly line “We are a happy people — the statistics prove it. We have more cars, more bathtubs, oil furnaces, silk stockings, bank accounts than any other people on earth.” Herbert Hoover The economic ‘boom’ in the stock market. The Purity Crusade: = The 18" Amendment (Prohibition) —> (VF co “I’ve given people light pleasures and all I get is abuse.” Al Capone - The new woman: The 19" Amendment (Woman’s suffrage) - J /05, J!)Loosening of morals “Mothers! Can you afford a large family? Do you want more children? If not, why do you have them? Do not kill, do not take life, but prevent.” b t Margaret Sanger — Dy - ‘The Jazz Age’ “Jazz causes drunkenness, Reason and reflection are lost and the actions of the persons are directed by the stronger animal passions.” Dr. E. Elliot Rawlings “Music is your own experience. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of our horn.” Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker