Okay....

February 21, 2007: 4th period

In class:

*we watched a movie on the Roaring 20's....here are some of the notes I took

-President Warren Harding called for a return to "normalcy"

-Jazz Age

-culture was based around spending, leisure, and fun

-the United States had the highest standard of living in the world

-there was a shift from coal to electricity <-- this doubled productivity

-goods and services manufactured became directly available for consumers

-Ford's assembly line- sped up production of cars

*Ford produced the Model T

-companies increased wages to increase buying powers

-binon credit (couldn't quite get that...I think its what people used when they didn't have enough $...I think)

-GM introduced a variety of different cars

-more people in cities than in countryside

-autobmobiles minimized public transportation

-development of drive-in places (such as movies and banks)

-automobiles changed American habits

-1920, 19th Amendment gave right to vote to women

*this led to in increase in numbers of women in education(aka..more women going

school and even at higher levels of education)

-"flappers"...the name for the woman's new image

-electricity enabled people to buy all kinds of appliances...mainly decided by women

-the nature of woman's work was changing

-radio

-host of magazines(seperate magazines for different groups of people) gave advertising industry a chance to promote its products

-by 1920s, movies were the most powerful & influential culture in the US

-Harlem: center of Black community and culture; main center of "New Dwellers"(new, prosperous city dwellers)

-Marcus Gravey: racial pride, economic independence

-Harlem Renaissance

-white musicians also took up Jazz and the Blues

-January 1, 1920: manufacture of alcoholic beverages became illegal

-majority of Americans remained industrialists

-fear of foreigners led to hostility towards foreigners

-KKK was revived; appeal to many Protestant Americans

-new laws were passed that banned immigrants from Asia and it greatly reduced the number of immigrants from Europe

-Scopes Trial

-professional sports players became known

-1927, Charles Lindberg flew a solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic

-most Americans thought that capitalism led to a better world

-1929, Stock Market crashes

Homework:

-study for CHAPTERS 21-24 TEST!!!!

-Timed Write Friday

-and I'm pretty sure that vocab stuff is due on Friday