The Roaring 20s

Created by: Mary Davis
Created on: 05-06-13 09:49

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The Roaring 20s
- Isolationism
  - Republicans rejected the Treaty of Versailles
    - 'America first' ideas - led to rejection of the treaty and Isolationism
- Tariffs
  - Fordney-McCumber tariff - made foreign goods more expensive
    - American economy flourished
  - But foreign countries did the same to American goods, so the USA made less money from exports
- Mass Production
  - Producing goods quickly and cheaply so more people can buy them
  - By 1928 20% of Americans had cars
  - By 1929 10 million radios had been sold
- Entertainment and social growth
  - Sports
    - Because of the introduction of Raadios, sport became very popular
    - Car ownership meant more people could go and see live sport
    - Sports personalities became famous
  - Women
    - Socially active women were known as 'Flappers'
      - They wore short skirts, had bob haircuts, smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol
    - Womens role in the 1920s changed due to the work they did in WW1
  - Clubs and Jazz
    - Jazz music became very popular and accessable due to radios
    - More people went to clubs and drank due to relaxed social attitudes
    - Jazz music was a craze in the 20s
    - Both of these things became very popular especially in cities
  - Media
    - Hollywood became a huge industry and films became extremely popular
      - Cars meant that cinema was more popular
    - Radios and therefore music became very popular
    - By 1929 10 million radios had been sold
- Prohibition (The Volstead Act)
  - Introduced because alcoholism was a problem and because temperance groups campaigned for the ban
  - This law was often broken
    - People made 'moonshine' homemade alcohol which could be extremely dangerous to health
    - Speakeasies - illegal drinking clubs

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Report Sat 22nd February, 2014 @ 15:26

Very good visual depiction of information about the 'Roaring 20s' and a good example of how much information you can get on this type of revision resource. To improve it add a section on whether the 20s was 'roaring' for everyone.