Unit 7: Roaring 20s & The Great Depression
Trigger Words (Rikki Tambunan & Mackenzie Rich)
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The Great Gatsby
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/
The Great Gatsby was a book written By F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1920. this book was significant because it became a "bible for young". It was supported by flappers or aspiring flappers. This time period was all about partying and drinking and Fitzgerald captures the essence of that and influenced teenagers and the young to be like that. One of the characters in his book is J. Gatsby. J. Gatsby has a large mansion and is known for his large parties with alcohol involved. This depicts the time period very well because alcohol and partying were a regular accurate. Tom, another character from the book, displays the patriarchal view from that time period with his relationship Daisy, and his mistress Myrtle. This book allowed the culture to carry out longer because it carried out not only through the adults but through the teenagers and when they grew up as well.
-Mackenzie Rich
Sources: The American Pageant Book
-Mackenzie Rich
Sources: The American Pageant Book
18th Amendment
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/volstead-act/
The 18th Amendment (Volstead Act) was passed in 1919, as one of the last reform movements in the Progressive Era. This amendment formed a complete ban on liquor consumption and led to the period of Prohibition. The amendment had vastly impacted the nation by decreasing liquor consumption, arrests, increasing in bank savings, and an increase in absenteeism in the industry. Many were aggravated by this act; America had a long tradition of liking a strong drink and a weak government. Most Americans violated this legislation, and began to create "speakeasies" (secret saloons illicitly selling liquor during Prohibition). As violating legislation became more apparent, the government decided to repeal the act by the 21st Amendment in 1933. Although Prohibition had evolutionized the Temperance Movement, it had created disillusionment, cultural/emotional instability, and cynicism in the American society.
-Rikki Tambunan
Sources: The American Pageant Text Book
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/volstead-act/
The 18th Amendment (Volstead Act) was passed in 1919, as one of the last reform movements in the Progressive Era. This amendment formed a complete ban on liquor consumption and led to the period of Prohibition. The amendment had vastly impacted the nation by decreasing liquor consumption, arrests, increasing in bank savings, and an increase in absenteeism in the industry. Many were aggravated by this act; America had a long tradition of liking a strong drink and a weak government. Most Americans violated this legislation, and began to create "speakeasies" (secret saloons illicitly selling liquor during Prohibition). As violating legislation became more apparent, the government decided to repeal the act by the 21st Amendment in 1933. Although Prohibition had evolutionized the Temperance Movement, it had created disillusionment, cultural/emotional instability, and cynicism in the American society.
-Rikki Tambunan
Sources: The American Pageant Text Book
Flappers
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CEFD91239E133A2575AC2A9679C946395D6
Flappers were the result of women's protest of the social restrictions placed upon them. They wore short dresses and cut their hair, as well as dress in more revealing swimsuits that were seen as scandalous at the time. This was yet another result of the overwhelming sentiment of questioning that swept through the young people of the 1920s.
- Brenson Renderos
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CEFD91239E133A2575AC2A9679C946395D6
Flappers were the result of women's protest of the social restrictions placed upon them. They wore short dresses and cut their hair, as well as dress in more revealing swimsuits that were seen as scandalous at the time. This was yet another result of the overwhelming sentiment of questioning that swept through the young people of the 1920s.
- Brenson Renderos
The Great Depression
In this illustration, you can clearly see ill-dressed, scraggly, depressed looking men standing in line. The caption clearly illustrates desperation, the idea of people lining up for food or to thrash the bank due economic woes. This reflected the majority of America at the time, especially farmers leaving farms due to the Dust Storms. Thousands of people were left with no jobs, no homes, no peace, and no rest.
-Mujtaba Syed
-Mujtaba Syed