The 1920’s and 30’sThe Roaring Twenties and
The Great Depression
Cultural Literacy
Unit Objective
• To identify iconic figures and symbols of the 20s
Roaring Twenties
Wall Street Bombing by Anarchists 1920
Flapper: Young female rebel
Scopes Trial: Teaching Evolution
Prohibition: Era during which manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol was illegal (18th
Amendment; Repealed by 21st)
*Al Capone: Led organized crime in Chicago
St. Valentines Day Massacre
*Babe Ruth: Greatly increased popularity of baseball
*Louie Armstrong: Jazz musician that brought jazz to Chicago
*Charlie Chaplin: Silent film star
Charles Lindbergh: 1st to fly solo across Atlantic; Lost child to kidnapping/murder
Spirit of St Louis
Great Depression and Presidents
Stock Market Crash
*Warren G Harding: Scandal and Corruption
Calvin Coolidge“Silent Cal”
*Herbert Hoover: Blamed for the Depression, perhaps unfairly
*Franklin Delano Roosevelt (“FDR”)New Deal, 3 Rs, First 100 Days, Court Packing
*FDR Quotes“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”“Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied
according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.”
“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.”
“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
“This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.”
*Fireside Chats: Radio addresses FDR used to explain New Deal to Americans and give hope
*Henry Ford and theModel T-1st affordable car
The Bonus March: WWI vets who marched on Washington for early payments owed to them
Hoovervilles
Hoover Dam
Dust Bowl
Okie: Left Oklahoma during Dust Bowl
Soup Kitchen
Amelia Earhart: Famous female pilot; Disappeared without a trace
*Jesse Owens: Won several gold medals at 1936 Olympics in Berlin