THE ROARING TWENTIES
Created by Lisa Bremer
KEY VOCABULARY OF The Roaring Twenties
• Economic Boom: A time of quick economic growth.
• Economic Bust: A time of quick economic decline.
• The U.S. Stock market boomed in the 1920’s.
• Life was good for American’s during The Roaring 20’s and it was a time of economic boom.
Installment buying/credit
• Installment buying: the buyer makes payments, or installments, every month until the full price of the product has been paid.
• People were buying consumer goods like washing machines, vacuum cleaners, & automobiles.
NEEDS vs. WANTS
NEEDS
Food
Clothes
Shelter
WANTS
Automobile
Toys
Computers
CD Players
Game Boy
The Automobile Industry
The Automobile Industry
• Henry Ford changed the automobile industry by developing the assembly line.
• At first cars were banned from city streets because they scared horses.
1907 average price of a carwas $2,000
1908 Ford automobiles $800
1914 Ford $500
1925 Model T $350
$ Automobile Prices $
Impact of the car on: Industry
1. Oil2. Rubber3. Steel4. *These industries increased in orderto meet the demand for the products.
*To most, the car provided freedom,adventure, opportunity and status.
Society1. Cities got bigger/suburbs2. Greater distance between homes.3. Business and education transformation.4. People no longer want to ride the train due to the automobile and new roads being constructed.5. Tourism became a major industry.
The Impact of the car on:
AVIATION
Aviation Facts
• 1903 Wright Brothers
• 1917 WWI
• Mail across the country.
• 1930-1943 Airlines delivering passengers and mail.
President Herbert Clark Hoover
President Hoover was blamed for the hard times people faced during The Great Depression.
The areas that
Large towns of shacks began appearing all over the United states. These towns were named Hoovervilles after the President.
Hoovervilles were homes/areas where poor people lived during
The Great Depression
Children living in Hooverville
The Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday
• October 29, 1929 the Stock market crashed. This day is otherwise known as BLACK TUESDAY!
• Banks went out of business and the money people had placed in the banks for savings was lost overnight.
• Black Tuesday began The Great Depression.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
• 1929 - 600 banks go out of business
• 1930 – 1,000 more banks went out of business.
• 1931 – 2,000 more banks went out of business.
Life DuringThe Great Depression
Making baskets was one way to make money during The Great Depression.
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Washing Clothes during The Great Depression
Cooking Dinner
Christmas Dinner during The Great Depression
A man and his horse
Family walking 30 miles to visit other family members
Homeless family walking down a road during The Great Depression
Sharecropper wife & children during The Great Depression
Loss of farms during The Great Depression
Auctioning off a farm during The Great Depression
An Alabama School during The Great Depression
Unemployment During The Great Depression
Unemployment line duringThe Great Depression
Unemployed Man duringThe Great Depression
The Great Dust Storm
1930’s Dust Bowl
"Dust Bowl" was a term born in the hard times from the people who lived in the drought-
stricken region during the great depression.
The "Dust Bowl Days", also known as the "Dirty Thirties", took
its toll on Oklahoma and other Great Plains states. The decade was full of extremes: blizzards,
tornadoes, floods, droughts, and dirt storms.
Boise City, Oklahoma Dust Storm
The Storms
• In 1934 to 1936, three record drought years were marked for the
nation. In 1936, a more severe storm spread out of the plains and
across most of the nation. The drought years were accompanied with record breaking heavy rains, blizzards, tornadoes and floods.
Boise City, Oklahoma Dust Storm
Another Dust Storm
• In 1935, the weather in the Dust Bowl again made the national
headlines. This storm was followed by another and yet another in rapid succession. In late March a severe
storm lashed Boise City so hard that many people were stranded
for hours. No one dared to leave a store and head for home although it might be less than a block away.
Mother & Children During the Dust Storms
• During 1936, the number of dirt storms increased and the
temperature broke the 1934 record high by soaring above 120
degrees. On one pleasant June day in 1936, the ground began to
tremble. A sharp earthquake shook the land from Kenton to Perryton
and from Liberal to Stratford.
• The clouds appeared on the horizons with a thunderous roar. Turbulent dust clouds rolled in generally from the North and
dumped a fine silt over the land. Men, women and children stayed in
their houses and tied handkerchiefs over their noses and
mouths.
When they dared to leave, they added goggles to protect their eyes. Houses were shut tight, cloth was wedged in the cracks of the doors and windows but still the fine silt
forced its way into houses, schools and businesses. During the storms, the air indoors was "swept" with wet gunny sacks. Sponges were used as makeshift "dust masks" and damp
sheets were tied over the beds.
Oregon or Bust
Leaving Oklahoma during The Dust Storm era
Husband & Wife leaving Oklahoma during The Dust Storm period
Heading for California away from the Dust Storms