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"We in American today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty then ever before in history of any land... we shall soon, with the help of god, be in sight of day when poverty will be banished from this nation."
This quote capture the true Spirit of the 20's and how although there was economic hardship, the nation was still striving for better days.

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The song "aint misbehaving" preformed by Thomas Waller was a song which described his love for a girl in which he is willing to wait for, and displays his compassion for this girl through his lyricism. This song Demonstrates how the the 20's was an experimental time for music in general. Very progressive.

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Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' - Stormy Weather (1943)

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Movies were part of the growth of mass consumer culture that emerged in the 1920s.  Movies and, in particular, movie stars helped to highlight the idea of fame and celebrity.  Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, and Greta Garbo were examples of how people became fascinated with the life of the celebrity.  The movies were able to crystallize the belief of the time of self- love, as individuals were able to look at the screen, project their own wishes upon it, or project even their own sense of self upon it.  Movies were able to be consumed by the people at large. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized sound, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the silent film era.

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The Jazz Singer | "Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet" Scene | Warner Bros. Entertainment

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The use of radios in the 1920s brought information to the attention of Americans far more quickly than previous methods. Americans tuning into radio stations could hear the latest updates on many issues, including spreading news of pilot Charles Lindbergh's first trans-Atlantic flight from the United States to France in the late 1920s. Radios united families, as family members gathered around radios for nightly news, and brought the nation together too. As radio gained popularity, stations began diversifying their broadcasts, and more radio stations emerged. Jobs in the radio industry emerged, as stations hired deejays, broadcasters and other individuals to help with show productions.

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a generation of women who wore short skirts, listened to jazz, bobbed their hair. Went against the norms and challenged traditional female behavior.

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American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh  rose to fame by piloting his monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, on the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927. His courageous feat helped make Missouri a leader in the developing world of aviation. He changed the country by showing aviation was possible.

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The Lindbergh Story - Full Vintage Documentary - 3688

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As a 25-year-old U.S. Air Mail pilot, Lindbergh emerged suddenly from virtual obscurity to instantaneous world fame as the result of his Orteig Prize-winning solo non-stop flight on May 20--21, 1927, made from Roosevelt Field[N 1] in Garden City on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France, a distance of nearly 3,600 statute miles (5,800 km), in the single-seat, single-engine purpose-built Ryan monoplane Spirit of St.

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Gertude Ederle was an olympic swimmer who made great strides for women role in athletics when she became the first women to swim across the english channel.

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Henry Ford was determined to build a simple, reliable and affordable car; a car the average American worker could afford. Out of this determination came the Model T and the assembly line two innovations that revolutionized American society. He produced an automobile that was within the economic reach of the average American. Wealthy people in America saw him as a traitor because he was providing the common people with a affordable way of transportation, and he also lowered prices on the T model.

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The main idea of this political cartoon is to show how the wage cuts affected citizens. It shows how the bankers and employers are care-free of the consequences of these wage cuts and only care for money.

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Following the abrupt economic depression in 1920-1921, The U.S. Economy began to rise, with the price of the dollar beginning to regulate, depleting the inflation that occurr
ed in the early 20's due to the depression.

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Herbert made changes in federal spending, agriculture, wage policy, international trade, tax policy, and imigration

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Warren G. Harding used Laissez Faire economics when in office. The idea of the government not being involved with independent business was the basis for Harding economic views. He though that as an outcome, society would be better off as whole with free market capitalism not being involved with Government.

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Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan "Return to Normalcy " captured the conservative views of Harding and his campaign. Through these views, harding tried "return to normalcy" repelling progressive ideas established while Wilson was in office.

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The quote could imply that employers needed employee's. He also could be justifying the building of factories in America. The relationship between business and government, was businesses controlling the government because of their wealth.

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One of the most famous American gangsters, Al Capone, also known as "Scarface," rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era. Before being sent to Alcatraz Prison in 1934 for a tax evasion conviction, he had amassed a personal fortune estimated at $100 million as the head of the infamous crime syndicate. In 1920 during the height of Prohibition, Capone’s multi-million dollar Chicago operation in bootlegging, prostitution and gambling dominated the organized crime scene. Capone was responsible for many brutal acts of violence, mainly against other gangsters. The most famous of these was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, in which he ordered the assassination of seven rivals.Capone was never indicted for his racketeering but was finally brought to justice for income-tax evasion in 1931.

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During the Prohibition era’s first years, amendment supporters were gratified by a decline in arrests for drunkenness, hospitalization for alcoholism, and instances of liver-related medical problems. These statistics seemed to validate their campaign and to suggest that America’s future might include happier families, fewer industrial accidents, and a superior moral tone.

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The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in May 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.  The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to cover the big-name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side.

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The Scopes Monkey Trial Explained in 5 Minutes: US History Review

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A super fast overview of this historic trial in 1925 that began to redefine how we teach science in our public school system

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The Natural Origins Act of 1924 was a law that severely restricted immigration by establishing a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians. The policy stayed in effect until the 1960s. The act changed landscape because it restricted some immigrants to enter the United States

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The resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s coincided with the anti-radical and anti-immigrant hysteria of the Red Scare that had engulfed the nation. The second KKK was founded in 1915 by William J. Simmons. Its goal was to preserve the white, Protestant civilization and instigate the re-establishment of white supremacy. The second era of the KKK promoted the ideology of 'Americanism' and targeted African Americans, Mexicans, 'New Immigrants', Asians, Jews, Catholics, Asians and any radical "un-American" groups. The rebirth and resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan peaked at 4 - 5 million members but by 1928 its membership had dropped to a few hundred thousand members.

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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-born American anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company on April 15, 1920, in South Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. After a few hours' deliberation, the jury found Sacco and Vanzetti guilty of first-degree murder on July 14, 1921. Celebrated writers, artists, and academics pleaded for their pardon or for a new trial.

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The Palmer raids targeted radical labor unions such as the Industrial Workers of the World and the Union of Russian Workers, which resulted in immigrants, socialist and communists being arrested.

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The Palmer Raids Explained: US History Review

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Dive deep into the Red Scare to explore the 1919/1920 Palmer Raids where we take a look at the conditions which led up them, the actual raids themselves and the effects on the nation. Perfect for students seeking a way out, life long learners and the cray cray on the internets.

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The "Lost Generation" where a group of cynical writers who criticized Americas post WW1
values. These people where coming of age during the War and suffered the consequences of the war once they were of age.

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The Harlem Renaissance was an explosion of art and cultural throughout Harlem in the 1920's and 30's within the African American Community. Major contributors to the this movement where Claude McKay, Alain LeRoy Locke, Aaron Douglas.

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Jazz had begun in the early 1900's and through out the twenties, the music spread nation wide, originating from New Orleans. Prohibition and the advent of the “speakeasy” created many opportunities for musicians in small cabarets, dance halls and ballrooms.Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and Joe "king" Oliver were leading jazz musicians during this time.

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King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band  - Dippermouth Blues (Sugarfoot Stomp) 1923

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Joe "King" Oliver (Dec.19,1885 - April 10,1938) was a jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly noted for his playing style, pioneering the use of mutes. Also a notable composer, he wrote many tunes still played regularly, including "Dippermouth Blues", "Sweet Like This", "Canal Street Blues", and "Doctor Jazz".

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an American women's organization formed in 1916 as an outgrowth of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, which had been formed in 1913 by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to fight for women's suffrage.

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#3 The Great Steel Strike of 1919, Alabama Coal Strike of 1920,  Railroad Strike of 1922

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#3 The Great Steel Strike of 1919, Alabama Coal Strike of 1920,  Railroad Strike of 1922

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The Great Steel Strike of Unions organized in and around Pittsburgh were harassed by steel companies, and weren't allowed to have meetings. The strikes shutdown half the steel industry.  The strike collapsed in 1920, with the workers back to work.
Strikers in Alabama had a major confrontation with the general manager of the Corona Coal Company, where he was killed. The governor had state militia and state police under the service of the coal companies. The governor refused union recognition, and refused to reinstate striking miners.
During World War 1, America used railroads as freight and passenger transportation. the Railroad Labor board approved a 7 cent cut which targeted railway repair and maintenance workers.

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Americanism is a belief of loyalty, or allegiance to the United States of America. Some ideas included equal opportunity, freedom of speech, and a belief in progress. The Ku Klax Klan embraced the ideals and furthered them by believing Americanism also includes a aspect of race .

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1.Coal Strike of 1920
2. Railroad Strike of 1924
3. Palmer Raids
4. Emergence of KKK
5.19th Amendment
6. Sacco and Vanzetti case
7 .Nation Origins act of 1924
8. Scopes Trial
9 .Prohibition
10. Ford T Model
11.Charles Lindbergh Flight around world
12.Creation of radio broadcast
13. American Professional Football League
14.World War 1
15. League of Nations
16.Warren G Harding Campaign for President
17.Harlem Renaissance
18. The Jazz Singer released
19.St.Valentines Day Massacre
20.  Herbert Hoover President
21..Stock Market Crash
22.Teapot Dome Scandal
23. Al Capone imprisonment
24. Music becomes big
25. J Edgar Hoover appointed in FBI

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During the sexual revolution of 1920, the societal norms set for the common women and men were challenged, with traditional sexual behaviors and and relationships being challenged. Dr.Sigmund Freud was a physcoanalysis who advocated the exploration of the human body, male and femle alike. Margaret Sanger advocated for very similar ideals, with her efforts to try and legalize birth control. They both believed in freedoms of sexuality.