1920's Warmup One: March 31, April 1

What nicknames have you heard of for this decade?

The Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, Silent Era, Lost Generation

What years are included?

1920 to 1929

Changes and Continuities

1900-1919 Terms

World War One, Progressivism, government as a tool for social good, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, New Freedom, New Nationalism, Idealism, Fourteen Points, worker's rights, trust buster, Treaty of Versailles, Article X, conservation, red scare, women's movement, temperance/prohibition, muckrakers

1920-1929 Terms

Immigration Act of 1924, nativism, Scopes trial, fundamentalists, Sacco and Vanzetti, laissez faire, gangsterism, KKK, expatriates, mass consumption, American Plan/Yellow Dog Contracts, Adkins v. Children's Hospital, automobiles/Fordism, radio, flappers, New v. Old Money

Continuities: 

Foreign policy (isolationism), negative attitudes towards immigration, women's struggles, social and political status of African Americans.

Contemporary experience: 

The explosion of social media resulting in massive leaps in communication and the spread of ideas, resulting in (in some cases) spread of information and a shift in the dynamic between the way that we receive news as well as the source of the news (seen in events in Ferguson, most news outlets have Twitters, etc.)

1920s Experience: 

Bull market: easy credit, get rich quick, speculation, buying on margin, Ponzi schemes,

Technological and cultural change: film industry, sensationalization of Hollywood, "Talkies", radio, emergence of a national culture, automobiles, art movement, modernist v, fundamentalists, changes in educational system with John Dewey and the hands on learning.

Wordle
Categories of words: lifestyle, technology, economics
Lifestyle: gangsterism, flappers, women, Scopes trial, jazz, red scare, KKK, automobiles, prohibition, fundamentalism, immigration, modernism
Technology: automobiles, radio, silent film, talkies, modernist, Fordism,
Economics: laissez-faire, capitalism, bull market, mass consumption, free market, stock market, great market crash
Statement: The 1920s should be considered a distinct historical period than the surrounding generations due to the rapid economic growth through implementation of laissez-faire capitalism, vast social changes for immigrants and women, and the advancement towards modern technology with radios, automobiles, and film.