The Roaring Twenties By Ajay Morelli January 16th, 1920 The 18th - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Roaring Twenties By Ajay Morelli

January 16th, 1920 The 18th amendment, making alchol illegal (also know as the prohibition) was enacted.

1920 The 19th amendment was added to the constitution and women were allowed to vote in all elections.

1921 Jack Dempsey and George Carpentier broke entertainment recor ds with $1 million in ticket sales to their boxing match.

1922 The KKK (Ku Klux Klan) was back into full swing with over 100,000 members. their goal was to put terror into their "enemies".

1923 Louis Armstrong recorded his first album with the Creole Jazz Band.

August 12th, 1923 President Warren Harding died and his Vice President, Calvin Coolidge had to take office.

1925 'A New Negro' was published by Alain Locke and inspired African Americans to embrace their African and American heritage.

1925 Al Capone, one of the most notorious gangsters, rose to the top of organized crime groups while leading the Chicago gangster organization making $60 million per year from alcohol movement.

1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald published his novel 'The Great Gatsby' now one of the most famous books of American literature.

1927 The first film with sound was released called 'The Jazz Singer'. Sound movies pushed the movie industry to sell 80 million tickets per week to 120 million Americans by 1929

1929 Americans were using installment plans to by a large majority of expensive home items such as cars, washing machines, and furniture without the guarantee that they could pay it back.

1929 By 1929 34% of the country's savings were held by 23,000 families creating a massive gap in the distribution of wealth.