1. People said one thing but did another = contradictions
1.1. Tolerance for melting pot of people's backgrounds
1.1.1. Lack of tolerance for women's rights taking jobs that men could do
1.2. Wanted Women to vote, but don't go get jobs and stop doing the woman's work at home, don't take jobs away from men
2. Stock Market was making people rich
2.1. People thought buying stocks was a SURE thing - you'd definitely make money
2.2. Stock market increased 20% each year from 1920-1929
2.2.1. New technologies were popping up and people invested in them
2.2.2. Electricity coming into people's homes let them buy washing machines, refrigerators, etc
2.2.3. No one was monitoring the stock market
2.2.4. People over invested and inflation happened at the same time
2.2.4.1. Black Tuesday October 29, 1929 it crashed
2.2.4.2. billions of dollars lost
3. Exploration - Lindbergh becomes a hero
3.1. Lindbergh first person to ride motorcycle 3,400 miles
3.1.1. first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
3.1.2. Great American Hero
3.1.2.1. Could have become President but was seen as someone who was an ally of the Nazis
4. KKK
4.1. Protestant group
4.1.1. Didn't like the Catholic mass that was in Latin
4.2. Lynched black people from trees to spread fear and gain power
4.3. wore white hoods
4.4. Didn't like anyone who wasn't like them...white and protestant
4.4.1. mostly in the SOUTHERN states
5. Technology in the 1920's changed everything
5.1. new technology allowed for assembly lines
5.2. let manufacturers make lots and fast
5.3. washing machine
5.3.1. radio
5.3.2. cars
5.3.3. connected people in new ways
5.3.4. radio
5.4. telephone
5.5. transportation became faster
5.6. moving freight easier so you can sell goods everywhere
5.7. people bought everything and spent money on credit
5.8. soon too much is available and not enough buyers
5.9. over produced the goods leading to the Great Depression
5.10. WWI technology transferred into changing the lives of the regular person after the war was over.
6. Amendments to the Constitution
6.1. 18th Amendment = prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” in the United States
6.1.1. Women wanted it to be illegal because they were beat up by drunk husbands
6.1.2. Speakeasy = illegal bars hidden in the cities
6.1.2.1. moonshine - illegally hand made alcohol
6.1.2.2. Gangsters ran speakeasies and were involved in selling illegal alcohol
6.1.2.3. Flappers - young women who drank alcohol at speakeasies
6.1.2.4. Flappers wore makeup, smoked cigarettes, wild women, not ladylike to drink openly
6.2. 19th Amendment = Women could VOTE
6.2.1. Now women also worked outside the home
6.2.1.1. Got jobs and could afford to buy things, disposable income