The USA in the 1920s

1. What was new/different in the 1920s

1.1. Living in Cities

1.2. More money

1.3. Higher crime rates

1.4. Number of millionaires jumped by 400%

1.5. More ways of transport (cars were becoming more popular and less people used horses)

1.6. KKK

1.7. the "new Negro"

1.8. Roadside advertising

1.9. Jazz in harlem

1.10. Tunnels and roads

1.11. Prohibition of alcohol

1.12. More sports

1.13. Technology

1.14. Credit

1.15. New medias (radio and film)

2. Things used to describe the 1920s

2.1. "streets are paved with gold"

2.2. Wall street

2.3. "buy now, pay later"

2.4. Freedom

2.5. Short hair & skirts (showed ankles) (women)

2.6. 19th ammendament (women's right to vote)

2.7. Modern

2.8. Sky scrapers

2.9. Breaking tradition

3. Why people thought that the 1920s were not so great

3.1. Science Vs religion

3.2. People were concerned about future generations

3.3. Immigrants

3.3.1. Rural Americans

3.4. New developments went against traditions

3.5. Black people threatened in Cities

3.6. Women wore shorter, less modest skirts

3.7. The kkk was founded, there was lots of debate on it too