Transcript 1920`s PPT
The 1920’s
The end of the War, the Economic Boom of the 1920’s, and the Great Depression.
Agenda
Homework: Read pgs. 347-51, answer # 2, Read pgs. 353-57, answer #2+3.
Notes and Report due next Tuesday All Quiet on the Western Front Video Armistice Document Versailles Document Economic Boom and Society of the 1920’s If Time: End of the War Video Review Objectives: To describe the outcome of World War I and the economic boom of the 1920’s.
Armistice Document
Versailles Document
Society in the 1920’s
Spanish speaking neighborhood:
Barrio
New Type of Women:
Flapper
Statistics describing populations:
Demographics
A Business Boom
The Growth of the Consumer economy: Bought appliances and model T Fords Henry Ford used new technology to make automobiles: Assembly line-workers stay still while parts move and used interchangeable parts The growth of the automobile: Production of rubber, gas, glass and rise in gas stations, hotels, and restaurants .
A Business Boom
Consumer Economy:
Business boom as a result of an enormous amount of buying
Installment Plan: Payments over a period of time
Assembly Line: Process where each worker does one specialized talk allow efficiency
The End of World War I Video
The 1920’s
The end of the War, the Economic Boom of the 1920’s, and the Great Depression.
Agenda
Check hwk Review Questions/Hwk Armistace, League of Nations, Society and Economic Boom
1920’s Video (Skip?) Great Gatsby Jazz Song If Time: Time to work on Project Review Homework: Read pgs. 375-78, answer #2, Read pgs. 379-82, answer #2, Read pgs. 383-87, answer #3.
Objectives: To describe the economic boom of the 1920’s.
Review
In what two ways was the Treaty of Versailles unfair to Germans?
How did Woodrow Wilson play a role in the treaty negotiations?
What happened to Germany’s Army after it surrendered?
What were some problems with the League of Nations?
Homework
(Section 2) What were the main reasons for the business boom of the 1920’s?
The development of a consumer economy; buying on installment plans; growth of automobile, steel, oil, etc.; Assembly lines.
(Section 3) In what ways did Americans react to the changing social values of the 1920’s?
Women-bolder style of dress; Heroes; Sports Women in the 1920’s: Smoking, drinking; dressed bolder; independent; moved into offices, sales service jobs, little advance leadership and few voted.
Assembly Line
Individually take out five pieces of scrap paper.
You will individually create five paper airplanes as fast as you can , but making sure the airplanes are properly made.
You must fold the wings twice, fold it in the center, and then fold the outer wings.
When the teacher tells you to start you will make all five airplanes as fast as you can.
Once you are done you will raise your hand and your time will be recorded if the planes are properly constructed.
Assembly Line
In your row each person has a particular task to complete in making an airplane.
1 st 2 nd person folds V wings twice person folds the center 3 rd person folds the final wings You goal is to complete five airplanes as fast as possible .
There will be one or two forepersons that will check the quality of your work and can revoke your airplane back to the beginning.
First group that completes all five airplanes wins.
Assembly Line
Who produced the planes the quickest?
Do you think this is like a real life circumstance or factory situation?
In what ways are the assembly line products different from those made by the individual?
Did you enjoy your work in the assembly line?
Would you like to do this kind of work for the rest of your life? Or would you prefer making things on your own?
1920’s Video
The Great Gatsby
Louis Armstrong Click on Picture
Review
How did Henry Ford use new technology?
Describe the assembly line. . .
How did the automobile change other industries?
What is a new type of women called?
The 1920’s
The end of the War, the Economic Boom of the 1920’s, and the Great Depression.
Agenda (Hist)
Homework: Notes 3-4 pages and Report due Tuesday.
Now Statement/Check and review Homework The Economy, Stock Market Crash, Social Effects, and Surviving the Depression. Great Depression Web Quest Review Objectives: To evaluate the economic condition of the 1920’s and how it lead to the Great Depression.
Now Statement!!!
How did the Great Depression impact Americans in the upper class down to the lower class? Provide examples for each class!!!
Homework
Why did Americans unwisely trust the economy in the 1920’s?
The economy at the time was healthy and had rising wages, people and the Presidents had confidence in the economy
What were the causes and effects of the stock market crash of 1929?
Cause: over-investment, overselling; Effect: Stock values lost, jobs lost, etc.
Impact of poverty on Americans: Unemployment, farms lost
The Economy in the 1920’s
Borrowing to buy stocks:
Buying on Margin Offering higher wages and benefits:
Welfare Capitalism Making High-risk investments:
Speculation
The Stock Market Crash
Income and Profits fell: American Factory closed Thousands of workers lost their jobs Small businesses closed Farm prices declined Banks closed Americans stopped investing in Germany Allies stopped paying US Global Economy declined!
The Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday:
October 29 th , 1929, stocks crashed
Great Crash: Collapse of the market Business Cycle: Growth and contraction of the nation’s economy
Great Depression: Severe economic decline
Social Effects of the Depression
Hooverville's: Shanty towns built by the homeless Dust Bowl: Region in the Great Plains that has drought and dust storms During the Depression, wage cuts and unemployment eventually affected: All levels of Society!
Surviving the Great Depression
21 st Amendment:
The repeal of prohibition
What was the one goal of the repeal of Prohibition?
To curb gangsters Which activity would the “Depression generation” avoid?
Buying expensive items on credit
The Great Depression
Review
What economic class was most effected by the Great Depression?
What is buying on Margin?
What is Speculation?
What is a Depression?
What is a Hooverville?
Where was the Dust Bowl and what was it like?
The 1920’s
The end of the War, the Economic Boom of the 1920’s, and the Great Depression.
Agenda (Hist)
Homework: 4 pages Notes and Report/Quiz tomorrow!
Review Society in the 1920’s/Stock Market Crash Handouts
Political Cartoon/Ending the Depression Great Depression Web Quest/Review Family Feud If Time: Work on Project Review Objectives: To evaluate the economic condition of the 1920’s and how it lead to the Great Depression.
The Great Depression
Ending the Depression
Differences in the candidates?
Hoover Economy was sound; caused by the world economy FDR Federal government had the responsibility to react!
Review
What happened on Black Thursday?
What were Hoovervilles?
What were Dust Storms like?
What were Okievilles?
What were some of FDR’s New Deal Programs?
How did the Great Depression end?