1920'S

Fast Facts

Pop Culture #1

• (August 18,1920)- 19th Amendment: Prohibiting any U.S citizen from
• being denied the right to vote based on sex.

Pop Culture #2

• (May 26,1927) Ford motor celebrates as the 15th million model T
• rolls out of its highland park, MI, assembly line.

Pop Culture #3

• (July 1925)- Tennessee school teacher John T. Scopes trial
• for teaching Darwin's "Theory of Evolution."

The U.S Resident Population

Arithmetic Density

% increase in pop. from prev. Decade

# of states beginning and end

Top 3 Populated Cities

New York City, NY

• Beginning- 5,620,048
• End- 6,930,446

Chicago, IL

• Beginning- 2,701,705
• End- 3,376,438

Philadelphia, PA

• Beginning- 1,823,779
• End- 1,950,961

Population Center

Beginning

End

4 Historical Facts

Fact #1 (1920)

• Women were granted the right to vote in the United States
• ( Ratified) August 18, 1920
• Named the 19th Amendment

Fact #1 (CONT.)

• • Many people became the same, bought the same goods, listened to the same music, and did the same dances
• • Many Americans were uncomfortable with this mass culture
• • Brought more conflict than celebration

Fact #2 (1928)

• Fleming discovers Penicillin. Due to this invention the
• IMR is lower which induces families to have more children
• Insulin was discovered which meant people with diabetes
• were living longer which then made the population grow

Fact #3 (1929)

• Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression
• Stock Market
• • Devastated the economy
• • Key Feature of the Great Depression

Fact #3 (CONT)

• • October 29, 1929
• • That is how Black Tuesday got its name
• The Great Depression
• Affected by the stock market crash by causing people to move away Due to-
• the bad economy

Fact #3 (Cont)

• Lasted 1929 to the early 1940’s
• Economic decline caused by over-extended stock market and a drought that struck the South
• In an attempt to end the Great Depression, the U.S. government took unprecedented direct action to help stimulate the economy
• The Great Depression finally ended with the increased production needed for World War II

Fact #4 (1920-1929)

• The Roaring 20's
• • More people lived in the cities than on the farms
• • Nations wealth doubled through this time period

1920's

                              ---to the left is the migration route

The 7th bar is the 1920's to the 30's (4,000,000)

Citation Page

(website) -Citation- (Pictures)

• "Are We at Risk For Another Great Depression?" About. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
• "Center of Population." - 2010 Census. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
• "The Roaring Twenties." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.
• "United States Census Bureau." 1920 Fast Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014.
• "What Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929?" About. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.

Citation (CONT.)

• (Backgrounds)- Property of Haiku Deck 
• (Other)- Got them from the same citations on the prev. page