THE ROARING 20'S A TIME FOR CHANGE

PROHIBITON

• The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution made making, selling, and transporting alcohol illegal
• It was passed on Jan. 16, 1919, but went into effect Jan. 16, 1920
• It was passed because of pressure from members of the Temperance Movement. They blamed alcohol for many problems in the US and thought it should be outlawed.

Al Capone

• Born to an immigrant family in Brooklyn, NY in 1899
• Quit school after the sixth grade
• Associated with a notorious street gang
• Lieutenant in the Colosimo mob
• Succeeded to full leadership of the gang
• Died due to stroke and pneumonia on Jan. 25, 1947

"BABY FACE" NELSON

• Born Lester M. Gillis on December 6, 1908
• By the age of 14 he was an accomplished car thief
• He was called "Baby Face" by members of his gang due to his juvenile appearance
• In 1932 he escaped prison guards while being returned to Joliet
• He was closely associated with another gangster John Paul Chase

BUGS MORAN

• Became leader of the North Side Gang in 1927
• Known as being guns-ho and not afraid of being the leader in a bloody shoot-out
• Involved in a feud with his rival Al Capone
• Involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
• Moran's power began to wane in the 1930's

THE FLAPPER

• In the 1920's a new woman was born
• She smoked, drank, danced, and voted
• She cut her hair, wore make-up, and took risks

THE 19TH AMENDMENT

• After a 70 year battle women emerged victorious with the passage of the 19th Amendment
• It gave women the right to vote

INVENTIONS

• Home refrigeration
• Radios
• Band aids
• Automatic washing machine
• Dishwasher
• Air conditioner
• Sliced bread
• Automobile

THE CRASH

• On Oct. 29, 1929 "Black Tuesday" happened
• The stock market crashed
• It was the deepest and longest lasting economic downturn in the history of the western industrialized world
• 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed and almost half of the US banks failed
• This was the end of the Roaring Twenties

WORK CITED

• Prohibition http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/p/prohibition.htm Gangsters https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/baby-face-nelson http://www.conciergepreferred.com/chicago-guide/4339-top-5-gangsters-of-chi... The Flapper http://www.ushistory.org/us/46d.asp The 19th Amendment http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/document.html?doc=13&title.raw=19th... Inventions http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos/1920s-inventions http://historyclass.tripod.com/id11.html Stock Market Crash (End of the Roaring Twenties) http://www.history.com/topics/1929-stock-market-crash