2.1 Roaring Twenties

2.1 Roaring Twenties
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2.1 Roaring Twenties

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Goals

You'll be able to name 2 reasons for the economic succes of the 1920s

You'll be able to explain in your own words how and why the Roaring Twenties came at an end

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Prosperity in the 1920s

  • Growing industries (for example: assembly line Ford)
  • Consumer society (cheaper products + higher salaries)
       = Economic growth

Period: Interbellum (time between the world wars)
Capitalism: Trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

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Crisis in the 1930s
(Great Depression)


  • Lots of Americans in debt
  • Stock market crash (Black Thursday, 1929)
  • Economic crisis (unemployment and bankruptcy)

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Assignments

Assignments 1 + 2 (page 37 workbook)

If you haven't yet done it: Google Forms

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Goals

You'll be able to name 2 reasons for the economic succes of the 1920s

You'll be able to explain in your own words how and why the Roaring Twenties came at an end

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