Emily Dague
Unit, Crouse, 4th Hour
Prosperity
noun, plural pros·per·i·ties.
1.
a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially infinancial respects; good fortune.
2.
prosperities, prosperous circumstances.
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Excess
noun
1.
the fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree: Hisstrength is in excess of yours.
2.
the amount or degree by which one thing exceeds another: Thebill showed an excess of several hundred dollars over the estimate.
3.
an extreme or excessive amount or degree; superabundance: tohave an excess of energy.
4.
a going beyond what is regarded as customary or proper: to talkto excess.
5.
immoderate indulgence; intemperance in eating, drinking, etc.
Inventions from the Twenties
Traffic Light
Invented by Garett A. Morgan in 1923
Television
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin invented the iconoscope in 1923. John Logie Baird invents the mechanical television in 1925, and Philo Taylor Farnsworth invents the complete electronic television system in 1927.
Frozen Food
Clarence Birdseye invents frozen food in 1923.
Tommy Gun
Patented in 1920 by John T. Thompson
Penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin in 1928.
Stock Ticker
Invented in 1867, but play an important role in the twenties.
Radio
Guglielmo Marconi is credited with inventing the radio. He sent the first successful transatlantic message in 1912.
Traditional vs Modern
Feminism
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
National Woman's Party
After 1920, the National Woman's Party authored over 600 pieces of legislation fighting for women's equality; over 300 of these were passed
Virginia Woolfe
"Women are simultaneously victims of themselves as well as victims of men and are upholders of society by acting as mirrors to men."
Declaration of Sentiments
First women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York
68 women and 32 men discussed/debated for two days and eventually signed the Declaration of Sentiments
It was a set of twelve resolutions calling for equal treatment of women
Presidents in the Twenties
Calvin Coolidge
Republican
Was governor of Massachusetts
Man of few words
Called for isolation in foreign policy, and for tax cuts, economy, and limited aid to farmers.
Died in 1923
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Warren G. Harding
Republican
Served in the Ohio state senate
In 1914, he was elected to the senate
He won the Presidential election by an unprecedented landslide of 60 percent of the popular vote.
With the help of congress, he eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations on immigration.
Gave long, fluffed-up speeches
August of 1923, he died in San Francisco of a heart attack.
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Entertainment in the Twenties
Jazz
Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
W. E. B. Dubois
Went to Harvard, Fisk, and Humbolt of Berlin universities.
Sports
Babe Ruth
February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948
Batting average: .342
Home runs: 714
Hits: 2,873
RBI: 2,213
Pitching W/L record: 94-46
ERA: 2.28
Jack Dempsey
June 24, 1895-May 31, 1983