The Roaring Twenties August 1, 1928
Table of Contents Briefing page Election Updates- Page 1 Rural vs. Urban opinions How is life in the country vs the city - Page 2 All that Jazz/ Clubs Place to go and have fun - Page 4 Wets Vs. Drys opinions alcohol and people - Page 5 All about the Radio KOKA and company - Page 6 Our Economy today adding to the big city- Page 7 10 questions and answers with Ford himself - Page 9 Catch up sports latest news in baseball- Page 10 The KKK death tolls are rising - Page 11 Talk about the talkies all the talk about talkies - Page 12 Religion VS. Science people question if science is worth it - Page 13 All about the 19th Amendment Women and the right to vote- Page 14
Editors- Serene’ and Amin Layout - Tessa Graphic- Julia Advertisement- Jessica and Blake
Herbert Hoover numbers:
“It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow… that are the aftermath of war” ~Herbert Hoover
Popular Vote: 58.22% Electoral Vote: 83.6%
Gray- Herbert Hoover White- Alfred Smith
“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism” ~ Herbert Hoover
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People Don’t Think New York City, New York
The people that live in the rural part of the state have no clue what they are missing out on. The city has more to offer than rural areas. In the city you can do all sorts of activities like go attend people playing jazz, speakeasies, go see talkies, go watch sporting events and watch Jack Dempsey hit up other people in the kisser . Another benefit of the city is that you have way more access to goods. Life in the city is way more hip than life in the boring old countryside. Looking at all these opportunities urban life has to offer I’m sure you’ll consider moving.
Bring Back The Country Life Abbott, Texas It’s hard living out here in the country so them city folks don't know they is talking ‘bout saying it’s better to live in the city. City folk have it easy and don’t learn the values of living in this nation. These days not many people tryin’ to buy much produce in Europe so it’s harder to make a living but, that doesn’t mean imma let my dignity go to waste by working in them city folks factories. Sadly, most farmers are dropping like flies to get a taste of the city life. We need our American culture back!
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All That Jazz The Cotton Club and all its glory, is the place to be in the early 20’s. The Cotton Club is a nightclub located in the Harlem neighborhood on Manhattan Island, Northeast corner of 142nd street and Lenox Avenue. Everyone who wanted to have a good time goes there. People come from everywhere to go to the Cotton Club! The Cotton Club is whites only and featured many black entertainers and jazz musicians. It’s served as a hip meeting place. “Celebrity night”, on Sundays, always features celebrity guests. Harlem is the Negro Capital of the World. It was settled by the Dutch originally and was named after a city in Holland. Many middle class blacks are moving up to Harlem when many jobs opened up in the North. Harlem is filled with blacks and whites not caring about what their skin color was. Harlem is a place people went to have fun, dance, listen to jazz and drink.
Speaking of jazz, the 20’s is known as the Jazz era. It’s when Jazz and dance emerged. Jazz started down in New Orleans and made its way up to Harlem in New York. Most whites wouldn’t have given them the time or place because they were black until the radio came along. The radio stations were full of jazz, white people started liking jazz and once they found out that the musicians were black they reconsidered how they felt about them. The radio helped many black musicians in getting attention and helped to the white people to realize that black people aren’t that bad after all. Jazz wasn’t the only thing that brought them together, Harlem and the Cotton Club helped out with that too. Come on down to the Cotton Club today!
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What’s wrong with alcohol? Kathryn Avery, Manhattan New York, I like me and my having fun. No one should be tellin me I can’t go out. Go chase yourself. I don’t got no handcuff and I’m fine. People need to stop being Mrs. Gundy! Taking alcohol away is not good. Not to mention crime keeps on increasing! People enjoy gettin ossified. You wurp people need to leave us to our bootlegging. We just tryin to have a good time. Nothin wrong with that. Ever since alcohol has been illegal we have been havin to rely on rumrunners. Or have to make bathtub gin. It’s good but still not the point. We people want to have fun and drink. All you Mrs. Gundy’s out there can enjoy your noodle juice while I have a quilt. That’s all I have to say Lets blouse!
I get to choose what to put into my body, not the government. Jane Porter, Chicago, Illinois
I’m Jane Porter and I’m a US Citizen. I’m a mother of five and a wife. I don’t think it’s okay for people to have alcohol because it changes their behavior. I’m a nonalcoholic and my husband beats me when he’s drunk. He’ll get arrested or punished if he gets caught. There won’t be money for the family and I’ll be alone. I’ll have to support myself and my family. I don’t want alcohol or drunk people around my children, it’ll influence them negatively and I don’t want my kids to illegally drink or end up like that. They should ban it. I hate the smell and everything about it.
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The effects radio has on this nation The Radio Ship Act of 1912 makes the secretary of commerce and labor responsible for licensing stations and operators. It limits all private radio communications to a single wavelength. It doesn’t mention broadcasting. The first station to broadcast is KOKA. It broadcasts the returns from the year’s presidential election and religious services from Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburg. Harold W. Aarlin helps them think of new ideas that’d appeal to the audience. The Columbian Broadcasting System is conceived as a rival to the WBC.
It was founded in 1927 as United Independent Broadcasters, Inc. William S. Paley bought and made the network headquarters to Madison Ave, NYC. Jazz music is very popular and plays on the radio all the time. The radio is a new way for people to receive news. Instead of reading newspapers you can hear your news. There’s also comedy stations, many people love them but they make a lot of racist jokes that black people might not enjoy.
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Economy of 1920 The 1920s is a time for change. From the stock market boom to a 400% increase in construction, America seems to be expanding in every way at this point. This is largely credited to the end of the first world war. Before the first world war investing in stocks was seen as a form of gambling by the everyday civilian. This all drastically changed after world war one came to a conclusion. Everybody now is trying to get their fair share of earnings from the stock market, even chauffeurs and doormen are discussing stocks. The economy is flourishing so why not invest in stocks now?
With demand growing companies often accept the challenge of increasing supply, this is one area in which Henry Ford excels. His idea of the assembly has revolutionized factories all over the country. He also introduced specialization in the factory so workers became knowledgeable in one part of the assembly this has drastically increased production. Now instead of creating one automobile in 12 hours, one is produced in 13 minutes!
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“To resent efficiency is a mark of inefficiency.”
Ten questions with Henry Ford 6. 1.
Do you think that your business will change as you start gaining more and more money?
“Nothing can be made except by makers, nothing can be managed except by managers. Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.” 2.
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How did you decide you wanted to create something so revolutionary? “We are always seeking for those things in the clouds, not for those that lie at our feet.”
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What do you have to say to those who are still apprehensive about your invention?
You are creating many new job opportunities, are you concerned at all that you might be hiring previous criminals or troublemakers? “…we do not hire a man’s history, we hire the man.”
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While you were inventing the assembly line what are things you had to keep reminding yourself when something didn’t work? “I believe 100% Theory and 100% Practice. Theory without practical application is futile.”
Do you have any advice for younger children who dream to do something like you did? “The most dangerous notion a young man can acquire is that there is no more room for originality. There is no large room for anything else.”
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“Children helped me a lot.”
How did you overcome the problems you ran into while you were working on the assembly line?
“Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have been done at all. There is no progress in merely finding a better way to do a useless task.”
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Did you use anybody else’s discoveries from the past to help you? “I don’t read history. That’s in the past. I’m thinking the future.”
10. How does it feel to be the head of your business? “Every business is a monarchy with not a man but an idea as king.” 9
Black Sox Scandal Recently eight men were thrown out of the game of baseball for the rest of their lives. Joe Jackson, Claude Williams, George Weaver, Charles Risburg, Fred McMullin, Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felsch, and Arnold Gandil were all indefinitely suspended from Baseball.
They were thrown out due to the loss of the series to the Cincinnati Reds. They were later accused of intentionally losing the games in exchange for money from gamblers. The players were found not guilty but however they were still banned from America’s favorite pastime, baseball. Joe Jackson and Eddie Cicotte later confessed about intentionally losing to the Chicago Grand Jury on September 28th, 1920. After the trial was over people all over came up with a new name for the case, “Eight Men Out.” By Blake B.
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The Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan returned and is targeting more groups than before with the many different groups who have immigrated to the United States. African Americans and many European immigrants who are Catholic were just some of the main targets of the Klan. They are also against abusive husbands, gamblers and other groups that don’t follow their values. The men and women who make up the Klan are mostly middle-class citizens that are white and Protestant Christians. Membership was most common in the Midwest, and at that time 90% of African Americans were in the south. `
To gain members they have parades, and initiations for new members to give off a respectable and inviting image. Business owners and other well-known people felt pressured to join the Klan because they didn’t want a bad reputation. They also didn’t want to be hurt or potentially killed.
The Klan would drown people against them in swamps, burn them alive, lash them with whips and call them “whipping parties”. Newspapers, magazines and sometimes even the radio publicize events of the Klan which also made people feel threatened to join. The Klan would often burn crosses in their victim’s yards and stand there to watch it burn. You would think that the things that the Klan did would have been outlawed or would have gotten them arrested but even Warren G. Harding, the president of the United States shared the beliefs and values of the Klan. However, he was not able to join the Klan because they decided they didn’t want to become a political group. .
“Talkies” Have Changed Our Nation.
Actors have become huge role models to our kids and newly found adults. Anything they put on screen is bound to happen in real life. Screening these “plays” have made it easier to the rich and the poor to unite and feel equal to each other. While watching “Talkies” and Black & White films have become so popular nation wide, the new booming business has a capital of two billion dollars. America can only watch to see what new technology will come up next. Us city folk are so excited to see the new “Talkies”. They seem so interesting! You can actually hear them talking and singing. The first “Talkie” came out on october 1927, They started off by having the plackers but then they changed it into the actor singing and it was amazing! i loved it! it was exciting to see the difference and seeing everyones reaction.
People who are living in the country don’t get to have the same opportunities that people in the city have. We get to have fun at parties and then go to movies, while people in the country don't get to have as much fun. looking at the people in the city you can tell they take things from the movies seriously. They try to dress like the actors and smoke on pipes like some of the men actors. Therefor, Most people love the new technology and anyone who thinks its bad for america is wrong about it or they haven’t even seen one! Actors will always have a huge effect on our children so producers should watch what they put on the screen but they should be able to have fun with it no matter what anyone thinks.
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What’s Happening Religion
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John Mathews, Cleveland, Ohio What has gotten into peoples heads thinking that their religious beliefs are wrong and science is right? Everything we believe in is somehow being proved wrong and we aren’t doing anything about it. In my understanding of the Bible, things like this are supposed to make our beliefs stronger. But folks, I think this is doing the exact opposite.
Don’t follow the herd Harold Williams, New York City, New York Throughout all the years science has gotten us so far. The discovery of the atom, harnessing electricity, etc. The great thing about science is that it’s always being questioned by other scientists, religion just expects you to follow the herd. Scientific theories are always being challenged by other scientists, in many countries you can be punished by law just for denouncing religion.
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The 19th amendment The 20th century has brought many new ideas, such as: female equality, ability for women to join the workforce, the right to vote, and have an effect on the economy. This movement (The Women's Suffrage Movement) was largely pushed forward by Jane Addams, other activists also contributed. The recent ratification of the 19th amendment has shed new light upon the women of our time. Gone are the days in which women stood around the kitchen waiting for men to come home with the paycheck. This change is greatly passed due. Women are just as affected by elections as men are, so there’s no reason for their voices to not be heard. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the 19th amendment was ratified at this time. You continually see females of our time becoming stronger and more independent. Many would disagree with me but I believe this is a good change for these United States of America. After all why would scowl women for fighting for the same thing our troops did, independence?
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