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Grade 9 Revision Booklet B

The Roaring Twenties The New Mass Culture The Harlem Renaissance The Culture of the 1930s World War II

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The Roaring Twenties

The economy of the 20s is booming for many Reasons Companies such as that of Henry Ford used mass production to produce many copies of the same product such as the Model T car on Assembly Lines Workers had more money because of higher wages
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Workers have access to credit , or

New Mass Culture

New technologies such as Theatres, Phonographs and Radio led to a new collective culture in America Americans have more leisure time and begin to enjoy activities such as going to the theatre to see Charlie Chaplin in silent movies and then in 1927 the first talkie called the Jazz Singer Radio stations grew across the Nation

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Harlem Renaissance

Northern Migration Blacks move from south of America to Northern States Blacks flee lynchings, segregation and intolerable living conditions inspired migration to the North Industrial expansion created a demand for labor - employers eager to hire blacks WWI created more need for jobs

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Why Harlem?

Blacks settled in many cities: Chicago, Philadelphia, and Cleveland. New York City was the most popular destination because it was the largest and most famous

Harlem was attractive because it was built to house middle and upper middle class whites, but became overbuilt and needed to include blacks or have increasing 6/4/12 vacancies

How???

African-American newspapers and magazines published black manuscripts, created literary awards, and courted white patrons. During the early Harlem Renaissance, African-American artists and writers seeking to publish their works turned to periodicals created, edited, and produced 6/4/12 other African Americans. by

The Culture of the 1930s

Even though the country was depressed the culture bloomed in this time Radios golden age highest popularity before T.Vs Movies for the Theatre reflected the time Distrust in govt. During Hoovers time followed by trust in Govt. After New Deal
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Reflected Golden Age in Hollywood

World War II
Americas involvement before the War

Land lease Act Gave supplies to Britain, France and Russia Pearl Harbour Japan bombs America America enters on side of Britain, France, and Russia America has two wars War in Europe and War in the Pacific
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War in the Pacific

America battles Japan on the sea in the Pacific America cracks Japanese radio code America defeats Japan in battle of Midway After Midway Japan retreats and fights on islands America is winning but has many casualties
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America drops atomic bombs

War in the Europe

Russia defeats German Army at Stalingrad Starts pushing East towards Germany and Berlin Normandy Landings or D-day British and American forces land in France and starting pushing from the West towards Berlin Germany counter attacks at the Battle of the Bulge but a war on two 6/4/12 sides and is fighting a war on two

Keywords

Appeasement Europes policy of allowing Hitler to gain some countries because America was badly treated Lebensraum Living Space for Germans in Russia Anschluss Unity between Germany and Austria Victory Gardens Places for people 6/4/12 to grow food during the war

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