People

__Preside﻿nts __

 * Woodrow Wilson[[image:wilson.jpg align="right"]]
 * Warren Harding
 * Calvin Coolidge
 * Herbert Hoover

There were several ideal leaders of the United States during this era. Woodrow Wilson began his presidency during the previous decade; however, his second term as president lasted until 1921, as he worked to ratify many peace treaties succeeding World War I (“Wilson, Woodrow”). Without his dedication, the United States could be facing more violence today, such as a nuclear war. After Wilson’s administration ended, Warren Harding took charge of the White House. He was a deceiving president that the country idolized, but when he died in office, his corrupt actions were revealed (“Harding, Warren G.”). This attests to how secretly corrupt the government is, whether local, state, or federal. Calvin Coolidge acceded Harding’s presidency after his unexpected death. He earned the name “Silent Cal” because of his “few but well-chosen words;” he focused on business enterprises except in agriculture, which he received great criticism (“Coolidge, Calvin”). Moreover, Herbert Hoover was chastised for his actions in his presidency, such as the Great Depression (“Hoover, Herbert”).

__Important Individuals __

 * Al Capone
 * F. Scott Fitzgerald
 * Albert Einstein
 * Henry Ford[[image:capone.jpg align="right"]]

The Roaring Twenties was filled with both commendable and abominable individuals. Al Capone is best known for his works of crime in the United States during the 1920s. He had a perturbed childhood by joining gangs and dropping out of school early. His life-long works were against prohibition and several of his enemies in Chicago. Capone earned the name “Scarface” because of his disfiguring scars on the left side of his face (DiMauro).

In addition to Al Capone was another cultured individual, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was a novelist during the Jazz Age that focused on postwar prosperity and is best known for his work //The Great Gatsby//, which was published in 1925 and held the theme of idealism (Sickels). He expressed many of his feelings through his writing like many writers do today.

Along with men and women succeeding in the arts, some prospered in science just as Albert Einstein did. He was considered a genius for many of his accomplishments. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for Physics (“Einstein, Albert”). His experiments led to many of the new technology innovations during the twenties.

Likewise, Henry Ford is known for what is considered the greatest invention of all, the automobile. Many companies mass produced several cars during the twenties; however, Ford had the advantage because he was able to produce affordable vehicles as a result of the assembly line. As the number of cars on the road grew, the United States looked to construct a system of roads (Kalliney). Without this invention, imagine where Americans would be today.

**__ Organizations __**
On a darker side of the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was at a peak. Its membership exceeded four million nationally, and profits rolled in from the sale of its memberships, regalia, costumes, publications, and rituals. A burning cross became a symbol for the organization. Not only was the group prejudice against blacks, but the association also were bias towards Jews, Roman Catholics, foreigners, and organized labor. (“Ku Klux Klan”) Violence rose in this party during this time.



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