The Roaring Twenties

1920 - 1929. The Roaring Twenties was a time of great culture change in many major cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris and Berlin. New technologies evolved like automobiles, moving pictures and radio. Women gained the right to vote in 1920 with the 19th Amendment. This era also brought in the Jazz Age as this style of music grew. When Wall Street crashed in 1929 this brought on the Great Depression era.
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Open Air Markets | History Of SC Slide Collection
Open Air Markets | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Open air markets have been an important way for farmers to sell their produce to city people. The artist Alfred Hutty (1877-1954) created a vivid etching of the Charleston Market in the 1920s...
Darlington Dairy Plant | History of SC Slide Collection
Darlington Dairy Plant | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 6

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

James Alford, Ernest Staton, and Bright Stevenson work in the interior of the Staton Dairy barn in Darlington County around 1923. Courtesy of the Darlington County Historical Commission.
This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 2 2
This is Brookgreen Gardens, Part 2
Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The former rice plantations of the Waccamaw Neck began selling at bargain prices. A group of sportsmen bought Springfield, Laurel Hill, Brookgreen and The Oaks to use as a hunting preserve. They...
Mary McLeod Bethune | History of SC Slide Collection
Mary McLeod Bethune | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 16

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), the daughter of former slaves, was born in Maysville. Believing that the only way to advance in the world was to be able to read, Bethune eventually became a leading...
William Watts Ball | History of SC Slide Collection
William Watts Ball | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 12

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

William Watts Ball (1868-1952) was the long-time editor of the Charleston "News and Courier." Born in Laurens County, he grew up during Reconstruction, and, according to legend, held Wade Hampton's...
20th Century, Part 1 | Conversations on S.C. History 17
20th Century, Part 1 | Conversations on S.C. History
Episode 17

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Grades: 6 7 8

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. South Carolina Enters the 20th Century, Part I is discussed in three lessons: Predominately agricultural through...