2. What is Consumerism?
Abundance?
Consumerism-
“a social and economic order that is based on the Systematic creation and fostering of
a desire to purchase goods or services in ever greater amounts”
-dictionary
Abundance-
“the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
-dictionary

3. Summary of 1920’s
-short recession because of
end of war
-economy boomed,
industrialization produced
mass products
-ended with stock market
crashing (Great Depression)
-irrational spending and
overproduction

4. Mass Marketing
• Industrialization made
mass producing
products efficient,
quicker, and more
profitable
• Helps consumerism
(more products
available for
consumers to buy) Mass producing
Cars (1920’s)

5. Popular products
• Before the war, most things
(such as cars) were luxuries
• radios
• movies
• automobiles were very
massed produced
• From breadmakers to sewing
machines, to portable
showers
• more electrical products,
(energy needs increased)
(Mostly luxury goods)
Charlie Chaplin
radio

6. Movies
Some examples of the silent movies back then
Charlie Chaplin Felix the Cat

7. Methods of Advertising
• posters
• catalogues (magazines)
• radio
• films
Advertisements

8. An Example of An Advertisement
Put Natalie’s commercial here

9. Significance

10. Cause & Effects of Consumerism
Caused by-
-industrialization & mass
producing
-new technologies
Effects-
-direct cause of Great Depression
-materialism and questioning of
society
-consumerism today
-adoption of consumerism e.g.
capitalism

11. • new technologies
• more income (not all
people)
1920’s - Important Consumerist Era

12. How Can We Learn from This?
• Great Depression &
recession (2008)
“History is doomed to repeat
itself”
• Person; defined by their
possessions?
• We don’t need so many
things
• Saving energy; being green
• Consumerism still effects
us

13. Quiz show
• Put quiz show here