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The Roaring Twenties

News & Entertainment Radios

magazines

Movies

newspapers

Mass Media Unified the nation and spread culture

Rise of Hollywood Early movies – no sound & relied on subtitles & lots of action

Stars of Film Rudolph Valentino & Charlie Chaplin

Mary Pickford & Clara Bow

First “talkie” – the Jazz Singer

Baseball Babe Ruth Homerun king for NY Yankees

Boxing Jack Dempsey Heavyweight champ (1919-1926)

Fads Marathon Dancing

Flagpole sitting

Barnstorming

gum chewing

exotic Asian styles

Jazz Improvised, upbeat style of music from New Orleans Louis Armstrong – played trumpet & cornet

Dance – the Charleston

Traditional values New values emerged: Challenging authority & pursuing individual goals

Prohibition (18th Amendment) Banned manufacture, sale, or transport of alcohol in U.S.

Al Capone Gangster from Chicago who smuggled & bootlegged alcohol

Speakeasy Secret bar that sold alcohol illegally

1925 – Scopes Trial TN biology teacher, John Scopes, on trial for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution Conflicted with Bible’s story of creation

Resurgence of KKK Waves of new immigrants – foreigners, Catholics, Jews, & un-American values

The Flappers Young, carefree woman who smoked, drank, wore short skirts, & had a bobbed haircut

1920s Fashion Men – baggy jeans & layered Shirts Women – short skirts & low cut shirts

Economy of 1920s Economy was booming & prosperous Wages rose & luxuries became necessities More money to spend = more time for fun

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