Education and Popular Culture Chapter 21 Section 3 Notes
School Enrollments 4 million kids in High School 1920’s Schools Votech classes, more classes Teaching Immigrants English Prepared people for the world Taxes went up to support schools
Expanded New Coverage Magazines Weekly Reader’s Digest, Time News and events
Radio Comes of Age Most Popular Live News Live Sports Music Opened up the World
American Hero’s Babe Ruth: Famous Baseball Player Helen Wills: Tennis pro, won U.S Open 7 Times Andrew Foster: Founder of Negro National League, Father of Black Baseball
Lindbergh’s Flight Spirit of St. Louis NYC -> Paris Ticker Tape Parade America’s #1 Hero
Entertainment and the arts Movies with sound (Talkies): allowed an escape from the reality of life Walt Disney: Steamboat Willie George Gershwin: American composer Georgia O’Keefee: Painter who showed the greatness of NYC
Writers of the 1920’s Sinclair Lewis: 1st Nobel Prize in Lit winner F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby The Lost Generation U.S. writers who moved to Paris due to the U.S. Society and what they saw Ernest Hemingway Fought in WWI, writes against war New polished writing style