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A New Pop Culture Entertainment The Roaring Twenties
The Radio Invented in late 1800s –First used by military and ships at sea In 1920 few Americans owned a radio –No radio stations
Radio KDKA- Pittsburgh– presidential election National Broadcasting Company Impact of radio American leisure hours– listening to programs Nation more closely-knit Advertising perfected as an art Newscasts informed listeners Music of favorite artists
Movies In 1927 filmgoers were amazed by The Jazz Singer First motion picture with sound Steamboat Willie (1928) Mickey Mouse and cartoons By end of 1920s 100 million movie tickets were bought each week Entire U.S. population was 123 million people.
Aviators Lucky Lindy –Charles Lindberg –Flew 33 ½ Hours nonstop across the Atlantic Amelia Earhart –1 st woman to fly across Atlantic
Sports Heroes Radio helped create passion for sports –Tuned in by the millions Red GrangeThe Great BambinoBobby Jones
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Harlem Renaissance Blossoming of African-American culture in Harlem Art, poetry, literature, music– expressing: Marcus Garvey--- –UNIA –“Back to Africa” movement –Self-confidence/self- reliance
Fastest Growing White Collar Industry: Advertising
1920s Advertising
Political Conservatism in the 1920s Republican Party Dominates--- “Return to normalcy” after Progressive era –1920- Warren Harding –1924- Calvin Coolidge –1928- Herbert Hoover
Harding’s Administration “Ohio” gang— Teapot Dome Scandal-
Fundamentalists Literal, strict interpretation of the Bible Darwinian evolution= destroying faith in God Moral breakdown of youth of country Spokesman- William Jennings Bryan
Scopes Trial Issue– John Scopes Dayton, TN Butler Law of 1924 Clarence Darrow Fundamentalism seemed to be on trial Verdict----?
Prohibition Brewing industry increased in late 1800’s –refrigeration –Transportation –Big business Saloons (sales by glass) –150 to 200 people per saloon –Sponsored by brewers –Other attractions Gambling Prostitution Cock Fighting
Spending $200 million on education $900 million on meat $1 billion on alcohol
The Lever Act of 1917 WWI conservation No grain could be used for making alcohol By 1914, ¾ of states were “dry” –(Kansas was “dry” until 1948) gallons per person gallons per person
Prohibition Movement Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) 1874 –Women wanted to protect families –Pray-ins at saloons –Agitate, Educate, Legislate Anti Saloon League 1893 –No saloons = no drinking –Education eliminates demand –Enforcement eliminates supply
18th Amendment 1919 No possession, transportation, manufacturing, or selling alcohol Very little money for enforcement in the beginning Consumption dropped by thirty percent, then slowly rose through 1920’s Sacramental wine (religious purposes) increased by 800,000 gallons per year Per Capita Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages (Gallons)
Failure of prohibition 21st Amendment 1933 –Not enough enforcement –Government corruption –Organized Crime –No taxes for government –Need jobs for depression economy –Average Person = Law Breaker
People of the 1920’s F. Scott Fitzgerald Georgia O’Keefe George Gershwin H.L. Mencken Harry Houdini Helen Wills (Moody) Henry Ford Irving Berlin Josephine Baker Langston Hughes Louis Armstrong Mae West Rudolph Valentino Red Grange Walt Disney Will Rogers A. Mitchell Palmer Al Capone Al Jolson Amelia Earhart Annie Oakley Babe Ruth Bessie Coleman Bessie Smith Bobby Jones Charles Lindbergh Charlie Chaplin Clara Bow Clarence Darrow Duke Ellington Ernest Hemingway Emily Post