2. Chapter 25, Section 3: The Roaring Twenties Main Idea: While new lifestyles and new ideas affected fashion and music, a new generation of writers rebelled by criticizing American life.

3. A. New Fads & Fashions n The “Era of Wonderful Nonsense” Following the Latest Fads n Fad = activity or fashion that is very popular for a short time u flagpole sitting, dance marathons, mah- jongg, crossword puzzles, the Charleston Flappers Set the Style n Flappers - young women who rebelled against tradition Flappers u Wore their hair and dresses short & bright red lipstick, smoked in public, drank alcohol in speak-easies, drove fast cars … u Their appearance & behavior was shocking to the older generation, who thought it was immodest & immoral. u Others viewed them as trend-setters who gave women a new sense of freedom.

5. B. The Jazz Age n Jazz- combined African rhythms with African- American spirituals & European harmonies u originated in New Orleans & spread to Chicago, Kansas City, & Harlem, NY u Louis Armstrong – Trumpet u “Jelly Roll” Morton u Bessie Smith n Jazz led to new dances- the Charleston Charleston n Many worried that jazz music was a bad influence on young people (kind of like rock in the 50s, rap in the 80s …)

7. C. New Writers n n Some writers from this era left the US to live in Europe as expatriates. u u Said US was too $ driven. Hemingway & Fitzgerald n Ernest Hemingway u A Farewell to Arms (WWI) u The Sun Also Rises n F. Scott Fitzgerald u The Great Gatsby (best captures the mood of the Roaring Twenties) Other Writers n n Sinclair Lewis (Nobel) u u Babbit & Main Street n n Edna St. Vincent Millay u u Poet - “First Fig” n n Eugene O’Neill - playwright

8. D. Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance n n In the 20s, large numbers of African- American musicians, artists, & writers settled in the Harlem section of NYC. u u This led to a rebirth of African American culture in the US. For the first time, white Americans noticed black art, music & lit. Langston Hughes n n Langston Hughes- poet & writer u u “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” F F Connected Mississippi R. (US) to Nile R. (Africa) u u Encouraged black pride & protested racism & violence in works about black experience. Other Writers n n Countee Cullen – poet (NYU; Harvard) n n Claude McKay – “If We Must Die” n n Zora Neale Hurston – novelist u u Mules and Men – southern black folklore

9. E. An Age of Heroes Sports Figures n Bobby Jones - golf n Bill Tilden & Helen Wills - tennis n Jack Dempsey - boxing n Gertrude Ederle – swimming n Red Grange - football n Babe Ruth - baseball Babe Ruth Babe Ruth “Lucky Lindy” n Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (from NYC to Paris) in May 1927. Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh n He piloted the Spirit of St. Louis for over 33 hours with no map, no parachute & no radio. u He became the hero of the decade

10. · In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis on a solo flight across the Atlantic from Long Island (Roosevelt Field) to France. Lucky Lindy