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List some of the most famous people in the U.S.
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Country: 1. worked from dusk to dawn 2. Evenings would bring reading, playing games, singing around the piano. City: 1. Average work week went from 70hrs in 1850 to 45 by 1930. 2. Work week decreased from 7 days to 5 3. Salary and wages increased
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With more free time and disposable income, urban people looked for new sources of entertainment: Nickelodeons – Name for movie theaters (because it only cost a nickel to get in. During the 1920s, 60-100 million people went to movies each week.
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Ideal entertainment (because immigrants didn’t speak English. Charlie Chaplin – Most famous of the silent movie starts https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=U9Binpcq WGM https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=U9Binpcq WGM The Jazz Singer – 1927 film that was the 1 st movie with sound. Movies with sound were called “talkies” https://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=2 2NQuPrwbHA https://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=2 2NQuPrwbHA
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KDKA (Pittsburgh) was the 1 st radio station in the U.S. Americans listened to music, religious sermons, educational lectures, news and weather reports, etc.
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Sports figures Dare Devils
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- Organized sports became more popular, Americans made celebrities out of star athletes - Jim Thorpe was considered one of the greatest athletes of the 1920s - Babe Ruth would become one of baseball’s greatest homerun hitters.
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Charles LindberghAmelia Earhart - May 1927: - Charles Lindbergh became the 1 st person to fly across the Atlantic (many died before him) - His plane was called “The Spirit of St. Louis ” - NY to France (33hrs) - Called “Lucky Lindy” One year later: Amelia Earhart became the 1 st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
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A young woman with short skirts and rouged cheeks who had their hair cropped close in a style known as a bob.
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Psychologist Sigmund Freud – argued that much of human behavior is driven not by rational thought but by unconscious desires.
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Writers were known as “The Lost Generation” F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway Often wrote about the reality of the American Dream
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- Something people follow with great excitement but only for a short period time.
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Dance MarathonsOuija Boards
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MonopolyDrive-in-Theater
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SlinkySwallowing Goldfish
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Ant FarmsHula Hoop
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Car HopsPoodle Skirts
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Bellbottom JeansFallout Shelters
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Barbie DollsLava Lamps
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8 Track Tape PlayerMexican Jumping Beans
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Disco MusicMood Rings
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Boom BoxesBreak Dancing
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Rubrics CubeSlap Bracelets
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Video ArcadesCabbage Patch Dolls
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Hacky SackMiami Vice Fashion
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Tickle Me ElmoBeanie Babies
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Fanny PacksBoy Bands
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Grunge LookHip Hop Fashion
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Glitter Eye ShadowCrocs
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Silly BandzFlash Mobs
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DVDs and movie channels? Emojis ? Current social media (facebook,twitter,etc.)? Reality TV?
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