1. World War I and the 1920s ( )
Lesson 7 The Roaring Twenties

2. Lesson 7 The Roaring Twenties
World War I and the 1920s ( )
Lesson 7 The Roaring Twenties
Key Terms
Charlie Chaplin
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindbergh
flapper
“Lost Generation”

3. Popular American Culture in the 1920s
Urban life made it easier to have leisure time
Electricity
Shorter work days
Rising prosperity

4. Popular American Culture in the 1920s
Hollywood California became the center for movie industry
Charlie Chaplin –comedian
The Jazz Singer 1st movie with sound

5. Popular American Culture in the 1920s
Phonograph and Radio were a part of mass popular culture
Radio had same music and commercials
Phonograph allowed music to be replayed

6. Popular American Culture in the 1920s
Why do you think there was a significant increase in movie attendance in 1930?

7. American Role Models Sports became America’s past time
Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey
1st transatlantic flight by Charles Lindbergh

8. The Role of Women Changes
“New Woman” became popular
Flapper-short skirts and rouged cheeks with short hair
Women became elected to office and fulfill other roles
Vacuum cleaners and irons made life easier

9. The Role of Women Changes
How did women break new social, economic, and political barriers in the 1920s?

10. Social Issues Are Reflected in Art and Literature
Sigmund Freud –new ideas in psychology
Lost Generation-no longer had the cultural guidepost of Victorian era
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby

11. Social Issues Are Reflected in Art and Literature
Analyze Charts What themes dominated American Postwar novelists’ works?

12. Quiz: Popular American Culture in the 1920s
How did radio affect American society during the 1920s?
A. It helped produce a standardized culture.
B. It minimized the popularity of silent pictures.
C. It created culturally distinct regions within the country.
D. It created social hierarchies based on the availability of programs.

13. Quiz: American Role Models
Why did Charles Lindbergh rise to fame?
A. He portrayed ordinary characters in popular silent films.
B. He produced the first bestselling country-western album.
C. He flew on a non-stop solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
D. He became a leading journalist during the Golden Age of Sports.

14. Quiz: The Role of Women Changes
What did the flapper symbolize?
A. the rejection of Victorian traditions
B. the intellectual ambitions of modern women
C. the successes of the women’s suffrage movement
D. the code of separate spheres between men and women

15. Quiz: Social Issues Are Reflected in Art and Literature
Who were the members of the “Lost Generation”?
A. farmers that moved to the city after defaulting on their farms
B. political radicals that opposed the U.S. government
C. disillusioned American writers that sought new forms of expression
D. U.S. citizens that left the United States to live in other countries