1. Culture of the Roaring ’20s

2. Movies & Hollywood

3. Technology

4. Cultural Icons; Heroes of the ‘20s

5. The New Woman
The “New Woman” was liberated, more independent; Symbolized by the Flapper
Short skirts, rouged cheeks, hair won in a bob
Challenged Victorian era norms/social conduct

6. Modernism & Art Modernism= pessimistic, skeptical view of the world
Influenced by Sigmund Freud; Human behavior driven by unconscious desires (subconscious)

7. The “Lost Generation” Term for American writers of the 1920s
No longer had faith in virtues of Victorian Era; Disillusioned with society
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, T.S. Eliot

8. The Harlem Renaissance

9. Harlem Became center of the growth of African American culture
Over 200,000 African Americans lived in Harlem during the ’20s
Many from the South & the Caribbean (Jamaica/Haiti)

10. Marcus Garvey & Black Pride
African American leader from Jamaica
From his travels, came to believed blacks were exploited everywhere
Promoted universal black nationalism; Began a “Back to Africa” movement

11. Marcus Garvey & Black Pride
Movement fell apart due to his arrest for mail fraud
Deported by government back to Jamaica
Impact= Influenced later Civil rights movements; Nation of Islam & Black Power Movement