1. Cultural Innovations
The 1920’s produced a cultural interest in Art and literature, sports, and Motion pictures

2. Women after WW1
The war gave women experience of of skilled factory work.
In 1920 women got the right to vote in all states..
Women wore more daring clothes.
In urban areas women took on more jobs. In 1929 there were 24% more women working than in 1920.
Women became financially independent.
Women were less likely to stay in unhappy marriages. In 1929 there were twice as many divorces as in 1914.
The media portrayed women in a different light – sex sold much better than anything else!

4. The women’s Christian Temperance movement
One of the first and most powerful women’s movements
Educated about the evils of liquor
Promoted responsible citizenship and an end to domestic violence
Extremely influential in passing Prohibition Laws
Prohibition was the direct result of female suffrage – women were now a powerful political force

5. Modern Art, Literature, & Feats
Charles Lindbergh- first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
Spirit of St. Louis
Carl Sandberg- Chicago poet who used common speech to glorify American life
Praise equality and a life intensely lived

6. Popular Culture
Ernest Hemingway- wrote about restoring myths of American heroes
Fought in WWI; created novels of antiheroes; flawed characters with good intentions

7. Prosperity brings Sports
Prosperity during the 20’s provides leisure time and money
Baseball and Boxing
Babe Ruth- national hero made famous for hitting home runs

8. The Rise of Hollywood Motion Pictures
Technology had not created sound yet, so piano players entertained the films
1927- first “talking” picture was showed
The Jazz Singer began the Golden Age of Hollywood

9. African American Culture

10. The Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
Artistic Development, racial pride, and political organization combined in a flowering of African American culture and arts.
Claude Mckay and Langston Hughes
Prolific African American writers
Leading voices of the African American experience in America

11. Jazz Blues and Theater
New Orleans native Louis Armstrong, moved to Chicago in 1922 and introduced Jazz.
The Cotton Club in Harlem, one of the most famous Jazz clubs was where Duke Ellington got his start

12. African Americans and Politics
Growing political power in the North
The NAACP
Battled hard against injustice, segregation and discrimination
Focused primarily on lobbying federal officials and working through court systems
Persistent protesting against the horrors of lynching led too passage of anti-lynching legislation