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The Roaring Twenties
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News & Entertainment Radios
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magazines
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Movies
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newspapers
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Mass Media Unified the nation and spread culture
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Rise of Hollywood Early movies – no sound & relied on subtitles & lots of action
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Stars of Film Rudolph Valentino & Charlie Chaplin
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Mary Pickford & Clara Bow
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First “talkie” – the Jazz Singer
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Baseball Babe Ruth Homerun king for NY Yankees
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Boxing Jack Dempsey Heavyweight champ ( )
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Fads Marathon Dancing
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Flagpole sitting
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Barnstorming
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gum chewing
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exotic Asian styles
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Jazz Improvised, upbeat style of music from New Orleans
Louis Armstrong – played trumpet & cornet
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Dance – the Charleston
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Traditional values New values emerged:
Challenging authority & pursuing individual goals
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Prohibition (18th Amendment)
Banned manufacture, sale, or transport of alcohol in U.S.
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Al Capone Gangster from Chicago who smuggled & bootlegged alcohol
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Speakeasy Secret bar that sold alcohol illegally
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1925 – Scopes Trial TN biology teacher, John Scopes, on trial for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution Conflicted with Bible’s story of creation
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Resurgence of KKK Waves of new immigrants – foreigners, Catholics, Jews, & un-American values
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The Flappers Young, carefree woman who smoked, drank, wore short skirts, & had a bobbed haircut
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1920s Fashion Men – baggy jeans & layered Shirts
Women – short skirts & low cut shirts
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Economy of 1920s Economy was booming & prosperous
Wages rose & luxuries became necessities More money to spend = more time for fun
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