1. US - Life in the 1920s

2. Role of Women Women had just won the right to vote: Change in fashion
19th Amendment, 1919
Change in fashion
“Flappers”
Short Skirts,, short hairdos
Make up & Lipstick
Change in the work place and leisure.

3. Prohibition 1917 - Congress passed the 18th Amendment
Ratified in 1919
“Bootlegging” Liquor
People were selling alcohol illegally
“Speak-Easies”
Congress passed 21st Amendment
Ending Prohibition.

4. Sports Becomes a big Business/Entertainment “Heros”
Baseball: Babe Ruth & Ty Cobb
College Football
Boxing: Joe Dempsey

5. Consumer Habits
Industrial improvements of the 1920s focused on consumer goods:
Refrigerator , Automobiles & radios
Supermarkets were introduced:
Invention of cellophane

6. Movies & Film Motion Picture was a popular past time
Douglas Fairbanks
Lillian Gish
Movies & Film
Motion Picture was a popular past time
Movie stars as celebrities grew.
Movie studios began to market films to public’s choice
Miss America pageant
Atlantic City, 1921
Clara Bow
Mary Pickford

7. New Transportation 1920 - 9 million registered cars
Tripled
,000 miles of roads
,000 miles of roads
Doubled
Henry Ford & the assembly line production
Auto industry employed 3.7 million people in 1929.

8. Charles Lindbergh, 25 years old
Air Travel
1927, First Trans-Atlantic Air Flight.
Within 1 year, air travel grew 4x.
May 12, Flew from San Diego, CA to Long Island, NY (22 hours)
May 20, 1927 Flew from Long Island, NY USA to Paris, France. (38 hours)
Charles Lindbergh, 25 years old