1. By Conshea Brown and Jessica Thomas

2. Why did America idolize the young? 1. Because of the nations growing fascination with youth, businesses decided to sell products that promised youth vitality

3. Gibson Girl 1. long flowing hair 2. Covered legs 3. Emphasized womanly figure 4. Early 1900s

4. Flapper 1. Bobbed hair 2. Showed legs

5. Men Ties Driving gloves Oxford bags Raccoon coat Hair was gelled back Women Bobbed hair Missing corset Peekaboo hats Short dresses

6. Dancing such as the foxtrot, shimmy, Charleston Bobbed hair Silent films Automobiles Disney Gangsters New York starts to become known as the fashion capital Jazz music Started these things to get a change from the war Vogue

8. In the 1920s women started to rebel against society to gain intellectual independence Trying to transition from old domestic ways of women Some ways they rebelled were using profanity in public and smoking

9. Americans kept children in schools because they didnt depend on their wages like before College numbers increased New schools were built with huge gyms and laboratories

10. Changed society forever Women and men were viewed differently than before Women redefined their gender role. Speakeasies started coming around Jazz started booming Nightclubs Prohibition

11. New youth culture was a social change in America because it shows how people changed in society during the 1920s