1. The 1920s
The Roaring Twenties

2. Life in the Jazz Age

3. The Roaring Twenties

4. Rural VS. Urban Society Rural Urban Agricultural Small towns and farms
Conservative Values
Strong links to family and church
Church set moral standards
Urban
People begin to move into cities in the 1920s
N.Y. = 5.6 million
Chicago= 3 million
Why did cities grow so quickly?
Freedom from families and church leads to what?

5. The Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age
Where had African Americans moved during and after WWI? Why?
Harlem
1920s: Population grows from 152,000 to 330,000
Overcrowding, unemployment, and poverty are eclipsed by the rich cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance.

6. Harlem Renaissance is above all a literary movement
Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance is above all a literary movement
Writers express pride in their African American culture and heritage
Langston Hughes is the movement’s best known poet
His poems often move to the tempo of jazz or the blues.
Jazz is born in the early 20th century in New Orleans
Joe Oliver and his Creole Jazz band move north and bring jazz with them
Trumpet player Louis Armstrong is part of the band and will become the most important and influential musician in the history of jazz.

7. “ I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.

8. Women in the 1920s
In the rebellious, pleasure loving air of the 1920s, many women begin to assert their independence.
What rights do women have before the 1920s?

9. A New Life for Women
The flapper: emancipated woman who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes
Women get new job opportunities
Society begins to view marriage as more of an equal partnership
The 19th Amendment is ratified in 1920

10. American Society Schools Expanding news coverage
From 1914 to 1926: Enrollment goes from 1 million to 4 million
Began to focus on college prep
Had to meet needs of growing immigrant students
Expanding news coverage
Literacy is increased by widespread education
Radio comes of age

11. New Heroes More money and leisure time= need for entertainment Sports
Babe Ruth becomes known as the Sultan of Swat
Jack Dempsey reigns supreme in the boxing ring
Red Grange (a.k.a. The Galloping Ghost) and Knute Rockne’s Fighting Irish make college football popular
Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel

12. America’s Most Beloved Hero
Charles Lindbergh is America’s Golden Boy

13. Movies, Theater and More
Films: By 1925, movies are America’s 4th largest industry
Charlie Chaplin, Clara Bow, and Rudolph Valentino rise to stardom in silent movies
1927 The Jazz Singer- America’s first film with sound
1928 Steamboat Willie

14. George Gershwin establishes himself as America’s foremost modern composer
Painter Georgia O’Keefe begins her career
F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about the life of the wealthy, while Ernest Hemingway condemns the glorification of war.