1. History of the 1920’s A brief summary

2. History of 1920’s Volstead Act: Jan. 16, 1920. Made the sale of a drink containing as much as one half-oz of alcohol illegal. Prohibition, speakeasies, flappers, gangsters and crime. Al Capone Great Depression/Stock Market Crash 1929

3. Speakeasies A speakeasy was an establishment used for selling and drinking alcoholic beverages. A bartender would tell a patron to be quiet and “speak easy” Connected to organized crime “Blind Pig” is a lower- class establishment

4. 1920’s Fashion Trends Boyish silhouettes became the fashion Hemlines went above the calves (scandalous!) Youth becomes the epitome of beauty Coco Chanel “Eton bob” Cloche hats Lots of lipstick Pin-striped suits came into fashion (Al Capone) Trousers are more tapered Fedoras Tight fitting clothing

5. 1920’s fashion

6. F. Scott Fitzgerald Born in St. Paul, MN on Sept. 24, 1896 "That was always my experience-- a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy's school; a poor boy in a rich man's club at Princeton.... However, I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has colored my entire life and works." –Fitzgerald Academic probation, joined military

7. F. Scott Fitzgerald When critics objected to Fitzgerald’s concern with love and success, his response was: “But, my God! it was my material, and it was all I had to deal with.” The chief theme of Fitzgerald’s work is aspirational idealism he regarded as defining American character.

8. F. Scott Fitzgerald Engaged to Zelda Sayre, but she put of the engagement until he was wealthy Married her in 1920 after becoming famous from his work “This Side of Paradise” Alcoholism, nervous breakdown, schizophrenia, depression Great Gatsby published Apr., 1925