2. The 1920s By: Ms. Y. Márquez

3. The Economy Economy was booming –Forgetting post-war recession New discoveries and inventions –Thriving businesses New businesses and production methods –New factories –wage rises

4. The Economy (cont.) Increased incomes Introduction of credit –No cc processing fees Installment Purchases –Big ticket items for everyone! *Rich became richer, poor became poorer.*

5. Prohibition 18 th Amendment NO Manufacturing, transportation, importation, exportation, and sales Goal: improve society Broadwalk Empire

6. Prohibition (cont.) Law had adverse effects –Organized crime bootleggers –Courts/prisons overloaded –Corruption: police and public officials Speakeasies Sense of “lawlessness”

7. Music Jazz and Ragtime –Early influences: marching bands, dance bands –Protest against law and order –“devil’s music” 1920s Music Sample 1 1920s Music Sample 2 Broadway’s Prime years –50 openings in one season –$3.50/seat

8. Dancing Fast-paced and energetic –1920s optimism Sense of escape/release –Pressures/restrictions of the war Strangely named dances –Influenced by African styled dance moves Shimmy, turkey trot, buzzard lope, chicken scratch, bunny hug, cake walk, etc.

9. 1920s Sample Dances Click to see the 1920s dance style

10. Fashion Sense of freedom –Simple, elegant –Colors, accessories –Lighter, brighter, shorter! Redefined Womanhood –Smoking/drinking –Closer body contact –Shorter hair, makeup –Workforce Flappers

11. All this, leading up to…

12. As for Fitzgerald… "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.“ Bruccoli, Matthew J., ed. F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters. New York: Scribners, 1994. Print.