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E DUCATION AND P OPULAR C ULTURE Roaring 20s. E DUCATION 1914- 1 million students in high school 1924- 4 million Why were more students going to school?

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1 E DUCATION AND P OPULAR C ULTURE Roaring 20s

2 E DUCATION 1914- 1 million students in high school 1924- 4 million Why were more students going to school? Immigration challenges More money to fund education is needed

3 M ASS M EDIA Expanding news coverage Mass circulation of newspapers Sensational stories Radio comes of age

4 N EW H EROES AND O LD D REAMS 1929- 4.5 billion spent on entertainment Sports, dancing, games, etc Charles Lindbergh The Lindbergh Flight

5 E NTERTAINMENT AND THE A RTS Movies “Talkies” George Gershwin Georgia O’Keefe Writers F Scott Fitzgerald Sinclair Lewis Ernest Hemmingway


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