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2 Pre-WWI: emphasized figure & covered her legs

3 1920’s Girl

4 Flattened chest, lifted hemline, & rolled stockings Named after their shoes

5 bobbed hair

6 close-fitting hat

7 loosened blouse

8 Sudden interest in a product or activity Goldfish swallowing

9 Flagpole sitting To attract people to movie theaters?

10 Americans went to 1 per week in the 20s Allowed people to escape reality for 10 cents

11 Hollywood dictated clothing & hair styles for women What about today? Speaking of movies...

12 Rudolph Valentino Mary Pickford Gloria Swanson Who am I?

13 1920s: The Age of Radio

14 Most could now afford both tickets & equipment needed to play

15 Babe Ruth

16 Jack Dempsey

17 Helen Wills

18 Red Grange

19 Bobby Jones

20 Charles Lindbergh 1927 1st to fly solo over Atlantic Became instant American hero Lucky Lindy

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22 Name of his plane...

23 Began in New Orleans & came north with Great Mig. African American music that grew from songs & field chants of slaves

24 Louis Armstrong

25 Foxtrott Charleston Shimmy Black Bottom

26 The “Lindy Hop” led to Swing Why was it called the “Lindy Hop”?

27 The Harlem Renaissance Lindy Hop came from Harlem in 1927 There was a “rebirth” of culture there in 20s

28 Writers explained American life in a black perspective Black literature & art

29 Writers & artists who attacked America’s materialism There was another group called the Lost Generation

30 “” HemingwayFitzgerald People care more about $$$ & “stuff” than intellect, the spiritual, & art


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