The Jazz Age

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The Jazz Age
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• Pretest
• A factory owner can produce more goods at a much
  quicker and cheaper rate by using an assembly
  line. What is this process called?
• mass fabrication
• mass construction
• mass production

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• It was common for cowboys, jazz musicians, and
  artists of the Harlem Renaissance to be
• Immigrants
• African Americans
• Native Americans
• This is the state in which the Harlem Renaissance
  took place.
• New York
• New Jersey
• Washington

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• What invention in the 1920s helped to spread the
  ideas in Harlem to other parts of the U.S.?
• radio
• television
• telephone
• The assembly line helped to make cars
• more expensive
• less expensive
• only for wealthy Americans

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Lets go for a ride!

• In the Jazz Age, people were finally able to
  afford that new mode of transportation the
  automobile.
• When the horseless carriages were first
  introduced in the 1890s, only the rich could
  afford them.
• Prices dropped in the early 1900s, as automakers
  such as Henry Ford, began using the assembly line
  for mass production. Automobiles were now
  accessible to more people.

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• Fords vision of the affordable automobile
  brought about improved transportation. This
  resulted in
• Greater mobility (people could move about easily,
  and they could arrive at their destinations much
  quicker.)
• Creation of jobs
• Growth of transportation-related industries (road
  construction, oil, steel, automobile)
• Movement to suburban areas (people didnt have to
  live so close to their work in the cities)

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The Great Migration

• Southern life was difficult for African
  Americans, many of whom worked as sharecroppers
  or in other low-paying jobs and often faced
  racial violence.
• Many African Americans looked to the North to
  find freedom and economic opportunities, and
  during World War I the demand for equipment and
  supplies offered African Americans factory jobs
  in the North.
• African American newspapers spread the word of
  opportunities in northern cities, and African
  Americans streamed into cities such as Chicago
  and Detroit.
• This major relocation of African Americans is
  known as the Great Migration.

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Life in Harlem

• New York City was one of the northern cities many
  African Americans moved to during the Great
  Migration, and by the early 1920s, about 200,000
  African Americans lived in the city.
• Most of these people lived in a neighborhood
  known as Harlem, which became the unofficial
  capital of African American culture and activism
  in the United States.

This movement was known as the Harlem Renaissance.
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New Roles for Women
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Womens Roles Have Changed

• Women
• went to work in the workplace
• can vote
• attended college
• wanted equality

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The Flapper
One of the most widely recognized symbols of the
Jazz Age is the flapper. This term described
women of the time who wore short skirts, short
hair, and lots of makeup. They conducted
themselves in ways that were quite shocking for
women to do in the 1920s.
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Effects of Urbanization

• Though the 1920s was a time of great economic
  opportunities for many, farmers did not share in
  the prosperity.
• Farming took a hard hit after World War I, when
  demand for products went down and many workers
  moved to industrialized cities.
• The 1920 census showed that for the 1st time
  ever, more Americans lived in cities than in
  rural areas, and ¾ of all workers worked
  somewhere other than a farm.
• The rise of the automobile helped bring the
  cities and the country together, and rural people
  were now likely to spend time in town and were
  less isolated. They could live farther from
  their jobs.
• Education also increased, by the 1920s many
  states passed laws requiring children to attend
  school, helping force children out of workplaces.

School attendance and enrollment increased as
industry grew because more people could afford to
send their children to school, not to work.
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• Effects of Urbanization
• Law required children to go to school.
• Cities increased farming decreased
• Automobiles allowed people to travel longer
  distances. (mobility)

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A Renaissance in Harlem
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Harlem Musicians
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Pilot Heroes of the Twenties
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
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Batter up!

• Another colorful character during the 1920s was
  Babe Ruth.
• This flamboyant and talented slugger brought new
  interest and excitement to the sport of baseball.
• In his 15 seasons with the New York Yankees, the
  team won four World Series championships and Ruth
  set many hitting records.
• Ruths achievements and colorful personality,
  along with the new medium of radio, made baseball
  the most popular sport of the 1920s.