Title: LIFE IN THE ROARING 1920S
1LIFE IN THE ROARING 1920S
2 1920s Facts Figures
- Population- 121,767,000
- Gallon of milk- .58
- Average yearly income- 1,574
- Fashion
- Bobs, short hemlines, hats, knickers, Lindbergh
leather jackets and caps, raccoon coats
31920s Facts and Figures
- Favorite sports-tennis, golf, baseball
- Crazes-marathon dances, the Charleston, flagpole
sitting, King Tut, ouiji boards, crossword
puzzles - Comic and cartoon characters- Felix the Cat,
Mickey Mouse, Little Orphan Annie
41920s Facts and Figures
- Games- marbles, the statue game, jump rope,
roller skating - New foods- Welchs grape jelly Eskimo Pie,
Wrigleys Chewing Gum
5Statistics of the 1920s 1920 1924
1928 Population (millions) 106.5 114.1
120.5 Families with radios (millions) Very
few 1.3 8 Horses (millions) 19.8
17.4 14.8 Automobiles, trucks, and
busses (millions)9.2 17.6 24.7 Hard-surfaced
roads (thousands of miles)369 472 626
- How did roads increase between 1920 1928?
- How did automobiles increase between 1924 1928?
- Did autos have any effect on horses? Explain
6Roaring 20s ?Culture Revolution?
- The 1920s called roaring because of widespread
social economic change caused by
Industrialization Urbanization.
7WOMENS Changing Role
- During WWI, Women moved to better, higher paying
jobs. - 19th Amendment- gave women the right to vote.
- Gap between men and womens equality was starting
to close.
8Flapper
- New young woman who rebelled against traditional
standards - Young
- Rebellious
- Fun Loving
- Energetic
- Bold
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13Traditional Women
- Long hair
- Conservative Attitude
- Long Dresses
- Flappers wished to break from their traditional
female role.
14Flapper
- Were few in number
- Had a large impact on society because they
desired to break away from traditional female
roles. - Shorter dresses
- Shorter hair
- Close fitted hats
- Heavy make-up
- Women began drinking
- smoking
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16- Working Women
- 15 became professionals
- 20 clerical work
- Most working women were single white
17PREJUDICE
- Could not become
- Doctors
- Lawyers
- Did not receive promotions
- If a woman got married or pregnant, they were
expected to quit work.
18WOMEN VOTING
- 19th Amendment womens suffrage
- Few women voted
- Usually voted the same as husband
- Had to make special arrangements to vote
- Were discouraged by family
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20Which of the following characterizes flappers?
- Long hair
- Short dresses
- Heavy make-up
- Favored prohibition
- Conformed with normal society
- Smoking
- Close fitting hats
- Rebellious
21From RURAL to URBAN
- After WW1, market prices dropped, making farmers
economically stressed. - The Industrial Commercial economy boomed.
- 6 million people migrated from rural (country) to
urban (city) areas. - Great MigrationAfrican Americans moved from the
South to the North during after WWI. - African Americans still faced prejudice, low
wages, did not receive promotions.
22Living in the City
- Attendance _at_ public schools doubled.
- City children needed more education to compete
for jobs. - Shifted away from traditional values.
23More Migrations
- Congress acts to limit foreign immigration from
non European nations. - Employers turned to immigrants from Canada
Mexico. - Mexican barrios
- developed (Spanish
- speaking neighbor-
- hoods) as Mexicans
- began working on
- farms ranches in
- California.
24AMERICAN HEROS of the 20s
- CHARLES LINDBERGH
- GLENN CURTISS
- AMELIA EARHART
- JIM THORPE
- BABE RUTH
- GERTRUDE EDERLE
25Charles Lindbergh
- Exemplified (serve as an example) the American
Spirit by being the 1st person to fly solo across
the Atlantic Ocean! - Despite fame, he turned down millions of dollars
in publicity fees.
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28Glenn Curtiss
- Launched landed his hydroeroplane (seaplane)
on a naval ship - Marked the birth of U.S. naval aviation
- 1st to fly long distance from
- Albany to NYC
- Result Convinced the
- Secretary of Navy to
- buy the navys first aircraft.
29AMELIA EARHART
- First women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
- Attempted to fly around the world. Her her
navigator disappeared somewhere in the Pacific
after completing 2/3s of the trip.
30SPORTS HEROES of the 20s
- JACK DEMPSEY Boxer
- JIM THORPE American Indian Best all around
athlete of the 20th century? - BABE RUTH Professional baseball player Best
HR hitter ever? - GERTRUDE EDERLE Competitive Swimmer
31Jack Dempsey-BoxerHeavyweight Champion, 1919-26
32 Jim Thorpe-Olympic Decathlon Champion,
Professional Football, Baseball,
Basketball Player. American Indian
33- Babe Ruth-Professional baseball player. Held
single season career Home Run records.
Sultan of Swat!
34Gertrude Ederle,1905-2003, competitive swimmer..
First women to swim the English Channel
Olympic Champion.
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36Review Questions
- 1. What did the 19th amendment state?
- 2. What were flappers trying to break away from?
- 3. What is Charles Lindbergh known for?
- 4. Who was a famous baseball hero at this time?
- 5. Who was Glenn Curtis?
- 6. What was the Great Migration?
- 7. Define Flapper
37Acrostic Poem
38MASS MEDIA AND THE JAZZ AGE
39MASS MEDIA
- Movies
- Newspapers Magazines
- Radio
- Before mass media, America was a country of
regional cultures. - Films, News, Radio
- produced a National
- Culture.
40MOVIES
- Begin in 1890
- By 1920, moviemaking
- was the largest business
- in the U.S.
- Silent Movies
- Evolved into sound
- speaking, music,
- sound effects.
41FIRST FILM with SOUND
- The Jazz Singer-1st talkie movie
- Silent Films still existed with the work of some
famous actors like Charlie Chaplin. - Most silent actors were foreigners who spoke
little or no English /or - had heavy accents.
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42NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES
- 1914-27, Newsprint doubled
- Began to produce Tabloids
- (fake exaggerated news) to
- increase sales
- Helped to create a common
- popular culture
43RADIO
- Before 1920, few Americans owned radios.
- 1920, Frank Conrad set up a radio transmitter in
his garage began broadcasting music baseball
scores. - It became the nations first radio station, KDKA.
- Radio began making profits through commercials.
- By 1922, there were over 500 stations.
44The JAZZ AGE 20s
- Started in New Orleans spread to Harlem in NYC
- JAZZ grew out of ragtime blues.
- Radio broadcasting the African American
migration to the North made Jazz more popular. - Promoted youth dancing.
45Jazz Clubs
- Harlem had over 500 Jazz Clubs symbolized the
20s culture! - Flappers began doing a dance called the
Charlestown
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49GEORGIA OKEEFFE
- Painted natural objects in abstract form.
50LOST GENERATION
- Writers who were disgruntled with society
because it was becoming too materialistic
(concerned more with possessions rather than
spiritual, emotional, intellectual or cultural
values). - Believed the values that were being taught didn't
fit the reality of life after the brutal
horrifying WW1. - Scorned American Popular Culture
- Left the U.S. for Paris, France.
- Included Ernest Hemmingway F. Scott
Fitzgerald
51ERNEST HEMINGWAY- The Old Man the Sea
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD - The Great Gatsby
52Tin Pan Alley
- Section of New York City where song-writing and
musical ideas mixed together - Music Publishing Industry in NYC
53HARLEM RENAISSANCE
- Period in Americas history when there was a
wealth of art, literature, music and dance
created by African Americans. It was during this
period, that The Great Migration occurred. - Harlem was the cultural center of the U.S.
- Wrote about African American
- culture
- Langston Hughes
54LANGSTON HUGHES
Mother to Son Well, son, I'll tell you Life for
me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in
it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places
with no carpet on the floor Bare. But all the
time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin'
landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes
goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no
light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you
set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's
kinder hard. Don't you fall now For I'se still
goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for
me ain't been no crystal stair.
- Harlem Renaissance poetry writer
55Review Questions
- 1. What helped to create a national culture?
- 2. What is significant about the film the Jazz
Singer? - 3. Who brought jazz to the North?
- 4. Where were most of the jazz clubs located in
the North? - 5. What is the Lost Generation?
- 6. Who was Langston Hughes?
- 7. What is Tin Pan Alley?