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THE THE ROARINGROARING1920’S1920’S

THE JAZZ AGETHE JAZZ AGE• Duke Ellington

– Jazz band leader and composer

• Louis Armstrong– Jazz trumpet player

• Jelly Role Morton– Jazz pianist

Jazz SingersJazz Singers

• Bessie Smith “Empress Bessie Smith “Empress of the Blues”of the Blues”

• Ethel WatersEthel Waters

Jazz MusicJazz Music

Jazz music in the twenties was a mixture of European harmonies and African rhythms.

Some of the lyrics were blends of former slave work songs as well as church hymns.

In the United States and Canada the 1920s In the United States and Canada the 1920s was the era of the flapper, a young woman was the era of the flapper, a young woman who embraced the radical new clothing who embraced the radical new clothing fashions. Flappers wore short dresses that fashions. Flappers wore short dresses that were straight up and down. Waistlines were straight up and down. Waistlines moved downward to the hips, creating a moved downward to the hips, creating a tubular silhouette, sometimes made even tubular silhouette, sometimes made even more boyish by the use of a flattening more boyish by the use of a flattening brassiere. Many women cut their hair short brassiere. Many women cut their hair short in a chin-length, straight hairstyle known in a chin-length, straight hairstyle known as a bob. Over their bobbed hair, they as a bob. Over their bobbed hair, they wore a close-fitting, helmet-shaped hat wore a close-fitting, helmet-shaped hat called a cloche. A frequently heard called a cloche. A frequently heard complaint was that women looked like complaint was that women looked like boys.boys.

THE CHARLESON WAS THE DANCE CRAZE OF THE 1920’STHE CHARLESON WAS THE DANCE CRAZE OF THE 1920’S

SPORTS FIGURESSPORTS FIGURES

• Babe Ruth 714 homeruns. 60 in a single season

• Knute Rockne legendary player and coach, forward pass

SPORTS FIGURESSPORTS FIGURES

• Jack Dempsey “Manassa Mauler" heavyweight champ.

• Manowar, a triple crown winning horse of the 1920’s

SOCIAL CHANGESSOCIAL CHANGES

• Scopes Trial, prosecution, in 1925, in Dayton, Tennessee, of a high school biology teacher who taught the theory of evolution. The teacher, John T. Scopes (1900-1970), was accused of having violated the Butler Act, a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools because it contradicted the account of creation in the Bible. The trial received worldwide publicity and was conducted in a circus like atmosphere. The press dubbed it the Monkey Trial because, according to popular belief, evolution meant that humans were descended from monkeys.

As people in the 1920’s As people in the 1920’s began to embrace morality, began to embrace morality, one group whose numbers one group whose numbers grew rapidly was The KKK. grew rapidly was The KKK. In 1925 the Klan marched In 1925 the Klan marched

in Washington DC with in Washington DC with some 250,ooo members. some 250,ooo members. The largest of any Klan The largest of any Klan

activity.activity.

MEDICINE & SCIENCEMEDICINE & SCIENCE•Synthetic fibers (nylon and rayon) Synthetic fibers (nylon and rayon)

•Cellophane wrapCellophane wrap

•Iron lung (respirator)Iron lung (respirator)

•Penicillin Penicillin

PROHIBITIONPROHIBITION

Passage of the 18th amendment made it ill-leagal to sell, manufacture or transport alcohol.

This lead to some of most crime ridden years in history.

19TH AMENDMENT19TH AMENDMENT

The 19th Amendment was that amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the right to vote. This is another of the many examples of CHANGE in America.

Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly across Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean non-stop from New York the Atlantic Ocean non-stop from New York to Paris in 33 1/2 hours. Lindbergh and his to Paris in 33 1/2 hours. Lindbergh and his plane “Spirit of St. Louis” opened the doors plane “Spirit of St. Louis” opened the doors for future trans-atlantic commercial flights for future trans-atlantic commercial flights in the 1930’s. Lindbergh’s historic flight in the 1930’s. Lindbergh’s historic flight took place on May 20th 1927.took place on May 20th 1927.

RADIO STATIONSRADIO STATIONS

KDKAKDKAThis was a station This was a station

in Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh that was one of that was one of the first stations the first stations to follow a to follow a certain format as certain format as well as follow a well as follow a specific play listspecific play list

WWJWWJLike KDKA this was a Like KDKA this was a

station out of station out of Detroit that too had Detroit that too had a certain format a certain format and playlist. and playlist. Americans tuned in Americans tuned in by the millions to by the millions to hear broadcasts as hear broadcasts as well as boxing, well as boxing, baseball, and baseball, and college football.college football.