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Life in the 1920sCulture of the Roaring 20s
Radio in the 1920s
Americans have more money & more free time
Radio provides news & entertainment
1929 800 radio stations 10 million homes (1/3) NBC & CBS
Phonograph & Records
1920s Dances: The Charleston
1. Place feet together2. Right foot - Step back 3. Left foot - Kick back4. Left foot - Step forward to beginning position 5. Right foot - Kick forward6. Return to beginning position and repeat 1. Hold arms out, bend elbows, point hands up2. Swing arms from elbows to right and then to left3. Combine feet and arm movements
Movies
Sound added to movies in 1927
“Talkies” Large movie theatres 80 million Americans
a week Movie stars become
celebrities
Charlie Chaplin
Rudolph Valentino
Clara Bow
Sports in the 1920s
Radio broadcasts sporting events
Athletes become celebrities
Babe Ruth
Gertrude Ederle
Swam English Chanel at age 19
35 miles in 14 hours 39 minutes
29 US & World records Gold & Bronze Medal in
the 1924 Olympics
Lucky Lindy
Charles Lindberg 1st man to fly solo across
the Atlantic New York to Paris in 33 ½
hours International celebrity $25,000 prize money
The Flapper
The “New Woman” Boyish look Short hair, bob cut Short skirts Smoke in public, dance,
drive in cars, wear make-up Independent Challenge traditional roles
of women
Josephine Baker
Prohibition
18th Amendment passed in 1919
Abolishes the sale, manufacture & distribution of alcohol
Volstead Act enforces Prohibition
America goes dry
Bootlegging Alcohol
Speakeasies
Underground, hidden bars
Password to get in Became “fun” to drink Illegal, increase in
criminal activity
Raid by the Police
Al Capone
Prohibition increases organized crime
Al Capone Chicago Bring alcohol in from
Canada Bribe police, public
officials, judges Gang warfare
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
Capone & Ness
Prohibition Repealed
21st Amendment Repeals 18th
Amendment Ratified Dec. 5, 1933
Fundamentalism
Many changes in the 20s People believed America is
losing its morals & values Return to strong Christian
values Oppose scientific theories Believe Bible should be taken
literally
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
Illegal to teach evolution in school
Must teach creationism John Scopes breaks
the law in Tennessee Put on trial Battle of science vs.
religion William Jennings Bryan
vs. Clarence Darrow
John Scopes
The Verdict
Scopes found guilty Fined $100 Appeal to the Supreme
Court Case thrown out on a
technicality Most states continue to
teach creationism until the 1960s