2. -Fad- an activity or a fashion that is “hot” or “in” for a short time then fades out. -Flagpole sitting -Dance Marathons -The Charleston -Crossword Puzzles NEW FADS AND FASHIONS

3. -Young women rebelling against traditional ways -Short, bobbed haircuts -Short dresses –cut above the knee!!! -Bright red lipstick -Smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol in speakeasies FLAPPERS

4. -Felt that many Americans cared too much about making money and having fun -Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms – written about his experience in WWI -F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby – portrayed life in the ’20s. NEW WRITERS

5. -Many African Americans gathered in Harlem, NY. -Gathering of black artists and musicians -Caused a “rebirth” of African American culture -Langston Hughes – famous poet and writer HARLEM RENAISSANCE

6. -Born of New Orleans -Louis Armstrong – helped create Jazz music -Bessie Smith – famous singer of the age. -Spread from New Orleans to Harlem, NY. -Older Americans thought it was a “bad influence” on the youth. THE JAZZ AGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhVdLd43bDI

7. -Radio, movies, newspapers created heroes -Sports figures -Jack Dempsey – Boxer -Red Grange “The Galloping Ghost” – football -Babe Ruth – Baseball -Charles Lindberg “Lucky Lindy” -First man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean -“The Spirit of St. Louis” was his plane. NEW HEROES