2. List some of the most famous people in the U.S.

3.  Country:  1. worked from dusk to dawn  2. Evenings would bring reading, playing games, singing around the piano.  City:  1. Average work week went from 70hrs in 1850 to 45 by 1930.  2. Work week decreased from 7 days to 5  3. Salary and wages increased

4.  With more free time and disposable income, urban people looked for new sources of entertainment:  Nickelodeons – Name for movie theaters (because it only cost a nickel to get in.  During the 1920s, 60-100 million people went to movies each week.

5.  Ideal entertainment (because immigrants didn’t speak English.  Charlie Chaplin – Most famous of the silent movie starts  https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=U9Binpcq WGM https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=U9Binpcq WGM  The Jazz Singer – 1927 film that was the 1 st movie with sound.  Movies with sound were called “talkies”  https://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=2 2NQuPrwbHA https://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=2 2NQuPrwbHA

6.  KDKA (Pittsburgh) was the 1 st radio station in the U.S.  Americans listened to music, religious sermons, educational lectures, news and weather reports, etc.

7. Sports figures Dare Devils

8. - Organized sports became more popular, Americans made celebrities out of star athletes - Jim Thorpe was considered one of the greatest athletes of the 1920s - Babe Ruth would become one of baseball’s greatest homerun hitters.

9. Charles LindberghAmelia Earhart - May 1927: - Charles Lindbergh became the 1 st person to fly across the Atlantic (many died before him) - His plane was called “The Spirit of St. Louis ” - NY to France (33hrs) - Called “Lucky Lindy”  One year later:  Amelia Earhart became the 1 st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

10.  A young woman with short skirts and rouged cheeks who had their hair cropped close in a style known as a bob.

11.  Psychologist Sigmund Freud – argued that much of human behavior is driven not by rational thought but by unconscious desires.

12.  Writers were known as “The Lost Generation”  F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway  Often wrote about the reality of the American Dream

14.  - Something people follow with great excitement but only for a short period time.

15. Dance MarathonsOuija Boards

17. MonopolyDrive-in-Theater

18. SlinkySwallowing Goldfish

19. Ant FarmsHula Hoop

20. Car HopsPoodle Skirts

21. Bellbottom JeansFallout Shelters

22. Barbie DollsLava Lamps

23. 8 Track Tape PlayerMexican Jumping Beans

24. Disco MusicMood Rings

25. Boom BoxesBreak Dancing

26. Rubrics CubeSlap Bracelets

27. Video ArcadesCabbage Patch Dolls

28. Hacky SackMiami Vice Fashion

29. Tickle Me ElmoBeanie Babies

30. Fanny PacksBoy Bands

31. Grunge LookHip Hop Fashion

32. Glitter Eye ShadowCrocs

33. Silly BandzFlash Mobs

34.  DVDs and movie channels?  Emojis ?  Current social media (facebook,twitter,etc.)?  Reality TV?