1. Growth and Mass Culture

2. Silent Movies: Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin: Actor/producer/writer of silent films (1920’s)
Silent Movies are movies with little to no dialogue.
Silent movies were large part of American culture and could be enjoyed by people of different backgrounds.

3. Al Jolson “The Jazz Singer”
He was one of the most highly payed and popular entertainers in his time.
He was to Jazz like Babe Ruth was to baseball.
He was a white singer that sometimes painted his face black to “imitate” blacks in a weird way.

4. Babe Ruth
A famous athlete in the 1920’s, commonly known as a sports hero and held the homerun record for 30 years.
An idol for many Americans. Sports stars like him motivated Americans and gave them hope in the notion of progress.

5. Charles Lindbergh Famous pilot in the 1920’s.
He was the first pilot in history to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (from New York to Paris) solo non-stop for 33 hours.
He also flew for American forces in WWII.
This incredible feat made him one of the greatest heroes of the 20s.