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1 The Roaring Twenties

2 News & Entertainment Radios

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6 magazines

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10 Movies

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12 newspapers

13 Mass Media Unified the nation and spread culture

14 Rise of Hollywood Early movies – no sound & relied on subtitles & lots of action

15 Stars of Film Rudolph Valentino & Charlie Chaplin

16 Mary Pickford & Clara Bow

17 First “talkie” – the Jazz Singer

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19 Baseball Babe Ruth Homerun king for NY Yankees

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22 Boxing Jack Dempsey Heavyweight champ ( )

23 Fads Marathon Dancing

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25 Flagpole sitting

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27 Barnstorming

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30 gum chewing

31 exotic Asian styles

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33 Jazz Improvised, upbeat style of music from New Orleans
Louis Armstrong – played trumpet & cornet

34 Dance – the Charleston

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36 Traditional values New values emerged:
Challenging authority & pursuing individual goals

37 Prohibition (18th Amendment)
Banned manufacture, sale, or transport of alcohol in U.S.

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42 Al Capone Gangster from Chicago who smuggled & bootlegged alcohol

43 Speakeasy Secret bar that sold alcohol illegally

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45 1925 – Scopes Trial TN biology teacher, John Scopes, on trial for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution Conflicted with Bible’s story of creation

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47 Resurgence of KKK Waves of new immigrants – foreigners, Catholics, Jews, & un-American values

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49 The Flappers Young, carefree woman who smoked, drank, wore short skirts, & had a bobbed haircut

50 1920s Fashion Men – baggy jeans & layered Shirts
Women – short skirts & low cut shirts

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52 Economy of 1920s Economy was booming & prosperous
Wages rose & luxuries became necessities More money to spend = more time for fun

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