1. The 1920’s Culture

2. JAZZ Who were the first Jazz Musicians? Where was Jazz born?
African Americans
Where was Jazz born?
New Orleans
When did Jazz appear nationwide?
The early 1920s
Why did Jazz spread past New Orleans?
Violence and racism resurfaced in New Orleans and Jazz musicians fled to cities like Chicago, New York, and Kansas City

3. JAZZ
"The true spirit of jazz is a joyous revolt from convention, custom, authority, boredom, even sorrow--from everything that would confine the soul of man and hinder its riding free on the air." ~ J.A. Rogers, "Jazz at Home," The Survey Graphic, 1925

4. 1920s Jazz Musicians
Bix Beiderbecke
Duke Ellington

5. 1920s Jazz Musicians
Jelly Roll Morton
Earl Hines

6. 1920s Jazz Musicians
Kid Ory
Louis Armstrong

7. 1920s Jazz Musicians
Paul Whiteman
Joe “King” Oliver

8. The Charleston The Social dance - popular in the mid-1920s.
Thought to have come from Cape Verdes Isles in Africa

9. 1920s Fashion

10. 1920s Fashion

11. 1920s Fashion – The Men Stemmed from sports or gangsters
Wanted to appear “dapper.”
Baggy pants, polished shoes, and a handkerchief in the pocket
The baggy zoot suit worn for fancy occasions

12. Flappers
F. Scott Fitzgerald said "lovely, expensive, and about nineteen.“
Rebelling from societal norms
Short Sleek hair, short shapeless dresses, lots of makeup
Frequenters of nightclubs

13. 1920s Fashion – The Flapper

14. Flappers
The Playful flapper here we see, The fairest of the fair. She's not what Grandma used to be, -- You might say, au contraire. Her girlish ways may make a stir, Her manners cause a scene, But there is no more harm in her Than in a submarine.
She nightly knocks for many a goal The usual dancing men. Her speed is great, but her control Is something else again. All spotlights focus on her pranks. All tongues her prowess herald. For which she well may render thanks To God and Scott Fitzgerald.
Her golden rule is plain enough - Just get them young and treat them rough.

15. Prohibition
18th Amendment outlawed the transporting, selling, manufacturing of Alcohol.
Widely ignored
Lead to Organize Crime

16. The 1920s Night Club “Speakeasies”
Offered an intense experience
Entertainment tended toward adult fare
“Alcohol" was central to the experience.
The Night Clubs also had their dark side.

17. Two Cultural Movements
The Harlem Renaissance
- Rebirth of African-American culture
- Literature, art, music, dance
- Took place primarily in Harlem
Factors in the development of the Harlem Renaissance were:
African-American urban migration
Trends toward experimentation throughout the country
The rise of radical African-American intellectuals.
Never before had so many Americans embraced the African-American culture.

18. The Harlem Renaissance

19. The Harlem Renaissance
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
by Langston Hughes

20. Two Cultural Movements
The Lost Generation
Rejection of American Materialism
Looking for the Meaning of Life, after quick change from war.
Intellectuals, poets, artists and writers

21. The Lost Generation "The Hollow Men"
We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rat's feet over broken glass In our dry cellar
by T.S. Eliot

22. Motion Pictures New Pastime: THE MOVIES!
Silent movies became "talkies" when sound was finally added.
Charlie Chaplin most famous silent actor

23. Motion Pictures
The best movies of the decade were "Treasure Island" and "Ben Hur” and “The Jazz Singer.”

24. Baseball The New American Pastime
Radio Broadcasts, Stadiums, and Sports Sections in Newspapers
Celebrities like Babe Ruth
A Spectator Sport for the Working Class: Myth vs. Reality

25. Slang Words All wet Applesauce describes a wrong idea or person
He's all wet.
All wet
what you say when you are angry
"Oh, applesauce!"
Applesauce

26. Slang Words The Big Cheese The Cat’s Meow Cheaters Jake
the most important person
the boss
The Big Cheese
something splendid or wonderful
the best
The Cat’s Meow
Cheaters
eyeglasses OK
Everything is Jake.
Jake

27. Slang Words Dogs Giggle Water Heebie Jeebies Jalopy Moll Feet Alcohol
A Scary Nervous Feeling
Jalopy
An Old Car
Moll
A Gangster’s Girlfriend

28. Slang Words Pushover Scram Swell Upchuck Whoopie
Someone easily convinced
Scram
Alcohol
Swell
Wonderful
Upchuck
Vomit
Whoopie
Have a good Time

29. Would you want to live in the 1920s? Why or Why not?
Is the 1920s for you?
Would you want to live in the 1920s? Why or Why not?