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Chapter 25, Section 3: The Roaring Twenties

Chapter 25, Section 3: The Roaring Twenties. Main Idea: While new lifestyles and new ideas affected fashion and music, a new generation of writers rebelled by criticizing American life. A. Fads and Fashions. The “Era of Wonderful Nonsense” - flagpole sitting, dance marathon, mah-jongg

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Chapter 25, Section 3: The Roaring Twenties

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  1. Chapter 25, Section 3: The Roaring Twenties Main Idea: While new lifestyles and new ideas affected fashion and music, a new generation of writers rebelled by criticizing American life.

  2. A. Fads and Fashions The “Era of Wonderful Nonsense”- flagpole sitting, dance marathon, mah-jongg Flappers- young women who rebelled against tradition; wore hair and dresses short, bright lipstick, smoked in public, etc.

  3. B. New Music • Jazz- combined African rhythms and European harmonies; originated in New Orleans and Chicago • Louis Armstrong • Jazz led to new dances- the Charleston

  4. C. Literature • Ernest Hemingway- A Farewell to Arms (WWI) • Sinclair Lewis- mocked small town life • F. Scott Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby (this book best captures the mood of the 20s)

  5. D. Harlem Renaissance • A rebirth of African American culture; for the first time, white Americans noticed black artists • Langston Hughes- poet • Zora Neale Hurston- novelist

  6. E. Heroes and Heroines • Athletes- Bobby Jones(golf), Bill Tilden and Helen Wills(tennis), Gertrude Ederle (swimming), Babe Ruth(baseball) • Lucky Lindy- first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean; Spirit of St. Louis

  7. Lucky Lindy Video Summary (2:11) · In 1927, Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis on a solo flight across the Atlantic from Long Island (Roosevelt Field) to France.

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