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TheAmericanDream.com

TheAmericanDream.com. LOADING. 20%. 60%. 100%. •. •. •. BIGGER…. Meaner…. Greener…. Recreation. Ambition. Grim. Worry. Greed. Money. Infamy. More. Cataclysm . Ambition. Desolation. Desperation. Recreation. Leisure. Dejection. Decadence . Greed. Infamy. Depression.

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TheAmericanDream.com

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  1. TheAmericanDream.com LOADING 20% 60% 100% • • •

  2. BIGGER… Meaner… Greener…

  3. Recreation Ambition Grim Worry Greed Money Infamy More Cataclysm Ambition Desolation Desperation Recreation Leisure Dejection Decadence Greed Infamy Depression Hopelessness Money Notorious

  4. WELCOME TO

  5. The American Dream Exhibit Bigger….Meaner…Greener… The American Dream Exhibit Bigger….Meaner…Greener… New Money Old Money Fashion Leisure

  6. The American Dream Exhibit Bigger….Meaner…Greener… New Money Old Money Fashion Leisure

  7. FASHION FASHION Coco Chanel Trends The New Consumer Modernism 

  8. TRENDS Inside look 

  9. Men’s clothing: “Knickers” Sleek suits Hats (fedoras) Women’s clothing: Flapper dresses Undergarments Short hairstyles Fashion houses Typical store offers three types of services: “Model Gown Salon” Inexpensive dressmaking department Cut-and-fit department 

  10. THE NEW CONSUMER Window shopping New rational sizing system sorted customers into 6 different personality types: 1. The Romantic 2. The Statuesque 3. The Artistic 4. The Picturesque 5. The Modern 6. The Conventional Interest in modern technology and communication 

  11. POST-MODERNISM Based on three key ideas: New materials Mass production Degree of automation 

  12. COCO CHANEL Inside look

  13. Accomplishments: 1. 1920 – fashion houses expanded considerably 2. 1922 –Chanel introduces her Chanel No. 5 perfume 3. 1925 – Chanel introduces signature cardigan 4. 1926 – “Little Black Dress” introduced 5. 1954 – Successful comeback as first ranks in Haute Name: Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel Date of Birth: August 19, 1883 Family: was never married had relationships with wealthy military officer, English industrialist, and Pierre Wertheimer • Death • January 10, 1971 

  14. New Money New Money Walter Chrysler Growing Money Shrinking Money 

  15. Growing Money After The Great War, the economy did not decline as expected It kept growing until mid-1920s “Small recession” between 1920-1922 National income grew from $58 billion to $83 billion Reliance on technology grew 

  16. Shrinking Money 1929, the Stock Market Crashed, on Black Tuesday 13 Million were unemployed Stock Market lost over 90% of its value Some cities had up to 80% unemployment 

  17. Walter Chrysler • Accomplishments: • -After 8 years working with Buick, he guided it to make 600 cars a day from 45/day • -From 1916 to 1919, President of Buick • -On June 6, 1925, he began the Chrysler Corporation • -Featured on the cover of TIME on the April 20th, 1925 issue • -Named TIME Man of the Year, January 7th, 1929 Name: Walter Percy Chrysler Date of Birth: April 2, 1875 in Wamego, Kansas • Family: Della Chrysler and Sons, Walter P. Chrysler Jr. & Jack Forker Chrysler • Death • August 18, 1940 

  18. Old Money Old Money Barbara Hutton Pre-Crash Post-Crash 

  19. Pre-Crash Inside look 

  20. Everything was based upon money and connections • Mingled with new rich at clubs and social gatherings, but never as flashy as them • A time of freedom for the rich, as they flaunted their wealth at parties and clubs with jazz and alcohol, even during prohibition • Term “socialite” coined in late 1920s by co-founder of Time Magazine, Briton Hadden; meant rich and a little racy, a class of leisure in a society of workers • “Who cares” attitude 

  21. Post-Crash “Ridin’ High" by Cole Porter What do I care, if Mrs. Harrison Williams Is the best-dressed woman in town. What do I care if Countess Barbara Hutton Has a Rolls-Royce built for each gown. Why should I get the vapors When I read in the papers That Mrs. Simpson dined behind the throne? I’ve got a cute king of my own. Inside look 

  22. Rich may have even flaunted their money more than before • Upper class began to resent lower classes as New Deal programs began to be implemented • Crash and Great Depression didn’t affect old habits and nightlife • During Great Depression, most rich kept their money; led to resentment from the lower classes 

  23. Barbara Hutton "Negro" by Langston Hughes I am a Negro:Black as the night is black,Black like the depths of my Africa.I’ve been a slave:Caesar told me to keep his door-steps clean.I brushed the boots of Washington.I’ve been a worker:Under my hand the pyramids arose.I made mortar for the Woolworth Building.I’ve been a singer:All the way from Africa to GeorgiaI carried my sorrow songs.I made ragtime.I’ve been a victim:The Belgians cut off my hands in the Congo.They lynch me still in Mississippi.I am a Negro:Black as the night is black,Black like the depths of my Africa. Inside look 

  24. Accomplishments: • Inherited $50 million = “Poor Little Rich Girl” • Her debutante ball was the most expensive in history, at $50,000 • During world war II she sold war bonds and donated her London mansion to the U.S • Kicked off Social Register after divorcing Prince Alexis Mdivini Name: Barbara Woolworth Hutton Date of Birth: November 14, 1912 • Death • Barbara died of heart attack in 1979 in hotel – most of her fortune was gone • Family: • Frank W. Woolworth • Suicidal Mother • Franklin Hutton • Lance in plane crash • Many Marriages  

  25. LEISURE LEISURE Jack Dempsey Music Movies Sports Dance 

  26. MUSIC CHICAGO NEW YORK Inside look Inside look Inside look Inside look NEW ORLEANS KANSAS CITY 

  27. CHICAGO -Chicago in the 1920s held great opportunities for musicians. -The city was dominated by gangsters and their cabaret and dance clubs. -The "New Orleans sound" spread throughout Chicago's South Side, the Plantation, the Nest, and the Sunset. -While still called "New Orleans jazz," the jazz played in Chicago was more uniform and less wild and primitive than it was in Louisiana. -Jazz became "polite" and directed at the white, middle class audiences who frequented the dance halls in Chicago. 

  28. NEW ORLEANS -Jazz music remained almost exclusively "The Sound of New Orleans." -Artists such as King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Kid Ory established well known reputations for their original jazz music. -The New Orleans jazz bands of the early 1920s consisted of three voices (cornet, clarinet, and trombone) and a rhythm section.  

  29. NEW YORK -The early New York Jazz music was influenced by ragtime music, which had been popular there in the early 1900s. - After the stock market crash in 1929 that New York replaced Chicago as a jazz capital -Known for two main reasons: the Harlem Renaissance and the Harlem Big Bands 

  30. KANSAS CITY -Jazz musicians poured into Kansas City after the mass exodus from New Orleans. -There were over fifty jazz clubs in one, six-block district. -Benny Moten's band consisted of six musicians in 1923, eight musicians in 1924, and by 1926, the band was made up of ten musicians. 

  31. SPORTS 1920s Timeline 1930s Timeline 

  32. 1920-23 - National Football League formed; baseball's Negro National League formed; Babe Ruth sold to New York Yankees and hits 54 home runs; The schooner Bluenose begins her undefeated career in racing; First sub-one minute 100m freestyle swim; Ty Cobb breaks Honus Wagner's major league record for career hits • 1924-25 - First Winter Olympic Games; in the Summer Olympics; French Open in tennis opened to non-French players for the first time; first handball international between Germany and Belgium • 1926-27 - Jack Dempsey loses his world heavyweight boxing title to Gene Tunney; Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English channel; First Ryder Cup of golf • 1928-29 - Women's Olympic athletics and gymnastics are held for the first time at the 1928 Summer Olympics; 

  33. 1938-39 - Don Budge becomes the first person to win the Grand Slam in tennis; First NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship; the Baseball Hall of Fame opens; Lou Gehrig retires from baseball • 1935-37 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly non-stop between Hawaii and Oakland, CA.; Joe Louis becomes world heavyweight champion • 1934-35 - The Masters in golf first held; Babe Ruth retires from Major League Baseball • 1932 -33- India become the sixth Test cricketing nation; first NFL championship game played • 1930-31 - First Football World Cup; Anne Morrow Lindbergh is the first woman to earn a glider pilot's license; Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans women from professional baseball (the bans lasts until 1992), after 17-year-old pitcher Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig 

  34. MOVIES 1920s Top 3 1930s Top 3 

  35. The BIG PARADE • Made in 1925 17 Cast members Took in $6,400,000 at the box office, $22,000,000 worldwide 

  36. The FOUR HORSEMEN of the APOCALYPSE Made in 1921 Became the sixth best grossing silent film of all time. Screenwriter June Mathis became head of the scenario department for Metro Pictures. With this position she became one of the first female executives in film history One of the first films to make $1,000,000 at the box office 

  37. BEN-HUR Made in 1925 Audiences flocked to Ben-Hur after its premiere and the picture grossed nine million dollars Its huge expenses and the deal with Erlanger made it a losing film for MGM. MGM was unable to recoup its $4,000,000 investment. 

  38. GONE WITH the WIND Made in 1939 It received ten Academy Awards, a record that stood for twenty years. The Hays Office fined Selznick $5,000 for using the word "damn" in Butler's exit line Estimated production costs were $3.9 million 

  39. SNOW WHITE and the SEVEN DWARFS Made in 1937 Based on the German fairytale Originally know as The Queen 

  40. The WIZARD of OZ Made in 1939 The film grossed approximately $3 million; A 1949 re-release earned an additional $1.5 million Received 15 honors over the past 10 years 

  41. DANCES DANCE MARATHONS FOX TROT - The craze began in 1923, when 32-year old Alma Cummings danced non-stop for 27 hours, wearing out six different partners -Originated in the summer of 1914 by Vaudeville actor Harry Fox -In the Jardin de Danse on the roof of the New York Theatre. - The longest dance record ever recorded was a record of 3 weeks of dancing. -The most significant development in all of ballroom dancing -Contests were held, which dancers could enter solo or with a specific partner CHARLESTON -Discovered by the black community, while dancing to contemporary Jazz music -Originated as early as 1903 of a small island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina -1923 hit Broadway musical called Runnin’ Wild featured the song "Charleston." 

  42. JACK DEMPSEY • Accomplishments: • -Dempsey made two films during his career, "Daredevil Jack" & "Manhattan Madness" He also co-starred in a Broadway play called "The Big Fight" with this then wife Estelle Taylor. • -Inducted into the boxing Hall of Fame in 1990 • -In 2003, Dempsey was named the seventh best puncher of all time in boxing history by Ring Magazine Name: Williams Harrison Dempsey Date of Birth: June 24, 1895 Changed his name at age 19 • -Dempsey earned more than $3,500,000 • -Drew the world's first million-dollar gate against Georges Carpentier • Death • May 1, 1983 

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