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The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties. A Revolution in Styles and Manners. Radio, movies, and sports became the focus of American popular culture. Radio KDKA- 1 st radio station in Pittsburgh went on air in November 1920 Movies

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The Roaring Twenties

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  1. The Roaring Twenties A Revolution in Styles and Manners

  2. Radio, movies, and sports became the focus of American popular culture. • Radio • KDKA- 1st radio station in Pittsburgh went on air in November 1920 • Movies • Before WWI, silent movies were shown in small cinemas where admission was only 5¢ • The Jazz Singer was the first talking picture released in 1927 • Sports • To arouse interest in upcoming sports events, promoters billed every big event as the most thrilling in history • In 1920 Babe Ruth of the NY Yankees set a new record for home runs. People began pouring into the new Yankee Stadium to watch him break his own record Popular Entertainment

  3. Culture and Style • The most important musical development of the 1920s was jazz. • 1920s became known as the “Jazz Age” • Rooted in black spirituals and African folk rhythms • Popular dances • Fox-trot, the camel-walk, the tango, and the Charleston • Flappers • A new woman was born • “modern” and “rebellious” • She cut her hair, wore make-up, went to petty parties, smoked, drank, danced, and voted

  4. Fads and Fancies • Americans in the 1920s amused themselves with an assortment of games and fads. • Mah Jong • Chinese game played with colored tiles • Crossword puzzles • The idea started in Sunday newspapers • Magazines • The magazines founded in the 1920s had a more lasting effect on American popular culture • Life • Time • Reader’s Digest

  5. The Literary Life • American writers were discontent with society. • The Lost Generation • Group of American writers who rebelled against the post-war America which had become materialistic • Ernest Hemingway • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Ezra Pound • Gertrude Stein

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