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Popular Culture 1920s

Popular Culture 1920s. Chapter 20 section 3. Radio. 1800- Marconi invents radio Mainly used in the military 1920- man from PA plays records over his radio only a few people have radios but numbers grew Westinghouse creates first radio station – KDKA 1922 – US has 570 stations

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Popular Culture 1920s

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  1. Popular Culture 1920s Chapter 20 section 3

  2. Radio • 1800- Marconi invents radio • Mainly used in the military • 1920- man from PA plays records over his radio only a few people have radios but numbers grew • Westinghouse creates first radio station – KDKA • 1922 – US has 570 stations • Linked country people with city folk

  3. Movies • After WW1- DW Griffith produced Birth of A Nation • 1927 – Jazz Singer first film with sound • 1928 – Walt Disney creates Steamboat Willie which featured Mickey Mouse; cartoon!

  4. Film Stars • Clara Bow – “It GIRL” • Charlie Chaplin • Rudolph Valentino • Mary Pickford – America’s Sweetheart • Douglas Fairbanks

  5. Heroes • Charles “Lucky Lindy” Lindbergh • First trans-atlantic flight • Amelia Earhart • Transatlantic flight • Almost flew around the world Sports Heroes • American Athletes become heroes • Page 664

  6. The Arts • F. Scott Fitzgerald – Great Gatsby • Earnest Hemingway – A Farewell to Arms • George Gershwin – Composer

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