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A New Popular Culture is Born. The 1920’s. Radio. How did radio help create a common culture in the U.S.?. People throughout the country heard the same news, ads, and music. KDKA – 1 st corporate radio station. Movies. Mass media entertainment
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A New Popular Culture is Born The 1920’s
How did radio help create a common culture in the U.S.? • People throughout the country heard the same news, ads, and music. • KDKA – 1st corporate radio station
Movies • Mass media entertainment • D.W. Griffith – The Birth of a Nation. - Very controversial
Walt Disney • Steamboat Willie – introduced an animated character – Mickey Mouse!
Charlie Chaplin • One of the brightest stars of the 1920’s • Character portrayed a tramp with ragged clothes and a derby hat
Charles Lindbergh “Lucky Lindy” • First person to complete a transatlantic flight
Amelia Earhart • 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic
Red Grange • AKA “Galloping Ghost” – excellent football player in college and turned pro after college
Helen Willis • Won 31 major tennis tournaments and 2 Gold Medals
Bobby Jones • Won golf’s 1st Grand Slam – 4 majors
Babe Ruth • “The Sultan of Swat”
F. Scott Fitzgerald • Wrote several books – The Great Gatsby
George Gershwin • Musical composer – wrote Rhapsody in Blue