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Effects of WWI on the Jazz Age

Effects of WWI on the Jazz Age. A r ia na D ueñas Angelica Berrios Amanda Bosch. Introduction. Our topic is the effects of WWI on the Jazz Age. By the end of WWI, there was a deep need to improve their lives. This feeling brought forth the best war-themed books.

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Effects of WWI on the Jazz Age

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  1. Effects of WWI on the Jazz Age ArianaDueñas Angelica Berrios Amanda Bosch

  2. Introduction • Our topic is the effects of WWI on the Jazz Age. • By the end of WWI, there was a deep need to improve their lives. • This feeling brought forth the best war-themed books. • Which basically, meant that the end of WWI brought a whole new life. • Some examples: new fashion, new technology, and, of course, entertainment. • “It was a self-indulgent and extravagant reaction to the hardship and austerity experienced during the war”

  3. Many names… • “Anything Goes” Era. • Flappers Era. • The Roaring 20’s. • The Lawless Decade. • The Golden Age of Radios • Age of Intolerance • Age of the Wonderful Nonsense

  4. The Effects • U.S. became more tolerable with other types of people: • Women • African Americans • Developed interest in African American culture. • Yet racist groups like the Ku Klux Klan. • Women were given rights: • Vote • Jobs

  5. Part II Effects • Harlem Nightclubs thrived. • With that, it brought forth numerous artist such as: • Louis Armstrong • Duke Ellington

  6. Literature • When WWI ended the “Lost Generation” went back home to write about their experiences. • Brought the best war theme books the world has ever seen. • Some of the most famous writers are: • F. Scott Fitzgerald - “The Great Gatsby” • Ernest Hemingway - “The Sun also Rises” • Erich Maria Remarque - “All Quiet on the Western Front”

  7. “The Great Gatsby” Relation • Nick and Jay Gatsby both were WWI veterans. • Gatsby prospered in wealth after the war. • Gatsby is the epitome of the Jazz age because: • Throws huge wild parties • There is drinking • Corruption

  8. New Age • The old generations were shocked with the newer one because of their: • New manners: wild partying, illicit drinking, promiscuous behavior, and clubbing. • New morals • New way of thinking • Enjoying life

  9. Technology • The following skyrocketed during the 20’s: • Automobile • Radio • Movies • Chemical industries

  10. Infrastructures • When the technology blossomed, there was a need for infrastructures: • New Road pavement • Telephone lines • Power plants • Indoor plumbing • Modern sewer system • Electrification

  11. Conclusion! • WWI influenced the younger generation to enjoy life. • Allowing them to come up with new principles. • WWI also gave great authors inspiration to write books. • WWI also gave the women and African-Americans chance to prove themselves. • Overall, the decade is often seen as a period of great contradiction and cultural conflict of rising optimism, of increasing and decreasing faith, of great hope and great despair.

  12. Credits • “Allen, Frederick Lewis, Only Yesterday, 1931; Jeansonne, Glenn, Transformation and Reaction: America, 1921-1945, 1994; Nash, Roderick, The Nervous Generation: American Thought, 1917-1930, 1970; Shaw, Arnold, The Jazz Age: Popular Music in the 1920s, 1987; Skidmore, Max J., Legacy to the World: A Study of America's Political Ideas, 1998.” 21 Apr 2008 • Wikipedia • "The Expatriates of the 1920's." 123HelpMe.com. 21 Apr 2008 • “Great War and Jazz Age” americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz. 21 Apr 2008 • “Jazz” deviantart.com. 21 Apr 2008 • “Jazz” deviantart.com. 21 Apr 2008 • Saress Smith; for being the best teacher ever! (No, we’re not being suck-ups!)

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