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A (very quick) intro to the 1920s

A (very quick) intro to the 1920s. English 10. The Roaring 20s and the Lost Generation. Lost Generation Those who grew up between World War I (ended in 1918) and the stock market crash/Great D epression (1929) Production was high and money was more accessible

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A (very quick) intro to the 1920s

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  1. A (very quick) intro to the 1920s English 10

  2. The Roaring 20s and the Lost Generation • Lost Generation • Those who grew up between World War I (ended in 1918) and the stock market crash/Great Depression (1929) • Production was high and money was more accessible • People could buy on credit… did not need the money right then • A push toward high-class culture • Wanting to achieve the American Dream

  3. The American dream • The belief that upward mobility can be achieved through hard work • In the 1920s, achieving the American Dream was demonstrated by what you owned/possessed • According to the American Dream, you can achieve anything you want as long as you work hard • What problems get in the way? • Who is the American Dream attainable for? • Who has a far less likely chance of achieve it?

  4. Moving to the City • Cities were the central hotspot of the economy, as well as social life • Cities like New York (especially Harlem), Chicago, and Paris boomed with a cultural renaissance • Renaissance: a time of great revival in culture, art, and literature

  5. Consumerism • This was a time to buy buy buy! • Money felt easy to come by • Products were more affordable because of great strides in production • You could borrow money and pay it back later, so people spent what they did not have, often on things they did not need

  6. Women’s movement(s) • The right to vote: 1920 • Flapper fashion • A new breed of women in America • Short skirts, bobbed hair, etc. • Listened to jazz, smoked, drank, swore, casual sex, etc. • Whatever was considered “acceptable behavior” to the older generation was met with disdain

  7. The Downside of Ambition • With a rapid push toward the American Dream and wanting financial success… • Corruption was on the rise • Illegal trades of alcohol and other substances • Gambling • Gangsters • Al Capone and Prohibition

  8. The Lost Generation - Writers • A group of writers who viewed America’s obsession with material wealth as dangerous • Life was viewed as superficial • Material wealth over personal substance • People were “selling their souls” for a chance at financial gain • This idea is a theme of our novel, The Great Gatsby

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