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1920’s

The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly. 1920’s. 1920’s.

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1920’s

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  1. The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly 1920’s

  2. 1920’s •   The decade of the 1920s is often characterized as a period of American prosperity and optimism. It was the "Roaring Twenties," the decade of bath tub gin, the model T, the $5 work day, the first transatlantic flight, and the movie. It is often seen as a period of great advance as the nation became urban and commercial.

  3. The Good

  4. Harlem Renaissance • Between 1920-1930 an unprecedented outburst of creative activity among African-Americans occurred in all fields of art. It was a celebration of African American culture in literature and art

  5. Harlem Art Aaron Douglas

  6. Poets, Musicians, and Artists • Langston Hughes DREAMS Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow

  7. Music • Jazz was hot. It was exciting and fun, and it provoked all the wildness the youth in the 1920's strived for. It's off-beat rhythms and improvised melodies were a welcome new beginning for music. New Orleans was the birthplace of jazz, but it quickly spread and became extremely popular in New York City’s Harlem district.

  8. Louis “Satchmo” Armstronghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgoVDTwPaA0&feature=fvst

  9. Bessie Smithhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cngx_KKiWE&feature=related

  10. Dance Crazes • Charleston • Black Bottom • Shimmy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uor5mrzNtFg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGPnPHrrZeA

  11. Flappers • Now that women had the right to vote, they became more independent demanding more and more rights. Flappers were a "new breed" of youngwomen in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms

  12. Fashion for ShebasCloche Flapper Bob

  13. Century: Boom to Bust • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foooDFF9Dgs

  14. Movies • The film industry really bloomed in the 1920’s. The first movies were filmed in New Jersey. Films of the 1920's were in major demand. Most of the productions were silent and theaters were packed every night. The Big 5 included MGM, Fox, and Warner Brothers. Minor studios at the time were Universal Studios, United Artists, and Columbia Pictures.

  15. Clara Bow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxo_99eaEEA Clara Bow stared in “It” and “Wings”. After starring in the movie “It” she was called the “It” Girl. Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson were also popular. When talkie movies became popular Clara lost her job.

  16. Betty Boop • Banned now this Betty Boop cartoon showed how racism existed in the 1920’s • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxHfwhckcs

  17. Charlie Chaplin One of the greatest comedians of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qsd6FX3C0c Rudolph Valentino-Lawrence of Arabia Douglas Fairbanks-Zorro Robin Hood

  18. Fashion for Sheiks

  19. Radio • An invention, which soon after became a popular fad, was the radio. The radio was immensely popular. (Remember: there is no TV at this time) Radio did everything the TV does for us. If you tuned in at the right time, you could catch comedy shows, news, live events, jazz, variety shows, drama, opera, you name it, the radio had it!

  20. Abbott and Costellohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

  21. Fads • Smoking in public • Extreme dieting • Bobbed hair • Showing your knees • Marathons • Feats of Endurance-Charles Lindbergh Amelia Earheart • Flagpole Sitters

  22. Arts and Architecture Skyscrapers were erected and hundreds of architects competed for the work. The first successful design was the Woolworth Building in New York.

  23. Frank Lloyd Wright • Frank Lloyd Wright was prolific during this period, designing homes in California and in Japan. 

  24. Surrealism Salvador Dali

  25. Dadaism Dadaism was an art movement. The Dadaists were mainly a group of ill-organized artists experimenting with bizarre art and literature. The artists wanted to take modern art into a direction that would broaden the meaning of "what art was and could be".

  26. Culture • One of the biggest cultural developments of the 1920’s was the rise of spectator sports. • Golf was at the height of its popularity in the 1920’s • Olympics were extremely popular • But the number one sport of the 1920’s was:

  27. Baseball The Babe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyFaLT-L2uk

  28. Harry Houdini

  29. The first Mickey Mouse cartoon came out in 1928. Steamboat Willie

  30. Pooh A book that was published was Winnie the Pooh. Everybody enjoyed this book and fell in love with this cartoon character.

  31. Inventions We are still benefiting from many of the inventions of the twenties.  The refrigerator was brought out of the dust.  It changed  the convenience of the world today. Can you imagine? Always having to run to a cellar, This could be a pain, especially in the middle of the winter.  

  32. Frozen Food • Another invention for convenience was the method of freezing precooked foods.  In 1925, Clarence Birdseye created this method, which took the food industry to a whole new level

  33. Penicillin • Penicillin was discovered by accident in 1928 by Alexander Fleming.  Doctors used the first samples of this antibiotic for World War II soldiers. Penicillin is still used frequently to cure illness.

  34. Cars Possibly the most significant change during the 20's was the mass production of the Car started by Henry Ford, he had manufactured and sold some 15 million Model-Ts by 1927 Nicknamed Tin Lizzie Only available in black

  35. The Bad • Gangsters, Crime and Prohibition • WCTU against drinking • Prohibition-18th amendment-Volstead Act • Illegal drinking establishments-speakeasies • Rise of bootlegging • Al Capone • Rise of the KKK

  36. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJuEi-U6pmo

  37. Alphonsus Capone • Scarface • Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. • 100,000,000 a year income • 80-90% of cops on payroll in Chicago • Enemy Bugs Moran “St Valentines Day massacre • Final arrest • Dies

  38. Red Scare • The First Red Scare was "a nation-wide anti-radical hysteria provoked by a mounting fear and anxiety that a Bolshevik revolution in America was imminent--a revolution that would destroy property, church, home, marriage, civility, and the American way of life."

  39. The Ugly Sacco and Vanzetti anarchists U.S. Anti-immigrant (xenophobic) Found guilty and executed

  40. Scopes Monkey Trial The Teaching of Evolution vs. Creationism William Jennings Bryant/Clarence Darrow Why has religion been discouraged in schools?

  41. Ku Klux Klan The decade is also seen as a period of rising intolerance and isolation. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, restrictive immigration laws, and prohibition are indications of this. Klan gained political power in the 1920’s due to resentment of cultural change coming from Northern cities. Historians usually see the 1920s as a decade of serious cultural conflict. 

  42. The Century Boom to Bust Part 3 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPP7FE8RIbY

  43. Can you guess what these slang terms mean?

  44. Bees knees • Bump off • Cheaters • Dogs • Gams • Giggle water • Jake

  45. That’s why it was called the roaring twenties

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