the roaring 20’s social change in american society
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The The RoaringRoaring
20’s20’sSocial Change in American Society
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Increasing Increasing ConsumerismConsumerism
• CREDIT• Advertising~
o Billboards~Celebrities~Sex Appeal
• Want vs. Need• More products to buy• Personal Prosperity
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Sports ManiaSports Mania
• Increased Leisure Time• Increased Income• “Age of Play” Tennis, Golf, Football, Boxing
(Jack Demsey), Baseball, Swimming (Gertrude Ederle), Basketball
• Hero Status• Segregation
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Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance• Harlem, NY- Cultural Center• JAZZ – Louis Armstrong• Black Pride• Other Arts recognized:
o Aaron Douglas and Langston Hughes
• Brought Cultures together-Night Clubs
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ProhibitionProhibition• 18th Amendment – Supposed to End
Social Problems• Speakeasies/Bootleggers• Organized Crime - Al Capone• Difficult to enforce - Elliot Ness• Repealed 21st Amendment
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Popularity of Radio Popularity of Radio and Moviesand Movies
• KDKA- Election of 1920• Music-News-Shows• Birth of Hollywood
Stars- Pickford, Chaplin, Bow, Valentino
• Rags to Riches/Moral Decline• Major entertainment of the decade
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Improved Improved TransportationTransportation
• Henry Ford-Model T- Affordable• New Industries• New Freedom-
Connections-Travel-Entertainment• Charles Lindbergh-
“The Spirit of St. Louis”• Barnstormers• Commercial Airlines
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Changing Role of Changing Role of WomenWomen
• Work during WWI• Right to Vote- 19th Amendment• Involvement in Politics – Jeanette
Rankin• “Flappers”• Birth Control – Margaret Sanger• Challenge Traditions