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Roaring 20’s
A change to the American
culture
Standards and EQ
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SSUSH16 The student will
identify key developments in the
aftermath of WW I.
EQ – Why would an isolationist
influence by the government of
the USA lead to the explosion of
culture in the 1920’s?
Why culture changed…..
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During the war, all industrialization
and manufacturing was war
centered…
After the war, manufacturing focused
on making life better and more
enjoyable.
America had reached “modernity” –
time period of modernizing all parts
of the country
How did we become “Modern”
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The mass production and
affordability of the auto had mass
impact..
• Let’s recap the impact the auto had.
Auto impact
Modernity comes in other ways
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Mass production and the perfection
of the assembly lines allows for the
cheap production of many goods..
• Radio
• Films
• Electrification
• Harlem Renaissance
Henry Ford and the assembly
line
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Henry Ford Changes the World, 1908
Radio
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The radio has almost as great an
impact on America as the
automobile.
Nationwide radio allows the country
to create a form of “commonality”
and common culture that can be
shared nationwide.
What commonalities or “common
culture” do we share in 2010?
2015 common culture
Radio and heroes
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The radio allows for the creation of
“heroes” and Icons in American culture
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Red Grange
Bobby Jones
Charles Lindbergh
Knute Rockne
Babe Ruth
Will Rogers
Etc……
Films
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Due to mass production it becomes
cheap to create films.
• First films are black and white and
silent. CHARLIE CHAPLIN starts in them
and becomes famous
• Eventually films become black and white
with sound and by late 1920’s color.
Jazz Age
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Jazz music becomes the largest form
of music during the time.
The radio assists the growth of Jazz
New Orleans is considered the birth
place of jazz, but many jazz clubs
pop up in large cities: notably
Chicago and New York (Tin Pan
Alley)
Tin Pan Alley
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Existed from the 1890’s to 1930’s.
• Became popular during the Roaring 20’s
• Was a place for aspiring musicians to go to get
“discovered”.
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Nashville is for country singers today as Tin Pan Alley
would have been for all singers in the 1920’s
• Tin Pan Alley - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
• Irving Berlin is the most famous of the Tin Pan
alley Era singers
• White Christmas,
Harlem Renaissance
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African Americans made significant strides
during the 1920’s
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural
explosion for the African Americans in
America and was attributed to the role
African Americans played during WWI and
it is attributed to the Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
Marcus Garvey - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia – This man’s ideas influence
much of the progress of the time
Lost Generation
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Post WWI literature writers are often
referred to as the lost generation due
to the feelings of: conformity,
disillusionment, hero worship,
intolerance, isolationism, success,
women’s reform, realism,
humanitarianism, anti-communism,
materialism……..
• What a disjointed grouping of ideas!
Flappers
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Women described as funloving,
carefree, bold,and rebellious
Wore short skirts and tight clothing.
Cut hair short and make up
Drank and smoked in public
Flapper - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
Work in the following groups
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Assignments
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Each of these people, places or things
emerged during the 1920’s to help this
time period develop the moniker “Roaring
20’s”.
Group 1: Mass production, bull market,
buying on margin, Andrew Mellon
Group 2: Urban growth, bootlegging,
speakeasies
Group 3:, Washington Naval conference,
Kellog-Briand pact, Dawes Plan
Group 4: Charlie Chaplin, Sigmund Freud
Assignments
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Group 5: SCOPES TRIAL and
Clarence Darrow (relation to
modernism)
Group 6: quota system, (specific
countries affected)
Group 7: Marcus Garvey and “Black
consciousness”
Group 8: Jazz and Harlem
renaissance (specific names),
Vaudeville
Teacher – Empire State building
Please create the following
chart
TERM
MEANING /
IMPORTANCE/DATE
IMPACT
Be able to explain what main theme links your words. Ex –
economic policies, war policies, immigration policies……etc….