1920’s1920’s

The Good, The Bad,The Good, The Bad,

And the UglyAnd the Ugly

1920’s1920’s

    The decade of the 1920s is often The decade of the 1920s is often characterized as a period of American characterized as a period of American prosperity and optimismprosperity and optimism. It was the . It was the "Roaring Twenties,""Roaring Twenties," the decade of bath tub the decade of bath tub gin, the gin, the model Tmodel T, the , the $5 work day$5 work day, the first , the first transatlantic flight, and transatlantic flight, and the moviethe movie. It is . It is often seen as a period of great advance as often seen as a period of great advance as the nation became urban and commercial. the nation became urban and commercial.

The Good

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

Harlem Art

Aaron Douglas

Poets, Musicians, and Artists

Langston Hughes

DREAMSHold 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

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.

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

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

Dance Crazes

Charleston

Black Bottom

Shimmy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uor5mrzNtFg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGPnPHrrZeA

Flappers

Now that women had the right to vote, they became more independent demanding more and more rights. Flappers were a "new breed" of young women 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

Fashion for ShebasCloche Flapper Bob

Century: Boom to Bust

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foooDFF9Dgs

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.

Clara Bow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxo_99eaEEAClara Bow stared in “It” and “Wings”. After starring in the movie “It” she wascalled the “It” Girl. Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson were also popular. When talkie movies became popularClara lost her job.

Betty Boop

Banned now this Betty Boop cartoon showed how racism existed in the 1920’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxHfwhckcs

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

Fashion for Sheiks

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!

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

Fads

Smoking in public Extreme dieting Bobbed hair Showing your knees MarathonsFeats of Endurance-Charles Lindbergh

Amelia EarheartFlagpole Sitters

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.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

Surrealism

Salvador Dali

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".

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:

Baseball

The Babe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyFaLT-L2uk

Harry HoudiniHarry Houdini

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

Pooh

A book that was published

was Winnie the Pooh. 

Everybody enjoyed this book

and fell in love

with this cartoon character.

Inventions

We are still benefiting from many ofthe inventions of the twenties.  Therefrigerator was brought out of thedust.  It changed  the convenience ofthe world today. Can you imagine? Always having to run to a cellar, This could be a pain, especially in themiddle of the winter.      

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

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. 

Cars

Possibly the most significant changeduring 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 LizzieOnly available in black

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

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

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

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."

The UglyThe Ugly

Sacco and VanzettiSacco and Vanzetti

anarchistsanarchists

U.S.U.S.

Anti-immigrant (xenophobic)Anti-immigrant (xenophobic)

Found guilty and executedFound guilty and executed

Scopes Monkey TrialScopes Monkey Trial

The Teaching of Evolution vs. CreationismThe Teaching of Evolution vs. Creationism

William Jennings Bryant/Clarence DarrowWilliam Jennings Bryant/Clarence Darrow

Why has religion been discouragedWhy has religion been discouraged

in schools? in schools?

Ku Klux KlanKu Klux Klan

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

The Century Boom to Bust Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPP7FE8RIbY

Can you guess what these slang terms Can you guess what these slang terms mean?mean?

Bees kneesBees kneesBump offBump offCheatersCheatersDogsDogsGamsGamsGiggle waterGiggle waterJakeJake

That’s why it was called the roaring twentiesThat’s why it was called the roaring twenties