A REVOLUTION IN STYLES AND MANNERS

The Roaring Twenties

Popular Entertainment

Radio, movies, and sports became the focus of American popular culture. Radio

KDKA- 1st radio station in Pittsburgh went on air in November 1920

Movies Before WWI, silent movies were shown in small

cinemas where admission was only 5¢ The Jazz Singer was the first talking picture

released in 1927 Sports

To arouse interest in upcoming sports events, promoters billed every big event as the most thrilling in history

In 1920 Babe Ruth of the NY Yankees set a new record for home runs. People began pouring into the new Yankee Stadium to watch him break his own record

Culture and StyleThe most important musical development of the

1920s was jazz. 1920s became known as the “Jazz Age” Rooted in black spirituals and African folk rhythms

Popular dances Fox-trot, the camel-walk, the tango, and the Charleston

Flappers A new woman was born

“modern” and “rebellious” She cut her hair, wore make-up, went to petty parties, smoked,

drank, danced, and voted

Fads and FanciesAmericans in the 1920s amused themselves

with an assortment of games and fads. Mah Jong

Chinese game played with colored tiles

Crossword puzzles The idea started in Sunday newspapers

Magazines The magazines founded in the 1920s had a

more lasting effect on American popular culture Life Time Reader’s Digest

The Literary Life

American writers were discontent with society. The Lost Generation

Group of American writers who rebelled against the post-war America which had become materialistic Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald Ezra Pound Gertrude Stein

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