13 sec. 3 education & popular culture. schools enrollment went from 1 million to 4 million...
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Radio By 1930, 40% of Americans had radios In 1929, Americans spent 850 million on radios NBC was the first radio network, CBS was the second Americans became more in tune with national and world newsTRANSCRIPT
13 sec. 3
Education & Popular Culture
Schools
• Enrollment went from 1 million to 4 million between 1914-1926
• Many of the students spoke no English
Radio
• By 1930, 40% of Americans had radios• In 1929, Americans spent 850 million on
radios• NBC was the first radio network, CBS
was the second• Americans became more in tune with
national and world news
Radios of the 20’s
Radios of the 1920’s
Sports Heroes
• Babe Ruth - pudgy baseball star, hard-drinking womanizing, hit 60 HRs in 1927
• Jack Dempsey - boxing star of the 20’s• Red Grange - college football star for
Illinois• Notre Dame - had five undefeated
seasons in the 1920’s
Babe Ruth
Notre Dame
Charles Lindbergh
• Made the first solo flight across the Atlantic
• Paid $25,000• Later his son was kidnapped and killed
Movies
• Became popular at the time with talkies
King Kong
Writers
• Called the “Lost Generation”• Many moved to Paris because they
thought America uninteresting• Criticized churches, small towns, the
middle class, and politicians