Life in the 1920sCulture of the Roaring 20s

Radio in the 1920s

Americans have more money & more free time

Radio provides news & entertainment

1929 800 radio stations 10 million homes (1/3) NBC & CBS

Phonograph & Records

1920s Dances: The Charleston

1.  Place feet together2.  Right foot - Step back                                                               3.  Left foot - Kick back4.  Left foot - Step forward to beginning position                                       5.  Right foot - Kick forward6.  Return to beginning position and repeat 1.  Hold arms out, bend elbows, point hands up2.  Swing arms from elbows to right and then to left3.  Combine feet and arm movements

Movies

Sound added to movies in 1927

“Talkies” Large movie theatres 80 million Americans

a week Movie stars become

celebrities

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Charlie Chaplin

Rudolph Valentino

Clara Bow

Sports in the 1920s

Radio broadcasts sporting events

Athletes become celebrities

Babe Ruth

Helen Wills

Gertrude Ederle

Swam English Chanel at age 19

35 miles in 14 hours 39 minutes

29 US & World records Gold & Bronze Medal in

the 1924 Olympics

Lucky Lindy

Charles Lindberg 1st man to fly solo across

the Atlantic New York to Paris in 33 ½

hours International celebrity $25,000 prize money

The Flapper

The “New Woman” Boyish look Short hair, bob cut Short skirts Smoke in public, dance,

drive in cars, wear make-up Independent Challenge traditional roles

of women

Josephine Baker

Prohibition

18th Amendment passed in 1919

Abolishes the sale, manufacture & distribution of alcohol

Volstead Act enforces Prohibition

America goes dry

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Bootlegging Alcohol

Speakeasies

Underground, hidden bars

Password to get in Became “fun” to drink Illegal, increase in

criminal activity

Raid by the Police

Al Capone

Prohibition increases organized crime

Al Capone Chicago Bring alcohol in from

Canada Bribe police, public

officials, judges Gang warfare

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

Capone & Ness

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Prohibition Repealed

21st Amendment Repeals 18th

Amendment Ratified Dec. 5, 1933

Fundamentalism

Many changes in the 20s People believed America is

losing its morals & values Return to strong Christian

values Oppose scientific theories Believe Bible should be taken

literally

Scopes “Monkey” Trial

Illegal to teach evolution in school

Must teach creationism John Scopes breaks

the law in Tennessee Put on trial Battle of science vs.

religion William Jennings Bryan

vs. Clarence Darrow

John Scopes

The Verdict

Scopes found guilty Fined $100 Appeal to the Supreme

Court Case thrown out on a

technicality Most states continue to

teach creationism until the 1960s