youth and society in the 1920’s
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YOUTH AND SOCIETY IN THE 1920’S
By Olivia Haas
PROHIBITION
SPEAKEASYClick icon to add picture
• Also called a blind pig
• Encouraged the
illegal consumption
of alcohol.
• “Speakeasy boys,
speak easy”-Kate
Hester
STOCK MARKET CRASH 1929
START OF THE GREAT DEPRESSIONClick icon to add picture
• Started at the end of
the 1920’s lasted until
early WWII.
• Millions left jobless
LANGUAGE
Bearcat-hot wild woman
Baloney- nonsense
Cash or Check- do you want a kiss now or later?
Cheaters-eyeglasses
FASHION
DRESSClick icon to add picture
• Began having a
“boyish” look.
• Hemline reseeded to
above the knee.
• Did away with corsets
and pantaloons.
• Straight waist, and
sleeveless arms
MAKEUPClick icon to add picture
• Heavy dark eye
makeup.
• Started wearing “kiss
proof” lipstick
• Pale skin
HAIRClick icon to add picture
• The bob- boyish cut
normally cut to the
chin level.
• Very short
FLAPPER STYLE
DATINGClick icon to add picture
• Chaperoned
• Petting parties-meaning
kissing and fondling but
not having intercourse.
• Dating didn’t necessarily
mean they were going to
get married.
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
COLLEGE LIFEClick icon to add picture
• “She doesn’t drink, she
doesn’t pet, she hasn’t
even been to college
yet.”-1920’s joke
• Made it possible to break
away from parents and
make their own ways into
society
SEXUAL MORALS
NOW CLOSER THAN EVER
FAMOUS PEOPLE
CHARLES LINDBERGH
• Nickname- “Lucky
Lindy”
• First to fly solo
• Spirit of St. Louis-
airplane
AMELIA EARHART
• First woman to fly solo
across the Atlantic
• Attempted to fly
across the world but
was lost at sea
somewhere around the
Bermuda Triangle.
AL CAPONEClick icon to add picture
• Nickname-”Scarface”
• Married Mae Coughlin
• Famous mobster of the
1920’s.
• Imprisoned in Alcatraz-
no knowledge of the
outside world while
there.
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