The Roaring 20s By Helen and Alisa Context events leading up to it Industrialization beginning with and because of WW1 USA is least affected World Power Economic ID: 773687
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The Roaring 20‘s By Helen and Alisa
Context- events leading up to it Industrialization , beginning with and because of WW1USA is least affected World PowerEconomic Boom; wild speculationso on stock marketsBlack Friday (Wallstreet crash) in 1929Mass unemployment- middle class has loss of their fortunesRoosevelt closes „New Deal“Hitler erects Nazi GermanyRussia becomes communist From 1920-1929
The Roaring 20‘s C haracterized by: Rapidly changing lifestylesFinancial excessesFast pace of technological progress Entire new economies such as mobility, media communication and mass production World wide new ways of expressionRejecting the pre war habits and structures jazz, dance theatre, fashion but also drug consumption, free body culture and sexual liberation occured as a mass phenomenom.
Society Research Politics Economy 20 End of WW1Hirarchical society to society of common interestsMilitary engineeringTrauma of VerdunPsychological warfareInternational cooperations Entertainment IndustryElectrification/Motorization/Mechanization Desorientation Dissolution of cities Definition by group interests Desire for social affiliation Desire for new expression
Research/ Innovations in the 1920‘s Mobility AirplanesNaval architectureMotor vehiclesMechanical engineering TunnelsHigh rise buildingsMedicinePsychology/ Trauma researchBacteriologyPhysicsBeginn of atom physics (Otto Hahn)General theory of relativity (Albert Einstein)Radiology (Marie Curie)Telecommunication engineeringRadioCinemaFilmNewspapersTelephoneTelegram
Economy in the 1920‘s Electrification /Motorization /MechanizationLoop Chicago SubwayMetroEntertainment IndustryFilm-Hollywood, UFA MediaNewspaper publishers News agenciesRadio stationsInternational cooperations SiemensKruppMercedesAEG
Society in the 1920‘s Elitist pleasure Dance floorsCabarets Mass cultureArt and culture reached the massDesire for Pleasure Distraction, Amusement and excitementAvantgardeInternationally open International styleRevealing experimenting Women appear more masculineExotic eroticism New artistic expression
Fashion Expression of SocietyNew self esteem of women New handling of sexualityHomosexuality Working womenDriving carsDoing sportsAcademic studiesFormal influencesClear designStraight linesFunctional
Writers F.Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby1925 Portrayed people who became successful in social and financial worlds, but didn’t share the same property in their moralsAdolf Hitel Mein Kampf1925 AutobiographyA.A MilneWinnie the Pooh1926A fictional bear named after the author’s son teddy bear
Artists The Jazz Age( Jazz was born in New Orleans) Marion Harris first white widely known jazz and blues singerVernon Dalhartmajor influence in the field of country musicMamie Smiththe first African American to make a blues recordingEck Robertsonbecame the first country musician to be recorded Louis Daniel ArmstrongTrumpeter, cornet player, singer
Architecture Upgrade of low cost housing Homes are more affordable Introduction of agencies (home planing , building, financing)Invention of new materials easier to cool and heatmore hygenicMore suited to modern livingTudorbethan StyleThe construction was either brick with surface treatments or wood-frames with brick infillBungalowDevelopment of steelSkyscraperinvention of the elevator