PPT-Life in the 1920’s

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth The sequel was like a childrens party taken over by the elders F Scott Fitzgerald Rural to Urban America became a more urban nation. THE LOITERERS and OTHER POEMS By LOUIS LEAKEY Published by The Loiterers Carnegie Hall, New York. Copies may be had from Brentano's or Putnams. 1920 Copyright LOUIS LEAKEY 1920. rbB 18 1920 J .A56i886 SLO’s. Henry Ford moved America forward economically. SW describe how the consumer revolution and bull market came to be. How are the effects of the economic boom on urban and rural similar/different?. Introduction. Bloodied by war and disillusioned by peace, Americans turned inward in the 1920’s. The boom of the 20’s had many benefits on Americans. Incomes and the living standard rose for many, but there seemed something incredible about all of it. . number) Course Section Course Title Bldg./Rm Begin-End Day(s) HUM 1920 0001 FIG COLLOQUIUM HCB_0212 10:10AM-11:00AM W CGS 2100 0004 MICRO APPL FOR BS/EC HCB_0101 03:35PM-04:50PM TR FLH_0255 12:30PM-01 Fad’s Begin. What is a fad?. Many people in the early 1920’s picked up on the latest fads and crazes, perhaps in an attempt to forget the painful memories of the war years.. Mass Media Begins. Most fads came to Canada from the United States in 1920. . Daily Question?. Have women had reasons to rebel before the 1920’s?. Flapper Article. Changes in the Role of Women. After World War One :women had an increased presence in the factory workforce. Increased presence in college scene. Prohibition. January 1920- 18th Amendment. Sale of alcohol was illegal . Bootlegging- Illegally producing and selling alcohol . Speakeasies. Illegal establishments that sold liquor. “Speak easy” when you are at a bar so you don’t look nervous or act suspicious . By 1920, just over 20 percent of Americans were high school graduates and only 8 percent were college graduates. . C. ollege . football was enormously popular with the nation's populace. . People . attended games and huddled by their radios to follow the action on Saturday afternoons. . There were significant differences between the quality of play and the fan base for pro and college basketball. . Many of the professionals never went to college and some did not even complete high school. . The “manly art of boxing,” seemingly ingrained in many cultures and introduced in the original Olympics in about 688 . bce. , adopted the Marquis of Queensbury rules in the late 1800s and made the sport less violent. . 30. “They . were smart and sophisticated, with an air of independence about them, and so casual about their looks and clothes and manners as to be almost slapdash. I don't know if I realized as soon as I began seeing them that they represented the wave of the future, but I do know I was drawn to them. I shared their restlessness, understood their determination to free themselves of the Victorian shackles of the pre-World War I era and find out for themselves what life was all about. “”Hey what about the 24th?” read . and annotate the text for Speaker and Occasion. . Highlight textual evidence using your . Blue or Purple. Label your evidence with an S and O.. Write your annotation using Sentence Stems! . 16 franchises . had been established for at least a decade, the World Series had become institutionalized since its onset in . 1900. . Minor-league . baseball teams at levels from Class AAA to Class D were located in almost every town of more than 10,000 . American . Communist Party . formed in 1919. c. ommunist ideas frightened much of the public. Palmer Raids . (1919) resulted in the deportation and arrest of . thousands. n. o evidence of revolutionary conspiracies uncovered.