PPT-Minstrelsy on Record: 1890s to 1920s

Tim Brooks ARSC Conference May 2014 Origins of Minstrelsy 1843 Christy Minstrels Black Minstrels Earliest Minstrel Records 1889 Duffy amp Imgrund Band The Jolly Minstrel 1891 Manhasset Quartette Minstrel 1. Blackface minstrelsy had its beginnings in the 1830s, when minstrel musical acts appeared as interludes in an evening's theatrical entertainment or as one act in a circus. In 1843 four performers band Anthony Parisi. Claire . Hatala. Maria Maguire. Megan Witt. Topic. How does . The Great Gatsby. reflect the . 1920s as . an era of great change? Include the underdeveloped social issues in . Gatsby. The 1920s. 1920s Slang. The 1920s was a colorful decade in both Europe and America, sandwiched between the hardships of the two World Wars. Especially in the United States, the 1920s was also accompanied with a dizzying amount of slang, most of which was used by young people. Many phrases from 1920s slang are still used in modern English, as is the case with terms like “baby” for sweetheart, “necking” for making out, “john” for toilet, and “Joe” for coffee. Others have faded into obscurity, only to be revived in films and books which celebrate the 1920s.. Society in the 1920s. Mass Media in the Jazz Age. Cultural Conflicts. The Jazz Age. The 1920s were a time of rapid social change in which many people . –. particularly women . –. adopted new lifestyles and attitudes.. We’ve looked at the interesting, now how do we get to the cause of the depression?. I can understand the CRASH of the 20s. Listen to the song . “Blue Skies”. by Irving Berlin. Respond to the following questions in your. The Roaring Twenties. Life Magazine cover page celebrating the 1920s, http://theroaringtwentieshistory.blogspot.ca/p/events-of-twenties.html . The Roaring Twenties. Music. Jazz, fast, happy, fun. Fashion. Themes. ,Advertising and Attitudes towards Consumerism/Mass Media. Characteristics of the Twenties. Mass-Produced consumer goods. Consolidation of Companies. Electrification. Automobile. Rising Stock Prices. Introduction. Quote. : “American women were transformed after World War I. They seemed to embody the changes going on in the country itself. The United States went from a young industrial state that was accumulating the capital to build factories and railroads to a world power with a consumer economy that relied on its citizens to keep the boom going by borrowing money and buying homes and cars. Meanwhile, the celibate settlement house worker was replaced as a female prototype by the jazz-crazed flapper dancing the Charleston in a speakeasy. Everything that had anything to do with consumption was in style. That included drinking, smoking, and sex - for women as well as men.” -- 'America's Women, 400 years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines' by Gail Collins. Tin Pan Alley. From Minstrelsy to Mass Culture. Importance of Tin Pan Alley. Minstrelsy: The Making of Mainstream U.S. Culture. Early 1800s. Early American music existed in shadow on European opera. Upper Class-Opera. Why do you think there was so much upheaval and so many changes directly after World War I? Why were people suddenly eager to act so differently – why were they more willing to take risks? . Postwar Social Changes. The Ku Klux Klan is an outlawed, racist, ultra-conservative, fraternal organization dedicated to the supremacy of an Anglo-Saxon, Protestant society. Although never successful across Canada, the Klan was briefly popular in . 1.) 18th Amendment. . -- passed in 1919, made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal. Why were people for prohibition?. •. People blame high crime rates on alcohol. •. People believe alcohol is evil. Chapter 20: . The Roaring Twenties. Main Idea:. The United States experienced many social changes during the 1920s.. Chapter 20 . Section . 1: American Life Changes. New Roles for Women. New Opportunities. Reconstruction. Progressive Movement/Party and Populist Party. World War I. The Reconstruction/Civil Rights. Think About It:. What . . has been the lasting impact of the 13. th. , 14. th. , and 15.