1920’s – The New 1920’s – The New EraEra

"Hip flasks of hooch, jazz, "Hip flasks of hooch, jazz, speakeasies, bobbed hair, 'the speakeasies, bobbed hair, 'the lost generation.' The Twenties lost generation.' The Twenties

are endlessly fascinating. It was are endlessly fascinating. It was the first truly modern decade the first truly modern decade

and, for better or worse, it and, for better or worse, it created the model for society created the model for society

that all the world follows today." that all the world follows today." (Rayburn, "Two Views of the (Rayburn, "Two Views of the

1920s.")1920s.")

Economic GrowthEconomic Growth

Manufacturing output rose Manufacturing output rose

by 60 %by 60 % Per capita income grew by Per capita income grew by

1/31/3 Inflation = negligibleInflation = negligible Mild recession in 1923Mild recession in 1923BrinkleyBrinkley

Why Economic Growth?Why Economic Growth?

World War IWorld War IAutomobileAutomobile

BrinkleyBrinkley

Technology in the Technology in the 20s20s

The automobile is The automobile is the greatest the greatest invention of invention of

mankind.mankind.

Automobile Production Automobile Production in 1924in 1924

United States - 3504United States - 3504 Canada - 135Canada - 135 France - 145France - 145 United Kingdom - 133United Kingdom - 133 Germany - 18Germany - 18 Italy - 35Italy - 35 Czechoslovakia - 2Czechoslovakia - 2 Russia - 0 Russia - 0

Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh

Up until May 1927, Up until May 1927, no human had ever no human had ever crossed the great crossed the great divide that divide that separates the North separates the North American and American and European European continents in an continents in an airplane non-stop. airplane non-stop. Lindbergh was the Lindbergh was the first to do it! first to do it!

Era of SuspicionEra of Suspicion

By Assaf Harpaz

Thesis: The fear of immigrants and the idea of foreign trends such as Communism lead to extreme measures such laws and Quotas forbidding foreign laborers, which resulted with the red scare in and the new KKK, promoting Nativism and American purity.

Ku Klux KlanKu Klux Klan Most powerful Most powerful

during the 1920's during the 1920's Membership rose Membership rose

to nearly three to nearly three million members.  million members. 

The klan aimed to The klan aimed to alienate non-alienate non-whites and other whites and other religious groups religious groups from the rest of from the rest of American society. American society. 

SACCO-VANZETTI CASE SACCO-VANZETTI CASE

Prohibition & Prohibition & Organized CrimeOrganized Crime

Al CaponeAl Capone Born in New York in Born in New York in

18991899 He helped build Chicago He helped build Chicago

projects, gave to the projects, gave to the needy, helped the needy, helped the elderly, and was great elderly, and was great with kids. with kids.

He gave away a lot of his He gave away a lot of his money, and it was part money, and it was part of the defense for his tax of the defense for his tax evasion trial. evasion trial.

Capone ultimately went Capone ultimately went to prison for tax evasionto prison for tax evasion

Died in 1947Died in 1947

Sports Sports Celebrities and Celebrities and

HeroesHeroes

Babe RuthBabe Ruth

As the decade As the decade began, baseball began, baseball had its first had its first $100,000-plus $100,000-plus trade deal, when trade deal, when Babe Ruth was Babe Ruth was sold by the Boston sold by the Boston Red Sox to the Red Sox to the New York Yankees New York Yankees for $125,000. for $125,000.

Lou Gehrig - “The Iron Lou Gehrig - “The Iron Horse”Horse”

(1903-1941)(1903-1941)

New York Yankees' New York Yankees' first baseman from first baseman from 1924 to 1939 1924 to 1939

played in 2,130 played in 2,130 straight gamesstraight games

He accrued an He accrued an impressive lifetime impressive lifetime batting average batting average of .340of .340

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (1888-1951) (1888-1951)

Jackson holds the all-Jackson holds the all-time record season time record season batting average, batting average,

Banned from the Banned from the game in 1921 after game in 1921 after being accused of being accused of "throwing" the 1919 "throwing" the 1919 World Series with World Series with seven teammates of seven teammates of the Chicago White the Chicago White Sox. Sox.

Gertrude Ederle Gertrude Ederle (1906-)(1906-)

On Aug. 6, 1926 19-On Aug. 6, 1926 19-year-old Gertrude year-old Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle of New "Trudy" Ederle of New York became the first York became the first woman to swim the woman to swim the English Channel, and English Channel, and she did it in a time she did it in a time that shattered (by two that shattered (by two hours) existing men's hours) existing men's records of the day (14 records of the day (14 hours, 31 minutes). hours, 31 minutes).

Harlem Harlem RenaissanceRenaissance

The Great MigrationThe Great Migration

Cotton ClubCotton Club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAYoZaKu83M&feature=related

Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDDCzb3dv_Y

Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbL9vr4Q2LU

Billie HolidayBillie Holiday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

Lyrics(as sung by Billie Holiday)Strange Fruit - Lewis Allan

Southern trees bear a strange fruit,

Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,

Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze,

Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant South,

The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,

Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,

Then the sudden smell of burning flesh!

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,

For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,

For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,

Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Josephine BakerJosephine Baker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4MqCcVXyQU&feature=related

Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqYMTpXHc

EntertainmentEntertainment

Vaudeville Vaudeville

Palace theaterPalace theater

The focal point of The focal point of vaudevillevaudeville

In the heart of In the heart of New York's theater New York's theater district, at district, at Broadway and 47th Broadway and 47th

It was every It was every actor's ambition to actor's ambition to play the Palace in play the Palace in New York. New York.

Louise BrooksLouise Brooks

a 20th century icon.a 20th century icon. Her hair is her Her hair is her

trademark the trademark the famous "black famous "black helmet". helmet".

Fair skinned and Fair skinned and freckled, Brooks freckled, Brooks appeared on film as appeared on film as something almost something almost luminous. luminous.

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo 1905-19901905-1990

Garbo's last silent Garbo's last silent film, MGM's last film, MGM's last silent movie of the silent movie of the era, was era, was The KissThe Kiss in in the fall of 1929. It the fall of 1929. It was her tenth film was her tenth film and by this time she and by this time she had attained had attained Hollywood's position Hollywood's position as top leading lady. as top leading lady.

Audiences in October 1927 Audiences in October 1927 were wildly enthusiastic were wildly enthusiastic when America's favorite when America's favorite jazz singer, Al Jolson broke jazz singer, Al Jolson broke into song, ad-libbed with into song, ad-libbed with his mother at the piano, his mother at the piano, and proclaimed the famous and proclaimed the famous line: "You ain't heard line: "You ain't heard nothin' yet!" nothin' yet!"

The commercialization of The commercialization of sound-on-film, and the sound-on-film, and the transformation of the transformation of the industry from silent films to industry from silent films to talkies became a reality talkies became a reality with the success of this with the success of this film. film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKU43kD1Dmo&feature=related

Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin

1889 -19771889 -1977 Talkies are Talkies are

spoiling the oldest spoiling the oldest art in the world - art in the world - the art of the art of pantomime. They pantomime. They are ruining the are ruining the great beauty of great beauty of silence. They are silence. They are defeating the defeating the meaning of the meaning of the screen.screen.- Charlie Chaplin, - Charlie Chaplin, 19291929

Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJOuoyoMhj8&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKbDNY0Zwg&feature=related

DancingDancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyOWM6S1ITA

““[The flapper] symbolized an age anxious to [The flapper] symbolized an age anxious to enjoy itself, anxious to forget the past, enjoy itself, anxious to forget the past,

anxious to ignore the future.”anxious to ignore the future.” (Jacques Chastenet)(Jacques Chastenet)

Rural vs Urban Rural vs Urban ValuesValues

Billy SundayBilly Sunday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvRJOSL6STY

BibliographyBibliography

http://faculty.pittstate.edu/http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html~knichols/jazzage.html