The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring TwentiesNew Roles for WomenDuring WWI women increasingly worked and expected to continue even after the warMany women in America began to fight the traditional roles and standards of womenFlapper young women of the 20s who defied traditional ideas of proper dress and behavior. Flappers shocked society by cutting their hair, showing off their ankles, smoking, drinking, and going out dancing at nightFlappers - The Roaring Twenties - YouTube

Prohibition18th Amendment (1919) banned the manufacturing, selling, and transporting of alcoholHowever, enforcing it was nearly impossible to and people had no troubling obtaining alcohol during this timeProhibition led to a rise in smuggling and bootlegging operationsSpeakeasies sprang up around the country illegal bars and taverns

Harlem RenaissanceDuring the early 1900s thousands of African-Americans left the south and settled in the urban areas of the north in what was called the Great MigrationWhen African-Americans settled they often lived in entirely African-American areas, such as Harlem in New York CityHarlem Renaissance a large movement that promoted the music, writing, and art of African-Americans

Jazz MusicLouis Armstrong - Savoy BluesArmstrong and other musicians helped to make jazz music not just for the African-American culture

Popular CultureIn the 1920s the growth of radio and movies gave Americans new ways to be entertainedWhat do these movies tell you about American culture during the 1920s?Steamboat WillieCharlie Chaplin

An Era of HeroesThe 1920s were filled with celebrities thanks in part to the introduction of movies and the growing popularity of radioMovie stars like Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, and Clara BowDaredevil pilots like Charles Lindbergh, who became the first man to fly across the Atlantic on a solo flight, and Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to accomplish the same feat.Sports heroes like Babe Ruth became some of the wealthiest individuals in America: I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.- Reported reply when a reporter objected that the salary Ruth was demanding ($80,000) was more than that of President Herbert Hoover's ($75,000)Authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway