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A REVOLUTION IN STYLES AND MANNERS
The Roaring Twenties
Popular Entertainment
Radio, movies, and sports became the focus of American popular culture. Radio
KDKA- 1st radio station in Pittsburgh went on air in November 1920
Movies Before WWI, silent movies were shown in small
cinemas where admission was only 5¢ The Jazz Singer was the first talking picture
released in 1927 Sports
To arouse interest in upcoming sports events, promoters billed every big event as the most thrilling in history
In 1920 Babe Ruth of the NY Yankees set a new record for home runs. People began pouring into the new Yankee Stadium to watch him break his own record
Culture and StyleThe most important musical development of the
1920s was jazz. 1920s became known as the “Jazz Age” Rooted in black spirituals and African folk rhythms
Popular dances Fox-trot, the camel-walk, the tango, and the Charleston
Flappers A new woman was born
“modern” and “rebellious” She cut her hair, wore make-up, went to petty parties, smoked,
drank, danced, and voted
Fads and FanciesAmericans in the 1920s amused themselves
with an assortment of games and fads. Mah Jong
Chinese game played with colored tiles
Crossword puzzles The idea started in Sunday newspapers
Magazines The magazines founded in the 1920s had a
more lasting effect on American popular culture Life Time Reader’s Digest
The Literary Life
American writers were discontent with society. The Lost Generation
Group of American writers who rebelled against the post-war America which had become materialistic Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald Ezra Pound Gertrude Stein
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