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The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly

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The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly

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The decade of the 1920s is often characterized as a period of American prosperity and optimism. It was the "Roaring Twenties," the decade of bath tub gin, the Model-T, the $5 work day, the first transatlantic flight, and the movie. It is often seen as a period of great advancements as the nation became urban and commercial.

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Between 1920-1930 an unprecedented surge of creative activity among African Americans occurred in all fields of art. It was a celebration of African American culture in literature and art

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Aaron Douglas

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Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

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Jazz was hot. It was exciting and fun, and it provoked all the wildness the youth in the 1920s strived for. Its off-beat rhythms and improvised melodies were a welcomed new beginning for music. New Orleans was the birthplace of jazz, but it quickly spread and became extremely popular in New York City’s Harlem district.

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Charleston Black Bottom Shimmy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uor5mrzNtFg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTR6xBeC2xA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcemYjTdvZ8

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Now that women had the right to vote they became more independent and demanded more rights. Flappers were a "new breed" of young women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disregard for what was then considered acceptable behavior

Flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise breaking social, sexual, and feminine norms

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The film industry bloomed in the 1920s. The first movies were filmed in New Jersey. Films of the 1920s were in major demand. Most of the productions were silent and theaters were packed every night. The Big 5 included MGM, Fox, and Warner Brothers. Smaller studios at the time were Universal, United Artists, and Columbia Pictures.

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Clara Bow starred in “It”and “Wings.” After starringin the movie “It” she wascalled the “It” Girl. Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson were also popular. When talkiesbecame popularClara lost her job…why?

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Banned now, this Betty Boop cartoon showed how racism existed in the 1920s

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

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One of the greatest comediansof all timehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=8Qsd6FX3C0c

Rudolph Valentino-Lawrence of Arabia

Douglas Fairbanks-ZorroRobin Hood

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When the radio was invented it became immensely popular, and a huge fad. (Remember: there is no TV at this time) Radio did everything the TV does for us. If you tuned in at the right time, you could catch comedy shows, news, live events, jazz, variety shows, drama, opera. You name it, the radio had it!

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Smoking in public Extreme dieting Bobbed hair Showing your knees Marathons Feats of endurance-Charles Lindbergh,

Amelia Earheart Flagpole Sitters

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Skyscrapers were erectedand hundreds of architects competed for the work. The first successful design was the Woolworth Building in New York.

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Frank Lloyd Wright was prolific during this period, designing homes in California and in Japan. 

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Salvador Dali

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Dadaism was an art movement. The Dadaists were mainly a group of ill-organized artists experimenting with bizarre art and literature. The artists wanted to take modern art into a direction that would broaden the meaning of "what art was and could be".

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One of the biggest cultural developments of the 1920s was the rise of spectator sports.

Golf was at the height of its popularity in the 1920s

Olympics were extremely popular But the number one sport of the 1920s

was…

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The Babehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyFaLT-

L2uk

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The first Mickey Mouse cartoon came out in 1928.

Steamboat Willie

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We are still benefiting from many ofthe inventions of the twenties.  Therefrigerator was brought out of thedust.  It changed  the convenience ofthe world today. Can you imagine? Always having to run to a cellar, This could be a pain, especially in themiddle of the winter.      

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Penicillin was discovered by accident in 1928 by Alexander Fleming.  Doctors used the first samples of this antibiotic for World War II soldiers. Penicillin is still used frequently to cure illness. 

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Possibly the most significant changeduring the 20s was the mass production of the car started by Henry Ford, he had manufactured and sold some 15 million Model-Ts by 1927 Nicknamed Tin LizzieOnly available in black

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Goal: Assess the impact of artists, writers, and musicians of the 1920s, including the Harlem Renaissance, on American culture and values.

QOD: How did the invention of the automobile impact American society?

Agenda: PowerPoint with notes and video All essays not submitted are now a zero

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• Gangsters, Crime and Prohibition• WCTU against drinking• Prohibition-18th amendment-Volstead Act• Illegal drinking establishments-

speakeasies• Rise of bootlegging• Al Capone• Rise of the KKK

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The decade is also seen as a period of The decade is also seen as a period of rising intolerance and isolation. The rise rising intolerance and isolation. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, restrictive of the Ku Klux Klan, restrictive immigration laws, and prohibition are immigration laws, and prohibition are indications of this. indications of this. The Klan gained The Klan gained political power in the South in the 1920s political power in the South in the 1920s due to resentment of cultural change due to resentment of cultural change coming from Northern cities.coming from Northern cities. Historians Historians usually see the 1920s as a decade of usually see the 1920s as a decade of serious cultural conflict.  serious cultural conflict. 

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Can you guess what these slang terms mean?

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Bees knees Bump off Cheaters Dogs Gams Giggle water Jake

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That’s why it was called the Roaring Twenties

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN7ftyZigYs

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