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Results of improved transportation brought by affordable automobiles
o Greater mobility
oCreation of Jobs
oGrowth of transportation industry (Ex. Road construction, oil, steel, automobiles)
oLed to increased numbers of gas stations, tourist cabins, and restaurants
oMovement to suburbs
Communication Changes
Increased availability of telephones
Radio —developed by Guglielmo Marconi. The radio broadcast industry was started by David Sarnoff.
Silent Movies
Ways Electrification Changed Life
Entertainment – radio and movies
Labor saving products such as washing machines, electric stoves, and water pumps
Washing machine and 1920
Electric Lighting
Improved Communication
Results of Prohibition
o Prohibition is the ban on the sale and production of alcohol.
o18th Amendment passed in 1919
oPeople drank bootlegged liquor at speakeasies.
oBootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime
oSpeakeasies were illegal bars created for people to drink alcoholic beverages
People drank illegal liquor at speakeasies
Al Capone was famous bootlegger associated with the Mafia.
The Great Migration North
o Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying
oDuring World War I, African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better employment opportunities
oAfrican Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South
oAfrican Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North
The Harlem RenaissanceAfrican American artists, writers, and musicians based in
Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American culture.
Jacob Lawrence was a painter who chronicled the Great Migration North in art
Langston Hughes was a poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots
Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were famous Jazz composers
Bessie Smith was a famous blues singer
Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30s
ART
Jacob Lawrence chronicled the Great Migration North Georgia O’Keefe, an artist known for
urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest
Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30s
Literature
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s
John Steinbeck was a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers in the 1930s
Langston Hughes combined African and American cultural experiences in poetry
Cultural Climate of the 1920s and 30sMusic
Duke Ellington—jazz composer
Louis Armstrong—jazz composer
Bessie Smith—blues singer
George Gershwin—wrote uniquely American music
Aaron Copland—wrote uniquely American music
• Buy now, pay later
• Woman against traditional views.
Charles Lindbergh
• First to fly across the Atlantic Ocean