U.S. History 1U.S. History 1

Roaring Twenties Part 2: Roaring Twenties Part 2: Changing SocietyChanging Society

Changing SocietyChanging Society

FlappersFlappers = modern = modern women of the 1920s who women of the 1920s who shattered accepted social shattered accepted social beliefs by smoking, beliefs by smoking, drinking alcohol, cutting drinking alcohol, cutting hair short, and wearing hair short, and wearing makeup and tight-fitting makeup and tight-fitting clothes.clothes.

Women adopted new Women adopted new lifestyles and roles in lifestyles and roles in society (moved into society (moved into professional jobs, voted, professional jobs, voted, ran for office)ran for office)

Heroes in a Rapidly Changing Heroes in a Rapidly Changing SocietySociety

In the midst of a In the midst of a changing society, changing society, many people turned to many people turned to heroes who seemed to heroes who seemed to have values of an have values of an earlier, simpler timeearlier, simpler time

Babe RuthBabe Ruth – baseball – baseball Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh – –

first to fly nonstop from first to fly nonstop from NY to ParisNY to Paris

Amelia Earhart, Jack Dempsey, Four Amelia Earhart, Jack Dempsey, Four Horsemen, Gertrude ErderleHorsemen, Gertrude Erderle

Mass MediaMass Media

Mass MediaMass Media = the use = the use of print and broadcast of print and broadcast methods to methods to communicate communicate information to large information to large numbers of peoplenumbers of people

The rise of radio, The rise of radio, movies, newspapers movies, newspapers produced a truly produced a truly “national culture”“national culture”

Mass Media in the 1920sMass Media in the 1920s

RadioRadio By 1930, nearly 14 million By 1930, nearly 14 million

American households own American households own radiosradios

Radio networks such as Radio networks such as NBC reach nationwide NBC reach nationwide audiencesaudiences

People around the country People around the country hear the same music, hear the same music, news programs, and news programs, and commercialscommercials

MoviesMovies Hollywood, suburb of L.A., Hollywood, suburb of L.A.,

becomes the center of becomes the center of American film industryAmerican film industry

Theaters sell 100 million Theaters sell 100 million tickets a week at a time tickets a week at a time when the U.S. population when the U.S. population is less than 125 millionis less than 125 million

Film making becomes the Film making becomes the 44thth largest business in the largest business in the U.S.U.S.

Mass Media: NewspapersMass Media: Newspapers

Newspaper chains Newspaper chains “chains” buy up smaller “chains” buy up smaller newspapers around the newspapers around the countrycountry

Number of newspapers Number of newspapers sold each day increases sold each day increases by 141%by 141%

People share the same People share the same information and are information and are influenced by the same influenced by the same ideas and fashionsideas and fashions

Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance was Harlem Renaissance was a literary movement begun a literary movement begun by African American by African American musicians, artists, and musicians, artists, and writers in the African writers in the African American section of New American section of New York CityYork City

Writers such as Zora Writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes created Langston Hughes created powerful novels and powerful novels and poems about the African poems about the African American experienceAmerican experience

Jazz AgeJazz Age

Jazz = grew out of Jazz = grew out of African American African American music of the South, music of the South, especially ragtime and especially ragtime and blues.blues.

Fast, upbeat music Fast, upbeat music people could dance topeople could dance to

Musicians played a Musicians played a free form using free form using improvisationimprovisation

Other Jazz Artists of the 1920sOther Jazz Artists of the 1920s