The Roaring Twenties were the period of sustained economic prosperity and the distinctive cultural edge in New York, Montreal, Chicago, Detroit, Paris, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, and many other major cities during the 1920s in the United States, Canada and Europe.
Post War Struggles
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) rose
to prominence as a chronicler of the jazz age. Born in
St. Paul, Minn., Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton
University to join the U.S. Army. The success of his
first novel, “This Side of Paradise” (1920), made him an
instant celebrity. His third novel.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes was an American poet, novelist, and playwright whose African-American themes made him a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. |
Paul RobesonPaul Robeson was a famous African-American athlete, singer, actor, and advocate for the civil rights of people around the world. He rose to prominence in a time when segregation was legal in the United States, and Black people were being lynched by racist mobs, especially in the South.
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Business Boom
President Coolidge |
How did the following inventions or trends change life in America? |
Elected U.S. vice president in 1920, he became president following the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Coolidge, also known as "Silent Cal," chose not to seek a second term. He died in Northampton, Massachusetts, on January 5, 1933.
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The Model T, also known as the “Tin Lizzie,” changed the way Americans live, work and travel. Henry Ford’s revolutionary advancements in assembly-line automobile manufacturing made the Model T the first car to be affordable for a majority of Americans. Although the airplane had become used more throughout America, it was never taken seriously by anyone. Until the federal government developed the idea of Air-Mail. The idea of using airplanes to transport mail quickly caught on
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Although the airplane had become used more throughout America, it was never taken seriously by anyone. Until the federal government developed the idea of Air-Mail. The idea of using airplanes to transport mail quickly caught on
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1920's Women
The Flapper and the Double Standard |
Women in the workplace |
Flappers were northern, urban, single, young, middle-class women. Many held steady jobs in the changing American economy
Women began "running wild" by showing more skin and going against traditional family values for the era. This double standard gave women this new kind of confidence. They started smoking and drinking in public with men, and this would have never been allowed. During this time morals loosened a little bit |
In the United States in the 1920s, only about 15 percent of white and 30 percent of black married women with wage-earning husbands held paying jobs. Most Americans believed that women should not work outside the home if their husbands held jobs. As a result of this attitude, wives seldom worked at outside jobs. However, some married women in desperate need took jobs in textile mills.
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