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The �Roaring �20s

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In the year…

  • 1920 women got the right to vote
  • 1924 All Native Americans became U.S. citizens
  • 1925 Sears and Roebuck opened
  • 1926 the first zipper was invented
  • 1928 Scotch tape was created

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Jalopy: old car

Check: kiss me later

Joe: coffee

Upchuck: to vomit

Swanky: good

Vamp: a seducer of men

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~Industrial Revolution

changed things

~Women go to work

~Marriages based on the choices of 2 people, not on the family

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*wild, young women

*new fads and fashions

*felt hats, short skirts,beads bracelets,nylons

*dyed hair, bright lipstick

*new attitude to assert their independence

*drink, smoke, and dance in public

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  • Media promoted the image of the flapper
  • Scandalous to elders
  • Women still had to hold stricter standards of behavior than men

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  • Baseball became America’s National Pastime, and many of the heroes of the 20’s could be found in sports.
  • “The Babe” became the most famous player. He hit 67 homeruns in one season, and led the Yankees to 7 world series.
  • When Yankee stadium was built, it was called the house that Ruth built.

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  • Movies were America’s 4th largest industry by 1927

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  • Heroes and Sex Symbols of the 20’s could frequently be seen on the silver screen

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Charlie Chaplin�

  • Charlie Chaplin, “The Little Tramp” was the king of the silent film.

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Other Famous Screen Stars & Movies of the Twenties�

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  • Jazz became the popular music of the 20’s.

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  • Louis Armstrong “Satchmo” was the king of jazz.

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  • The Cotton Club in Harlem was the place to be!
  • NAACP est. 1909-
  • Becomes very important in the 20s

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  • Charles Lindbergh in his plane “The Spirit of St. Louis” was the first to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean.

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  • Took 33.5 hours
  • Heroes Welcome-
  • Ticker Tape Parade

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  • First broadcast in 1920, by 1929 1/3 of US households owned radios.
  • NBC and CBS were the first networks for radio broadcast

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Writers of the 20s

~Sinclair Lewis: targeted middle class

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~F. Scott Fitzgerald: negative side of wealthy lives

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~Ernest Hemingway: tales of WWI

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�Why were these years called� the Roaring 20s?