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Blog Discussion:
We had a slit recession, it was a boom time for America.
1. Roaring 20's-jazz(music), sports, buying on credit, fashion, fads, movies
Jazz-
- Jazz age
- origin in New Orleans
- Louis Armstrong- trumpet player
- it was in Chicago where they mixed modern music with Jazz and it became famous
- the older people didn't like that, they said it would ruin the world.
- fast typo, songs you could dance too
Sports-
- the golden age of sports
- Babe Ruth in baseball
- Red Grange - famous football
- boxing was huge
- bobby jones- golf
- Bill Tilden-tennis
- radio helped sports
- cars- people started going to sport events
Buying on Credit
Fashion
- hats and beads were popular
- snugger dresses
- CoCo Channel - the little black dress
- men wore sweaters and suits
- Flappers- the loose dress and attitude
- Oxforb bags- baggy pants for men
- their ties and pants were shorter
Fads-
Movies-
- silent
- horror
- Peter Pan
2. Red Scare/Anti-immigration
3. Planes and automobiles
4. Prohibition/Gangs
5. Republican presidents and philosophy-Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
6. Women in the 20's
7. African-Americans in the 20's
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