1. Music/Radio shows/Dancing- Music: Jazz music was the most popular music along with ragtime, blues and broad way, know as the devils music of that era to some parents, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington famous musicians at the time, Dances: The Charleston named after the city in SC, The Black bottom started by blacks, The Foxtrot upbeat lively jumpy, many of the dances were started by blacks or come from Africa, The tango come from Latin america people didn't like it at first because it was started and danced by many pimps or whores, The waltz, Radio shows: after dinner everyone would gather around the radio and bond listen to stories, music, or the news,
2. Sports- Football called APFA American pro football association, then switched to the NFL to what is it today, many of the famous players are linemen and not wide receivers or other positions like that ball wasn't thrown that much back in the day, Baseball: NY dominated the baseball series during this time period,
3. Advertising-buying on credit-types of stores-fashion - Men often wore suits and ties, hats, sweaters, BOW TIES!!!!!!!!! Flapper girls - Short hair, flowy dresses, lots of hats, flappy shoes. Kids - girls had a lot of colorful dresses and boys wore little sailor suits and normal suits. Stores - Macy's, citco, Sears Roebuck, Walgreens
4. Fads-games-20's slang
- Fads
- Jazz (Louis Armstrong)
- Pez
- Po-Go Sticking
- Yo-Yo Competitions
- Dancing Marathons
- Games
- Street Games... Board Games
- Sorry and Monopoly
- Kids played with Dolls
- Baseball
- Jump Rope and Hopscotch
- Basketball
- Street Games... Board Games
- Slang
- "The Bees Knees" - Extraordinary
- "Beat It"- Get Loss
- "Crush"- Infatuation
- "Dough" - Money
- "Heebie Jeebies" - The Jitters
- "Kisser" - Mouth
5. Movies/Make a 1920's style movie Movies - Top ten movies on the 1920's were Sherlock Jr., The Passion of Joan of Arc, Pandora's box, He who gets slapped, the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, The beloved rogue, Haxan: Withcraft through the ages, Sunrise, Greed. Famous actors were Jobyna Ralston, Brigitte Helm, Emil Jannings, Narie Mosquini, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Maly Delschaft, Conrad Veidt, Harold Lloyd.
7. Food/Snacks hot-dogs, pasta, Butterfingers candy bar, tea-berry chewing gum and gum in general started becoming cooler, diners and drive ins,
8. Prohibition/Speakeasy's/House-speakeasy decor- Prohibition: the gov thought it was ruining the lives and leading to trouble, forced people to dupe up their cars and run from the cops and forced people to do a lot more illegal things, Speakeasy: clubs or restaurants that served alcohol illegally, usually protected by passwords, called a speakeasy because you had to be careful on who you talk about it to, The Great Gatsby era of style and decor
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