Today we're doing blog discussions;
Jazz; "Jazz age"
Sports; "Golden age of Sports" Babe Ruth in Baseball, Red Grange in Football, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney in Boxing, Bill Tilden in Tennis. The Radio and the car helped people follow or listen to sports
Buying on Credit;
"buy now, pay later" This caused many people in det..
Fashion;
Woman "flapper"; Flappers want to be equal to men, Shorter skirts and sweater, short bobbed hair, Make up was bug, shoulder pads, hats, "little black dress"
Men; looser sweaters, tuxes, hats were huge, oxford bags..big floppy pants. short pants, short ties.
Fads;
-Board games, Maj-an, Jazz, Flagpole sitting, Charleston dance, Shimmy, Black Bottom, Drinking Illegally.
Movies; Silent and horror moves, Peter Pan, Phantom or the Oprah, Frankenstein, Oliver Twist, Talkies- talking during the movie. Greta Gar Bo, Marry Pickford, Charlie Chaplin,
Red Scare;
-Fear in the US that we would fall to communism.
-J. Edgar was the head of the FBI
-The Palmer Raids; investigated who ever they thought were communist. , stopped immigration
Immigration of the 1920's
had more immigrants then every before. Many acts came into place, anti-immigration act or 1924, emercy quote act. Made an act of how many could come from each country. Why were they passes? To make sure the communists weren't coming in.
Sacco and vanzetti act
Two Italian men, didn't believe in government. They were put to death for a crime that they may or may not have done. They were put to death because they were Italian immigrants.
Airplanes;
Not very big, plane tricks were big, at first they were just for mail, but then they turned into fun.
Charles Lindbergh first to cross the Atlantic sea, pilot
Amelia Earhart tried to cross the ocean, disappeared
Automobiles;
huge in the 20's. Henry Ford created the first long standing, and the Model T. Route 66 "The Mother Road"
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