The Roaring Twenties Changing Values Learning Objective How

The Roaring Twenties Changing Values

Learning Objective How did new values encourage greater openness and self-expression? Things to look for --- 1. Flappers and women’s changing role. 2. Different forms of Music blend together. 3. Those crazy kids! 4. The Harlem Renaissance

The Emergence of New Values Traditional values that had existed in America before the 1920 s were found to be old and outdated. Instead the 1920 s led to newer, more modern values which encouraged a greater openness and self-expression. Changes in music, art, literature, and sexuality provided the opportunity for expression of these freedoms.

Changing Roles of Women • Women had demonstrated their abilities during World War I. • A booming economy created new jobs & more women began working outside the home. • Women wanted equality with men in all areas. • In 1920, the 19 th Amendment gave women suffrage or the right to vote. Voting Rights, Women & the 19 th Amendment These women worked for women’s suffrage

Changing Roles of Women • A new independent attitude began to appear among young, urban women. • These new women came to be known as flappers. • These flappers took more risks, cut their hair short, wore short skirts, smoked and drank in public, danced, and even chewed gum. Flappers came to symbolize the new freedoms that many women felt during the 1920 s • Women of today owe a great deal to the flappers who helped women gain their independent spirit!

Flappers

STAAR Practice – Question # 1 • Compare the images to answer the question below. Which image shows the changing roles of women as women began to experiment with new found freedoms during the 1920 s? Image A Image B

Tin Pan Alley • Following the Civil War, thousands of pianos were sold, as a result the sale of sheet music exploded. • Around 1910, New York City became the music publishing capital. • Tin Pan Alley, a section of New York, was the center of this activity. • Song-writing and musical ideas mixed together to form American popular music.

Tin Pan Alley • Publisher found that average people bought sheet music for popular tunes, just so they could play this music at home. • Vaudeville became the most popular form of entertainment and its shows had a great need for music. • Musicians like, Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin made Jazz popular. Click Image

Youth and the Lost Generation • During the 1920 s, young adults were responsible for zany fads, like flagpole sitting and marathon dancing. • Dances like the Charleston became wildly popular. • New words came into use: – Bootlegging – hiding booze in your boot or pant leg. – Speakeasies – place to buy illegal booze. – Flat Tire – dull, or boring person – Gam – a girl’s leg – Jake – okay – Spifflicated - drunk – White Cow – a vanilla milkshake

The Charleston

Fads and Fashions of the 20 s

Youth and the Lost Generation • A new group of writers, known as the “Lost Generation”, rejected the desire for material wealth. • These writers believed they did not fit the patterns of everyday life after the horrors of World War I. • The Lost Generation felt America had become overly materialistic and lacked spirituality. Ernest Hemingway Wrote about W. W. I experiences in ‘A Farewell to Arms’ Sinclair Lewis Ridiculed the narrowness and hypocrisy of American life in ‘Main Street’ F. Scott Fitzgerald About rich, but unhappy man in ‘Great Gatsby’

Popular New Heroes • The 1920 s saw people have more leisure time and a greater opportunity for entertainment. • The American public embraced spectator sports, the radio, movies, and magazines. • On the radio people tuned into hear drama, crime, or mystery stories. Babe Ruth Jack Dempsey

Charles Lindbergh • In the 1920 s a $25, 000 reward was offered to the 1 st person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the mail. • On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. • Lindbergh’s flight made him a national hero and he opened the way for commercial flights between America and Europe!

Charlie Chaplin

Summary • Women’s Rights– Women had only been able to talk about ‘women’s issues’ that affected the home. – World War I gave women opportunity to work outside the home exposing them to the real world, many liked it and wanted MORE! – 19 th Amendment gave women suffrage or the right to vote. Women now held political power – Flappers – young women who wanted something different from their mothers and grandmothers. More independent and outspoken.

Summary • HEROs / HEROINEs – people had more free time to do things they like. – Charles Lindbergh – 1 st to fly non-stop across Atlantic opened up air travel made the World smaller. – Babe Ruth – baseball player – Jack Dempsey – great boxer – Charlie Chaplin – movie star (mostly silent) – Clara Bow – the ‘IT’ girl, famous for fashion and movies.

Summary of the Roaring 20 s The 1920 s started out slowly but grew into a period of great prosperity. The Twenties was a time of great excitement and rapid changes that ended with a crash! A fear of communism, immigrants, & alcohol helped create feelings of mistrust, hatred, and unlawfulness. Women’s suffrage, flappers, Ford cars, the Harlem Renaissance, and new technologies made the 1920 s an exciting time to live. The 20 s roared until the stock market crashed and brought on the Great Depression.

TEKS • US. 6 (A) analyze causes and effects of events and social issues such as immigration, Social Darwinism, eugenics, race relations, nativism, the Red Scare, Prohibition, and the changing role of women; (of the 1920 s) • US. 6 (B) analyze the impact of significant individuals such as Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan, Henry Ford, Glenn Curtiss, Marcus Garvey, and Charles A. Lindbergh. (of the 1920 s) • US. 13 (A) analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from migration within the United States, including the Great Migration, • US. 16 (A) analyze causes of economic growth and prosperity in the 1920 s, including Warren Harding's Return to Normalcy, reduced taxes, and increased production efficiencies; • US. 21 (B) discuss historical reasons why the constitution has been amended; • US. 23 (B) evaluate various means of achieving equality of political rights, including the 19 th amendment and congressional acts such as the American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924;

STAAR Practice A. B. C. D. The political cartoon shows the Democrats (Donkey) and the Republicans (Elephant) paying close attention to a woman. Political parties became interested in women during the 1920 s because women --made more money than men. controlled business. now had the right to vote. had become flappers. 19 th Amendment in 1920 gave women suffrage and political parties now wanted their votes. Click mouse for answer Answer: C 22

STAAR Practice Which of the following would be an accurate description of a “flapper” in the 1920 s? 1. 2. 3. 4. They followed the more traditional role of a woman. They often rejected the values of their parents. Their efforts placed many women in political offices. Their earning power became equal that of a man. Flappers tended to be willing to take risks, had a more open mind, they did not value the social norms that their parents had. Click mouse for answer Answer: B 26

STAAR Practice Which of the following would be the best title for the graphic shown? Ernest Hemingway “A Farewell to Arms” A. B. C. D. Sinclair Lewis “Main Street” F. Scott Fitzgerald “The Great Gatsby” African American Poets of the Harlem Renaissance Supporters of the 18 th Amendment to the Constitution The Lost Generation of the 1920 s The Back to Africa Movement These authors wrote of Click mouse for answer Answer: C how America had lost its soul and had become to materialistic. 30

STAAR Practice These people of the 1920 s all shared this in common ? Charles Lindbergh Babe Ruth Jack Dempsey Glenn Curtiss A. They were popular heroes of the day B. They were inventors who improved American’s lives C. They were significant writers of the Twenties D. They represented African American interests Click mouse for answer Answer: A 33