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F. Scott Fitzgerald is a perfect example of a writer from this genre and another theme that is common for these authors was the death of the American dream, which is exhibited throughout many of their novels.
Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby was and still is an iconic symbol and book of life during this period of time. The ideas and beliefs about the good and bad of the American dream shaped the 1920's.

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Langston Hughes, a poet prominent during this period,
wrote, “We younger Negro artists who create now intend
to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear
or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If
they are not, it doesn’t matter. We know we are
beautiful.”

Langston Hughes was a popular African American poet who vocalized African American rights by writing poems saying they are beautiful and people should accept them, because they are Americans too. This gained lots of support especially by African Americans during this time, in the Harlem Renaissance. Which allowed African Americans to celebrate their heritage in a safe space. They get to share their stories, and what its like to be an African American and share who they are.

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Jazz music was fast, free, loud, rebellious, and fun, so in
many ways, it reflected the characteristics and issues of
the 1920s.

Jazz was a significant artistic trend during the 1920s giving the African Americans a voice. Jazz spread widely around the US and it gained popularity very quickly. This movement allowed African Americans to share their culture and get in touch with their heritage. This ad talks about Tiz, a product that supposed to sooth your feet after a long night of dancing to jazz, this shows that it was widely accepted and something originating from the African Americans can become so popular everywhere else at this time.

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The New Woman of the 1920s, or the flapper, wore
dresses with shorter hemlines, put on more makeup,
danced to the latest crazes, and generally assumed that
she had the same political and social rights as any man.

When women gained the right vote, they switched form victorian traditional dresses to a whole new free spirited flapper girl. With short dresses, and short hair. This new trend was not well accepted by older adults seeing that is was disgraceful and close to prostitution. Yet women still moved on having a free life of crazy adventure. This article shows a woman going against the how a traditional woman should act, the title includes "assert" rather than something negative, implying that whoever wrote this deems this event as important when usually women are not included in the news for going against tradition.

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Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo and nonstop
across the Atlantic Ocean. After his 33 hour flight, he
represented a new kind of popular hero- grounded in
America’s traditional past but also a visionary symbol of a
modernized future.

In this article Charles Lindbergh is announced to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean non stop in 33 hours. He is seen as a hero because this is an amazing accomplishment and people have never seen this before. It also created a world wide acceptance of of the airplane and commercial aviation, and Charles opened up the public to air travel.

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With more free time and disposable income, urban and suburban Americans looked to new sources of entertainment. Motion pictures helped supply that demand.
During the 1920's movies and film became an instant success because they appealed to the person's emotions. For example many movies during this time were about "real" problems and lives of Americans. Since people during this time had time & money to spend, motion pictures were a hit.

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Emily Carr was one of Canada's most famous painters. People did not understand or appreciate Carr's new form of expression that emphasized strength, emotion and spiritual beauty in bold bright colors.
In the 1920's, Emily Carr contributed her unique perspective on life through her distinct art. Up until this point in time most people were okay with living how they always had but new ideas, such as Emily's, shook up society for the better.