https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw By Noah Biesiada and Cory Cervantes P.5 en-us 2017-02-15 20:55:25 UTC 2025-04-20 15:34:37 UTC hello@padlet.com 400011564 https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154166922 Henry Ford in the 1920's used the idea of assembly lines to increase his factories production and lower the cost of cars. Many Americans bought cars which saw a new industry form. Over 23 million people were registered drivers across the US. People's days off were spent traveling in their car with their family on a road trip. Instead of buying the car in one payment, companies started offering payments which made cars more affordable to everyone. It became a staple for wealth in films. Gas stations were created under the Federal Highway Act and more jobs like mechanics were able to earn a more supportable wages. ]]> 2017-02-15 20:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154166922 400011850 https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154167382 A consumer culture is the idea of people going out to buy anything they can get. In the American 1920s, the ideas of having a home refrigerator, radio, and other ideas were very common. People moved away from the traditional method of only owning a few things to buying new cars, toasters, and vacuums. Mass production of goods which made everyday items cheap. People are listening to the advertising on the radios.]]> 2017-02-15 21:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154167382 400011850 https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154167714 At the time of the 1920s, America had never been closer. With the invention of things such as the telephone and the radio, Americans were getting news faster all across the country. Also, cinema began to become more popular with the rise of "nickelodeons" which charged a nickel for a short silent film, or people could watch parts of a baseball game at one of the theaters as well. Celebrities were spread through the country and were now well known by all. ]]> 2017-02-15 21:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154167714 400011850 https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154168452 Perhaps no other invention of the time was greater than the radio. With the invention of the radio, national news could now be spread far faster, and it could also be used for entertainment. Kids would crowd around the radio to listen to their baseball teams trials on the field, families would listen to a favorite show. The radio unified Americans more than almost anything else and helped the development of a national culture]]> 2017-02-15 21:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154168452 400011850 https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154169285 The 1920s were a time of enormous cultural revolution. One of the first examples came in the form of the flappers, 1920s women who rebelled against the norm and partied, drank, listened to jazz, and more. While they weren't the common person, the cinemas idolized them and worked them into nearly every work in the 1920s, with their fancy dresses and going against the establishment. 
Jazz was a new music style developed by the now freed (but still oppressed) African Americans. Their songs became famous and were quickly adopted by the white culture with men like Louis Armstrong becoming famous overnight. 
Below is a video of Louis Armstrong in the late 1960s performing his song, What A Wonderful World ]]> 2017-02-15 21:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154169285 400011850 https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154171017 With the invention of the radio unifying the country, it was inevitable that some heroes would rise up from the American culture.
One of the biggest American heroes was Charles Lindbergh, an airplane pilot who managed to fly from non-stop transatlantic flight aboard his plane the Spirit of St. Louise, breaking world records and permanently getting recorded for history. 
With the radio, baseball made a comeback as the great American past time, with men like Babe Ruth becoming famous across the nation for their skills on the field. Movie stars like Charlie Chaplin had their careers fire off into the sky in silent films and the nickelodeons development, with the US all aspiring to be like these great stars. Leisure time was common and got people to think who was their favorite person/heroes.]]> 2017-02-15 21:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154171017 400011564 https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154703172 Scopes Trial Evolution (Bible vs. Evolution)
Harlem Renaissance]]> 2017-02-17 21:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/400011850/1t1pxgtez4yw/wish/154703172