https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq Terms and people from the 1920s. en-us 2019-03-08 17:35:51 UTC 2025-10-29 00:52:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 815402 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339403264 Flappers were also known as "the new woman". They began to drink, smoke, cut their hair short, and wear revealing clothing.  While this may not seem like much but even a decade before hand, it was taboo for a woman to do any of these things. Women even began to date casually and be advocates for birth control. Even marriage was considered a two-way relationship now. ]]> 2019-03-08 17:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339403264 815402 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339405302 Al Capone, born January 17, 1899 and died January 25, 1947, was a very popular bootlegger and mobster during the 1920s. He was also known as "Scarface" by his peers, due to a large scar he had on his face as the result of a bar fight. Bootleggers were people who sold alcohol illegally due to the 18th amendment of the United States, which supported prohibition. He made a huge profit during his business before and after becoming a Gangster. Sadly, he died of cardiac arrest after suffering from a stroke]]> 2019-03-08 17:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339405302 815402 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339406246 Fitzgerald was a popular writer during this era who came up with the name for the 20s, which was "The Jazz Age". He was born on September 24, 1896 and died on December 21, 1940. Fitzgerald reigned from St. Louis Missouri. He wrote some of the most successful books during this time period of the "Lost Generation" side of this time. There were four: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. They were considered the books that defined the Lost Generation. ]]> 2019-03-08 17:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339406246 815402 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339407524 This club was popular especially for those who were a huge part of the Harlem Renaissance. It was opened in 1923. It was a place for all races to hang around, listen to jazz, appreciate culture, and drink until they drop. Musicians such as duke Ellington performed at the Cotton Club. This place still runs to this day in 2019. ]]> 2019-03-08 17:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339407524 815402 https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339408476 This was the name for those World War One veterans who believed that the war was for nothing and that all of those lives lost in the war were for no good. They were lost and didn't know what to do with themselves and suffered mentally and physically. It was also used to a group of artists, and particularly American expatriate writers, living in Paris during the 1920s. The writings of the Lost Generation literary figures tended to have common themes. These themes mostly pertained to the writers' experiences in The Great War and the years following it.]]> 2019-03-08 17:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ModestoCitySchools/6ibcuaaavctq/wish/339408476