https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0 Jayde Harlow Period 5 en-us 2017-02-15 21:02:14 UTC 2025-11-02 07:44:26 UTC hello@padlet.com 400011622 https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169132 People began to partake in more leisure time, new inventions made people partake in more amusement as well as partaking i mass consumption of products. The rise of the economy,  made people, primarily the middle class, enjoy fun-based activities rather than focusing primarily on working. People also tended to define success as how much or what kind of things they owned. Most of these material possessions being popularized by advertising and celebrities.]]> 2017-02-15 21:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169132 400011622 https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169149 Consumer culture is the way in which people shop. People became more susceptible to buying particular popular brand name products. They also spent more money on the things they wanted rather than what they actually needed while using installment plans. Economic prosperity encouraged this mass spending, and advertisement companies capitalized by tending to the wants of Americans through inventions like the radio.]]> 2017-02-15 21:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169149 400011622 https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169178 People of the era looked to celebrity figures in Hollywood, sports and technological advancement. People idolized certain stars for their talents and achievements. For example. one of the most popular heroes of the time was Charles Lindbergh. The media portrayed these people as superior and therefore garnered the attention and respect of the public for them. ]]> 2017-02-15 21:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169178 400011622 https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169195 The radio began to influence the way people behaved as well as what particular things they enjoyed. It also made the public more interested in tabloid stories, like celebrity drama and crimes, because they had more access to hearing it. Advertising on the radio also kept Americans in stores and buying products.]]> 2017-02-15 21:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169195 400011622 https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169228 The automobile provided a new easy way for people to travel, which meant people began to spend their leisure time in other ways. Americans became national tourists and used their cars to vacation throughout the states. People used it as a way to socialize and for enjoyment. It brought families together as well as pulling them apart because members of the family might want to go in cars with friends rather than family. ]]> 2017-02-15 21:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169228 400011622 https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169261 The fast moving  jazz and eccentric nature of fashion represented the happiness of the time. It exemplified how care-free the public had become, after the threat of war had stopped the from living their lives. The era had been marked by excitement and amusement as a depiction of this flowed out of dance halls and living rooms through jazz. Fasion also became more risque by showing more skin, but it was also oftentimes more free-flowing.]]> 2017-02-15 21:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/400011622/bw58183yyeq0/wish/154169261