The Roaring Twenties by Michelle WANG https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69 en-us 2017-02-19 08:42:35 UTC 2025-10-29 06:32:10 UTC hello@padlet.com What was the Roaring Twenties? wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154780535 - term for the western society and culture during the 1920s
- a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the States and Western Europe (particularly Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Sydney) 
- this decade known as the "crazy years," emphasising the era's social, artistic, and cultural dynamism
- this era saw the large-scale use of automobiles, telephones, motion pictures, radio, and electric appliances
- economies saw rapid industrial growth and significant changes in lifestyle and culture 
- media focuses on celebrities, especially sports heroes and movie stars, as cities rooted for their home teams and filled the new palatial cinemas and gigantic sports stadiums 
- in most major democratic states, women won the right to vote during this era ]]> 2017-02-19 08:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154780535 The Jazz Age wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154780968 - jazz music blossomed 
- popular form of music for youth 
- became the "dominant influence on America's popular music generally" 
- performers and singers from the 1920s: 
  • Louis Armstrong 
  • Bing Crosby 
  • Duke Ellington
]]> 2017-02-19 09:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154780968 Fashion wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781004 - young women's fashions of the 1920s set both a trend and social statement, a breaking-off from the rigid Victorian way of life. 
- immortalised in movies and magazine covers  
- young, rebellious, middle-class women labeled as 'flappers' by older generations 
  • wore corset and donned slinky knee-length dresses, exposing their legs and arms 
- hairstyle of the decade was a chin-length bob, which had several popular variations. 
- cosmetics, which until the 1920s were not typically accepted in American society because of their association with prostitution, became, for the first time, extremely popular 
- In 1920s new magazines appealed to young German women with a sensuous image and advertisements for the appropriate clothes and accessories they would want to wear 
]]> 2017-02-19 09:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781004 New Products and Technologies wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781063 - automobiles
  • before war, cars were a luxury good  
  • In 1920s, mass-produced vehicles became common throughout the States and Canada 
- radio 
  • first mass broadcasting medium
  • expensive, but their mode of entertainment proved revolutionary 
  • radio advertising became the grandstand for mass marketing 
  • its economic importance led to the mass culture that has dominated society since this period 
  • in 1926, electrical recording, one of the greatest advances in sound recording, became available for commercially-issued gramophone records 
- cinema 
  • in the States, it boomed, producing a new form of entertainment that shut down the old vaudeville theatrical genre   
  • watching a film was cheap and accessible; crowds surged into new downtown movie places and neighbourhood theaters
  • since early 1910s, lower-priced cinema successfully competed with vaudeville
  • many vaudeville performers and other theatrical personalities were recruited by the film industry, lured by greater salaries and less arduous working conditions
  • only thing that allowed vaudeville to survive, was that it offered spoken dialogue, while cinema was still in the silent film era. 
  • the introduction of the sound film in the 1920s eliminated vaudeville's perceived advantage 
  • a number of top stars of vaudeville were hired to film their acts
  • a filmed performance could be preserved and demonstrated by "small time" movie theaters at a cheap price 
  • actual theatres charged more for their tickets, even when the performance involved "less impressive live talent" 
  • vaudeville was in sharp financial decline 
  • while vaudeville declined in the 1920s, it was mostly gone in the 1930s 
  • live theatres were converted to movie theatres, which were now displaying sound films 
]]> 2017-02-19 09:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781063 Art Deco wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781066 - style of design and architecture that marked the era 
- originating in Europe, spread to rest of western Europe and North America towards mid 1920s 
- in US, most remarkable building featuring this style: Chrysler Building 
  • pure geometric 
  • drew inspiration from nature 
- curved lines, rectilinear designs became more popular 
]]> 2017-02-19 09:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781066 Women wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781087 - the 1920s, period of social revolution, coming out of WW1, society changed as inhibitions faded and youth demanded new experiences and more freedom from old controls 
- a new woman was born- a "flapper" who danced, drank, smoked, and voted
  • his new woman would cut her hair, wore makeup, and partied 
  • she was known for being giddy and taking risks; known as a flapper
- women gained the right to vote in most countries 
- new careers opened for single women in offices and schools, with salaries that helped them to be more independent 
- an era of domesticity for women with little feminist progress, apart from full suffrage which came in 1928 
- with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, that gave women the right to vote, American feminists attained the political equality they had been waiting for. 
- generational gap began to form between the "new" women of the 1920s and the previous generations 
- prior to the 19th Amendment, feminists commonly thought women could not pursue both a career and a family successfully, believing one would inherently inhibit the development of the other 
  •  this mentality began to change in the 1920s, as more women began to desire not only successful careers of their own, but also families
- the "new" woman was less invested in social service than Progressive generations,and in tune with the consumerist spirit of the era, she was eager to compete and to find personal fulfilment 
- higher education was rapidly expanding for women 
  •  new collegiate opportunities for women profoundly redefined womanhood by challenging the Victorian belief that men's and woman's social roles were rooted in biology
]]> 2017-02-19 09:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781087 Culture wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154781124 -  immigration laws 
  • US and Canada became more anti-immigration in outlook 
  • American Immigration Act of 1924 limited immigration from countries where 2% of the total US population, per the 1890 census (not including African Americans), were immigrants from that country 
  • massive influx of Europeans that had come to America during the first two decades of the country slowed to a trickle 
  • asians and citizens of India were prohibited from immigrating altogether 
  • in Canada, the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 prevented almost all immigration from Asia
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- peaked in late 1920s, reaching into the early 1930s 
- dance music came to dominate all forms of popular music by late 1920s 
-  professionals began their skills in tap dance in the States 
- most popular dances were charleston, foxtrot, waltz, and American tango. ]]> 2017-02-19 10:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154783275 wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154783352 2017-02-19 10:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154783352 wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154783919 2017-02-19 10:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154783919 wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154784289 2017-02-19 10:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154784289 Sports wangm4 https://padlet.com/wangm4/mcb5qp4rmx69/wish/154785008 - breakout decade for sports across the modern world 
- presented a new form of heroism departing from the traditional models of masculinity 
- olympics 
  • the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris and the 1928 games in Amsterdam saw greatly increased participation from Latin American athletes 
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