25-3 NEW LIFE IN …

-Fad- an activity or a fashion that is “hot” or “in” for a short time then fades out.

-Flagpole sitting-Dance Marathons

-The Charleston-Crossword Puzzles

NEW FADS AND FASHIONS

-Young women rebelling against traditional ways-Short, bobbed haircuts

-Short dresses –cut above the knee!!!

-Bright red lipstick-Smoked cigarettes and drank

alcohol in speakeasies

FLAPPERS

-Felt that many Americans cared too much about making money and having fun

-Ernest HemingwayA Farewell to Arms – written about his experience in WWI

-F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Great Gatsby – portrayed life in the ’20s.

NEW WRITERS

-Many African Americans gathered in Harlem, NY.

-Gathering of black artists and musicians-Caused a “rebirth” of African American

culture-Langston Hughes – famous poet and writer

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

-Born of New Orleans-Louis Armstrong – helped

create Jazz music-Bessie Smith – famous singer

of the age.-Spread from New Orleans to

Harlem, NY.-Older Americans thought it was a “bad influence” on the

youth.

THE JAZZ AGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhVdLd43bDI

-Radio, movies, newspapers created heroes

-Sports figures-Jack Dempsey – Boxer

-Red Grange “The Galloping Ghost” – football

-Babe Ruth – Baseball -Charles Lindberg “Lucky Lindy”

-First man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

-“The Spirit of St. Louis” was his plane.

NEW HEROES