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Pop CultureDecade: 1920s
Prosperity and Its Demise
Politics 1920
◦ Census indicates US population over 100 million.
◦ League of Nations established with Treaty of Versailles of 1919. US Senate refuses to join the League.
◦ 19th Amendment (Susan B. Anthony amendment) grants women the right to vote.
◦ Warren G. Harding wins the Presidential election by a landslide. This is the first election in which women had the right to vote.
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.
- Susan B. Anthony
1921◦ Emergency Quota Act
passed, curbing legal immigration into the US.
1922◦ Teapot Dome scandal begins.
Also known as the Oil Reserves Scandal or Elk Hills Scandal
1923◦ Calvin Coolidge becomes
president when Harding dies in office.
1924◦ Indian Citizenship Act is
passed, granting citizenship to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States.
1925◦ Nellie Tayloe Ross is
inaugurated as the first woman governor in the United States in Wyoming. Two weeks later Miriam Ferguson is installed as the second in Texas.
◦ The Scopes Trial (Monkey Trial) begins. John T. Scopes was convicted of teaching Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory at a Dayton, TN high school, which violated TN law.
Ross
Ferguson
1926◦ Air Commerce Act is
passed, providing aid and assistance to the airline industry.
1928◦ Herbert Hoover is
elected President of the United States.
1929◦ Teapot Dome scandal
comes to a close. Albert Fall was found
guilty of accepting bribes and was imprisoned.
31st President of the United States, Herbert Hoover
Fashion Fashion entered the
modern era beginning in the 1920s.◦ Women
Corsets became a thing of the past
Began to wear more comfortable clothing such as short skirts and trousers “Flapper” look
◦ Men Menswear also became
less formal with men wearing sweaters and knickers (short trousers).
Wider trousers became popular, still ending at the ankle.
Athletic attire is worn for the first time.
Arts & Entertainment 1920
◦ Harlem Renaissance begins 1921
◦ The Kid – Chaplin’s 1st feature length film
◦ Rudolph Valentino’s The Sheik
1923◦ The first sound on film
motion picture is shown in the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.
◦ Charleston dance becomes popular
◦ 1st dance marathon◦ Time magazine founded◦ Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten
Commandments
The first issue of Time (March 3, 1923), featuring Speaker Joseph G. Cannon. Time magazine was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, making it the first weekly news magazine in the United States.
1924◦ Flagpole sitting
becomes a fad 1925
◦ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1926◦ A.A.Milne publishes
Winnie the Pooh◦ NBC Radio Network is
formed, opening with 24 stations.
◦ Harry Houdini dies after being punched
◦ Rudolph Valentino dies
Rudolph Valentino
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Interesting Facts:
Winnie-the-Pooh was inspired by two animals: 1. Winnie, a bear cub
in the London Zoo visited by Christopher Robin
2. Pooh, a swan which Christopher Robin fed every morning
Tigger was not introduced until the second book, The House at Pooh Corner, published in 1928.
Winnie-the-Pooh books have been published in over 50 languages, including Latin. The Latin translation, Winnie Ille Pu, made the New York Times bestseller list in 1960 (the first foreign-language book to do so) and stayed there for 20 weeks.
Original stuffed animal toys of Christopher Robin Milnewhich inspired the famous Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
1927◦ The Jazz Singer – first talking
movie◦ Duke Ellington performs at the
Cotton Club 1928
◦ First appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy. Steamboat Willie is the first Mickey film with sound.
1929◦ First Academy Awards◦ Yo-yo becomes an American
fad◦ Popeye appears in a daily
comic strip◦ Amos ‘n’ Andy premieres on
NBC radio
Sports 1920◦ American
Professional Football League is formed with 11 teams. (It would change its name to the National Football League in 1922.)
1922◦ Construction begins
on Yankee Stadium in New York City. It is often dubbed the House that Ruth Built.)
1924◦ The first Winter Olympic
Games are held in the French Alps. 16 nations sent athletes to participate, including the United States.
1927◦ Babe Ruth sets home run
recordNorway – 17 medalsFinland – 11 medalsUnited States – 4 medals
Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season on Sept 30, 1927.
Inventions, Innovations, and Technology 1920
◦ First commercial radio broadcast
◦ Tommy gun patented by John T. Thompson
◦ Band-aid by Earle Dickson◦ Baby Ruth candy bar
1921◦ Eskimo Pie
1922◦ Insulin discovered◦ Chanel No. 5 perfume◦ 1st radios on sale◦ 1st A&W Root Beer stand◦ Klondike bar
1923◦ Milky Way candy bar◦ Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups◦ 16mm camera◦ Cathode-ray-tube – Vladimir
Zworykin◦ Frozen food – Clarence
Birdseye 1925
◦ 1st Goodyear blimp◦ Radiovision is born. This
invention by Charles Francis Jenkins is the precursor to television.
1926◦ Butterfinger◦ First liquid fueled rockets are
fired by Robert H. Goddard in Auburn, MA. It flew over 84 feet in 2.5 seconds.
1927◦ First non-stop transatlantic
flight conducted from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh.◦ It took him 33 hours and 30
minutes to make the 3,600 mile flight.
1928◦ Amelia Earhart
becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
◦ Construction of the Hoover Dam begins. (Originally called Boulder Dam.)
Events 1920
◦ Prohibition begins. 1921
◦ First Miss American pageant is held in Atlantic City, NJ.
1922◦ Lincoln Memorial is dedicated
in Washington, D.C. 1923
◦ Warner Brothers Pictures is incorporated.
The IBM corporation is founded.
1924◦ Macy’s 1st Thanksgiving
Day parade 1925
◦ The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast.
1927◦ The Great
Mississippi Flood occurs, affecting over 700,000.
◦ Work on Mount Rushmore begins. The giant sculpture of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt was created by Gutzon Borglum. It took 14 years to complete.
◦ Sacco and Vanzetti executed
1928◦ 1st bubble gum – Dubble
Bubble◦ Kraft Velveeta
1929◦ Gangsters working for Al
Capone kill seven rivals and citizens in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago.
◦ Stock Market crashes and begins the worst American depression in America’s history.
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s.
Ace: one dollar bill Applesauce: nonsense Beef: to complain or complaint Bee’s knees: something excellent; outstanding Boocoo: much; a lot Bootleg: illegal; smuggled Caper: a crime Dive: a cheap bar Giggle-water: liquor or other alcoholic beverage Grand: a thousand dollars
Slang
Heat: a gun Horse feathers: nonsense Jack: money John: toilet Level: honest, truthful Off the deep end: go crazy Palooka: a strong man Pushover: someone easily convinced Rube: unsophisticated person from the
country Shiv: a knife
Speakeasy: an illicit bar selling bootleg liquor
The real McCoy: something genuine Torpedo: hired killer Washed up: finished, done in Yahoo: a clumsy, unsophisticated person