PPT-The 1920’s The Roaring Jazz Age or the Turbulent Twenties?

29 amp 30 Republican Presidents A return to normalcy Harding 1920 The Ohio Gang Teapot Dome Scandal Albert B Fall Keep it cool with Coolidge 1924 The business of government is businessSilent Cal. 1920-1947. Chelsea Bell. Southern Methodist University. MSA 3325. Spring 2013. Historical. Background. The Twenties. In the wake of WWI, many European nations were weakened and became smaller in size. By Marc Latham, Taylor Smith, Aidan Fulton, & Dan English. 1920s music was called, "a combination of nervousness, lawlessness, primitive and savage animalism and lasciviousness. .”. In a time of freedom and expression Jazz music allowed musicians to improvise and express themselves without a rigid musical format. . The Roaring Twenties. Life Magazine cover page celebrating the 1920s, http://theroaringtwentieshistory.blogspot.ca/p/events-of-twenties.html . The Roaring Twenties. Music. Jazz, fast, happy, fun. Fashion. The Great Gatsby. English III. Introduction. Understanding the times helps to understand the novel. World War I. World War I ended in 1918. . Disillusioned because of the war, the generation that fought and survived has come to be called “the lost generation.”. (Library of Congress). In the 1920s baseball recovered from the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919 as attendance soared in ballparks throughout the country. (. Photodisc. , Inc.). Charles Lindbergh with his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. His 1927 flight from New York to Paris instantly made him an American hero. (Library of Congress). Seeing Red. vAmerica turned in after the war again- disillusion. vFear of Communist Russia. vSmall party in US. vBelieved takeover in US. v. Palmer Raids- 1919-1920- Attorney Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer. Life in Utah During the 1920’s. Student Objective. Students will gain an understanding of what life was like in Utah during the 1920’s and be able to identify key innovations and individuals from the decade.. Movies. An era of black-and-white silent films. Some well known titles are:. Metropolis (1927). Ben-. Hur. (1925 film). Nosferatu. : A Symphony of Horror (1922. ). (the original vampire movie). Music. There were significant differences between the quality of play and the fan base for pro and college basketball. . Many of the professionals never went to college and some did not even complete high school. . Radios. magazines. Movies. newspapers. Mass Media. Unified the nation and spread culture. Rise of Hollywood. Early movies – no sound & relied on subtitles & lots of action. Stars of Film. Rudolph Valentino & Charlie Chaplin. Chapter 31. 1919-1929. Introduction. T. he boom of the golden twenties showered genuine benefits on Americans, as incomes and living standards rose for many.. New technologies, new consumer products, and new forms of leisure and entertainment made the twenties roar.. A Scholarship Presentation by Rachel Lampson and John Williams. Biography of Mary Firth . (1584.  – 26 July . 1659). Her name was first referenced on 7 August, 1610 in John Day’s lost . Madde. . American . Communist Party . formed in 1919. c. ommunist ideas frightened much of the public. Palmer Raids . (1919) resulted in the deportation and arrest of . thousands. n. o evidence of revolutionary conspiracies uncovered. Introduction. . . The Great Gatsby, one of the most famous American novels of all time was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel was created around the roaring twenties and the jazz age. It also reflects on the life of the upper class during this time frame. The United States, and more specifically New York was a different place in the twenties when Fitzgerald began writing this book. This webquest was designed to allow the students to travel back in time to a place they know nothing of in order to get them to build background for the story. .