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Society in the 1920s

Society in the 1920s. Women. Pre-World War I Women start to migrate towards the cities During the War Women start working in factories After the war Found a new sense of worth/ belonging Voting Social independence. Flapper. Short hair Short skirts Smoking/ drinking

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Society in the 1920s

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  1. Society in the 1920s

  2. Women • Pre-World War I • Women start to migrate towards the cities • During the War • Women start working in factories • After the war • Found a new sense of worth/ belonging • Voting • Social independence

  3. Flapper • Short hair • Short skirts • Smoking/ drinking • Shift away from traditional values took place mainly in the cities

  4. Migration from Rural to Urban • Farmers did well for first two decades • After the war prices dropped • 6 million move to the cities • African Americans move North – factories bring new jobs

  5. Rural to Urban to Suburb • Automobiles became more affordable • Cities built transportation systems that used an electric trolley • 70,000 buses were operating in the U.S.

  6. Hope takes flight • Charles Lindbergh • “Lucky Linda” nonstop flight from New York to Paris • Amelia Earhart • First women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

  7. Sports Heroes • Jack Dempsey – Heavy Champion of the World • Jim Thorpe – Native American • Olympic gold, Professional football and baseball player • George Herman Ruth • set home run record with 60 home runs • Hazel Wightman & Helen Wills • Olympic and Wimbledon tennis starts

  8. The Jazz Age • Grew out of the African American music of the south (New Orleans) • Syncopated rhythms and improvisations • Some people were horrified • “an expression of the times, of the breathless, energetic, superactive times in which we are living.” – Leopold Stokowski

  9. Quiz • http://filebox.vt.edu/users/msprinkl/instrdes/roaring_twenties/practicequizc.htm

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