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11.5.4Analyze the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and the changing role of women in society
11.5.6 Trace the growth and effects of radio and movies and their role in the worldwide diffusion of popular culture.
11.5.7Discuss the rise of mass production techniques, the growth of cities, the impact of new technologies (e.g., the automobile, electricity), and the resulting prosperity and effect on the American landscape
Culture of the 20s: The 1920's were a ______time known as the Roaring Twenties, the ______Age, and the Age of Wonderful Nonsense.
The Good Life
•1920-1929 some of the most ______days in US History
•Americans owned ______of the world’s wealth
•Changed the way people lived
•Avg. Income increase of ______
Consumerism
•Consumerism Became a Major Facet of American Life
•Due to the growth of mass production techniques during the 20s, there was in increase in advertising.
•Ads Used Sexuality to Sell
•Especially Female Sexuality
Buying on Credit
•Many people bought refrigerators, cars, etc. with ______that they ______have.
• This system was called ______buying.
•With this system, people could make a monthly, weekly, or yearly payment on an item that they wanted or needed.
Advertising
•Due to the growth of ______techniques during the 20s, there was in increase in ______.
•How do people become appealed?
•Target Audience
•Slogans
•Desire for youth, beauty, health, money, etc
•Multi trillion dollar business today
Buying on the Margin
•In the 1920s ______people invested in the ______than ever before.
•Stock prices ______so fast that at the end of the decade, some people became ______overnight by buying and selling ______.
Stock Market
•People could buy stocks on margin which was like installment buying.
•You could buy stocks for only a ______down payment! The buyer would hold the stock until the price rose and then sell it for a ______.
•______as the stock prices kept going ______, the system worked.
Buying on Credit
•Buying on credit was a huge ______in the 1920s.
•Since the 20s was a period of great economic boom, ______people took the ______into ______.
Technological Advances
Mass Media: Radio and Music Dominate Popular Culture
•Almost overnight ______mania swept the United States.
•Every major city had stations broadcasting news, plays, and even live sporting events.
•Almost ______owned a ______
•Contributed to the world wide ______of ______: Helped unify the nation
Airplanes
•1903: The wright brothers flew first motorized plane
•1927: ______- First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
•Pan American Airways first transatlantic flight
Model T
•Henry Ford began mass production of the "______" automobile, the first car priced so the ______man ______one.
The Automobile alters society
•After WWI prices of cars ______
•Created factory jobs in the ______
•They were now affordable to the ______
•Increaser auto use by the average family led to lifestyle changes.
•More people traveled for ______
•People began to commute to ______(lived in ______)
•Women and teens had more______
Women’s Suffrage
•What is Women’s Suffrage? Answer:______
•World War I had disrupted traditional social patterns.
•After the War, women’s suffrage became______in many countries including the United States, Britain, Germany, Sweden, and Australia due to their contributions during the war.
•1920: _____ million voter increase from 1916
New Morality
•The rise of young, single women in the workforce brought a new perspective on how women participate in society – as ______and ______.
•But ______pay
•The rise of women attending college altered views of the intellectual status of women and increased their ______.
•The automobile allowed young people a chance to escape the confines of their parents’ home and gain their independence with increased private socializing opportunities.
Flapper
•Considered as rebels
•Cut their hair short
•Wore short dresses
•Wore make-up
•Single
•“Working Girl”
•Smoked cigarettes
•Partied
•The Sexualized woman
•Scandalous
•Danced- Charleston
20s Art Styles
Conclusion
•The 1920s was a carefree lifestyle
–Economic ______
–Diffusion of ______
–Easy ______
–New forms of ______
–New ______
–Freedom of the______
–Women’s______