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US Society- RoaringTwenties (1919-1929)
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Roaring Twenties positives
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US Society- RoaringTwenties (1919-1929)
Advertising
Billboard/Newspaper/Magazine/Radio
By 1925 - 2.7 mil families had radios
"keeping up with the neighbours" ideology arrived
Companies paid by the minute to spread product
Large factor in Roaring Twenties
Increased popularity of Movies/Jazz Age ect
Increased fame of Movie/Sports stars
Made hollywood desirable
Famous stars paid huge amounts
Mary Pickford paid $10,000 a week
When weekly average was $13
Jazz Age
Determined to have fun after War
Possible due to short working hours- large wages
New music and Dancing was all the rage
Charleston and Black Bottom dance
Became almost only way for blacks to be sucessful
Blacks moved from south for less racism
Very popular during prohibition
Speakeasies
Movies
Most important Leisure Activity of the 1920s
After the war, movies exploded
1922- Cinemas made $4 mil a week in ticket sales
Advertised by Radios
People soon wanted cars , homes and clothes like the movie stars
Gave chances for immigrants to follow American Dream
Ie. Charlie Chaplin
Immorality of Movies
Critics assumed people would follow in movie footsteps
Argued that movies lower moral standards
By showing cheating and alcohol
In 1930- Hays Code published
"No picture shall be produced that will lower moral standards of those who see it"
Sports
Baseball/Boxing/Golf became very popular
Extra sign of prosperity- attending sports fixtures
SPORTS PEOPLE (Babe Ruth) became household names due to advertisment
Flappers
What were flappers
Fashionable young women
Hair cut short
Short dresses
Lots of makeup
Usually wealthy
Had jobs to spend on fun
Impact on USA
Shocked many older religious or rural people
Because far more independent that usual
Women got vote in 1920
Gain of power in society
Only benefitted upper middle class / rural class could not afford lifestyle
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