youth and society in the 1920’s

YOUTH AND SOCIETY IN THE 1920’S

By Olivia Haas

PROHIBITION

SPEAKEASYClick icon to add picture

• Also called a blind pig

• Encouraged the

illegal consumption

of alcohol.

• “Speakeasy boys,

speak easy”-Kate

Hester

STOCK MARKET CRASH 1929

START OF THE GREAT DEPRESSIONClick icon to add picture

• Started at the end of

the 1920’s lasted until

early WWII.

• Millions left jobless

LANGUAGE

Bearcat-hot wild woman

Baloney- nonsense

Cash or Check- do you want a kiss now or later?

Cheaters-eyeglasses

FASHION

DRESSClick icon to add picture

• Began having a

“boyish” look.

• Hemline reseeded to

above the knee.

• Did away with corsets

and pantaloons.

• Straight waist, and

sleeveless arms

MAKEUPClick icon to add picture

• Heavy dark eye

makeup.

• Started wearing “kiss

proof” lipstick

• Pale skin

HAIRClick icon to add picture

• The bob- boyish cut

normally cut to the

chin level.

• Very short

FLAPPER STYLE

DATINGClick icon to add picture

• Chaperoned

• Petting parties-meaning

kissing and fondling but

not having intercourse.

• Dating didn’t necessarily

mean they were going to

get married.

WOMEN’S RIGHTS

COLLEGE LIFEClick icon to add picture

• “She doesn’t drink, she

doesn’t pet, she hasn’t

even been to college

yet.”-1920’s joke

• Made it possible to break

away from parents and

make their own ways into

society

SEXUAL MORALS

NOW CLOSER THAN EVER

FAMOUS PEOPLE

CHARLES LINDBERGH

• Nickname- “Lucky

Lindy”

• First to fly solo

• Spirit of St. Louis-

airplane

AMELIA EARHART

• First woman to fly solo

across the Atlantic

• Attempted to fly

across the world but

was lost at sea

somewhere around the

Bermuda Triangle.

AL CAPONEClick icon to add picture

• Nickname-”Scarface”

• Married Mae Coughlin

• Famous mobster of the

1920’s.

• Imprisoned in Alcatraz-

no knowledge of the

outside world while

there.

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