FADSFADS

• An activity or event that is extremely An activity or event that is extremely popular during a certain time periodpopular during a certain time period

CURRENT FADS IN THE CURRENT FADS IN THE USUS

WORST FAD IN U.S. WORST FAD IN U.S.

22ndnd WORST FAD IN U.S. WORST FAD IN U.S.

WAY BACK IN THE 90’s!WAY BACK IN THE 90’s!

1920s Fads1920s Fads•Silent MoviesSilent Movies• Jazz / Dance Jazz / Dance •Professional Professional

Sports Sports•Flagpole SittingFlagpole Sitting

1920s Famous People1920s Famous People

Babe RuthBabe Ruth Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh

Baseball PlayerBaseball Player Airplane Pilot – 1Airplane Pilot – 1stst Trans-Atlantic FlightTrans-Atlantic Flight

Charlie Charlie ChaplinChaplin

Silent ActorSilent Actor

Ernest Ernest HemingwayHemingway

Famous PoetFamous Poet

HARLEM RENAISSANCEHARLEM RENAISSANCE

• Rebirth of African-American cultureRebirth of African-American culture• Jazz Age beginsJazz Age begins

– Louis Armstrong – World Famous Jazz Louis Armstrong – World Famous Jazz musician.musician.

• African American authors/poetsAfrican American authors/poets– Langston Hughes- encouraged African Langston Hughes- encouraged African

Americans to look to the future Americans to look to the future

HARLEM RENAISSANCEHARLEM RENAISSANCE

Langston Hughes

DreamsDreams

Hold fast to dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged birdLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly. That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go For when dreams go Life is a barren field Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Frozen with snow.

Major Effect of Harlem Renaissance

• African-American cultural pride flourished in the cities.

WOMEN IN The 20’s: WOMEN IN The 20’s: FLAPPERSFLAPPERS

• Young women who Young women who rebelled from traditional rebelled from traditional ways of thinking.ways of thinking.

• Defining characteristics:Defining characteristics:– Short hairShort hair– Short dressesShort dresses– SmokingSmoking– Drank at speakeasiesDrank at speakeasies

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These dresses were These dresses were noted for being very noted for being very “revealing!”“revealing!”

The AutomobileThe Automobile• Henry Ford’s Model Henry Ford’s Model

T car becomes a T car becomes a major seller in the major seller in the 1920s.1920s.

• The assembly line The assembly line made production of made production of cars FASTER and cars FASTER and CHEAPER.CHEAPER.

• Many middle class Many middle class Americans could Americans could buy a car through buy a car through INSTALLMENT INSTALLMENT BUYING!BUYING!

THE ROARING TWENTIES

HARLEM RENAISSANCEHARLEM RENAISSANCE WOMEN IN THE 1920s

1920s FADSPROHIBITION

18th AMENDMENT: _________________________________________________

BOOTLEGGERS: _________________________________________________

SPEAKEASIES:

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G-MEN:

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FLAPPERS: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SUFFRAGISTS:

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TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

FAD: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

FADS IN THE 20s

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________

HARLEM RENAISSANCE: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: ______________________________

LANGSTON HUGHES:______________________________

FAMOUS

PEOPLE IN

THE 1920s

NAMES

ROLE

IN SOCIETY