The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties - EconomyEconomy

After WWI – wartime economy to peacetime economy Soldiers back with wages/re-entered the work

force Farming and mining – no growth – poor man

still poorIndustry – mass productionSociety – consumerismThe rich get rich and the poor get…children.$1.00 in 1922 had the same buying power as $12.48 in 2010.

The Roaring Twenties – The Jazz Age

•Time when Jazz music emerged•Mesh of African-American ideals and white middle class society•Charleston - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJC21zzkwoE

The Roaring Twenties - Prohibition

January 1920 – Sale of alcohol is illegal Only banned manufacturing, sale and transport

SpeakeasiesContempt for authority

Organized crime

The Roaring Twenties – Flappers

Short dresses with straight silhouette

Short bobs Bell-shaped hat -

clocheMAKE-UP!SMOKING!DRINKING!DANCING!

The Roaring Twenties – Women

1920 – 19th amendment – Women get the right to vote

1923 – Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the

United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.”1925 – First woman governor1928 – Women participate in Olympics

The Roaring Twenties - Men

Athletes inspired fashion Coats, leather jackets, suits, sweaters, trousers

Day – morning suit / Night – short tuxedoMail ordering – Sears Roebuck Co.Hats were dependent upon class

Top hats, fedora, newsboy cap

The Roaring Twenties – Technology

Model-T 1920/1927

Television 1923, 1926

Radio 1920

The Roaring Twenties – Old Money vs. New Money

Old Money Generational wealth – Save save save

Inherited houses / Modest cars Bankers, railroads, steel

New Money Earned within generation – Spend spend spend

Acquire possessions to prove wealth Lavish parties Bootleggers, prospectors

The Roaring Twenties - Depression

1929Rural areas suffered

mostEnded the Roaring

Twenties

F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald and Zelda

On academic probation, Fitzgerald joined the army as a 2nd lieutenant in 1917.

June 1918 -On assignment in AL, he fell in love with Zelda Sayre

She broke off their engagement in 1919

Overnight Fame

March 26, 1920: This Side of Paradise

One week later, he marries Zelda Sayre in New York.

Extravagant living

Traveling abroad

The Great Gatsby

Published April 1925Positive reviews but not

big hit150,000 copies to

American military in WWII

By 1960s Gatsby was established