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Transcript: The 1920s was mainly remembered for its class and social divides. African Americans were divided from the whites. In the 1920s, entertainment was all separate. It was white music, movies, and radio, which was different from black music, movies, and radio. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a big important writer. He was part of the Lost Generation group which was a group of people who became writers after the war. He married a women named Zelda and wrote many books. One of his great writings was The Great Gatsby. Jobs seemed to be a permanent feature in America starting in the 1920s. There were newer jobs that were being brought to americans such as factory jobs because of the new inventions that were being created. More people decided to get a job and not get an education because they thought making money was more important. The fashion in the 1920s was different to modern today fashion. Women, mainly, were the ones who made the 1920s such a big fashion decade. The Lost Generation Freund, Steve. "Lost Generation." In Faue, Elizabeth, and Gary B. Nash, eds. Encyclopedia of American History: The Emergence of Modern America, 1900 to 1928, Revised Edition (Volume VII). New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2010. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=EAHVII143&SingleRecord=True (accessed February 11, 2014). F. Scott Fitzgerald who was a very famous writer for writing a class book called The Great Gatsby. This book was based apon his real life and what he went through in the war through another characters eyes which was named Jay Gatsby. The 1920s was a period in which new industries like automobiles, the chemical industry, and the electrical goods industry overtook the extractive industries and railroads of the 19th century as the dominant drivers of the economy. African Americans would try to imitate white music by doing covers of white music songs. The American Dream and the 1920s Not only was the race divided but the poor versus the rich were separated as well. There were 3 main classes of the 1920s which were the lower class, middle class, and upper class. The lower and upper classes were the main ones because more people were either really rich or really poor. Streissguth, Tom. "The End of the Roaring Twenties: 1929." The Roaring Twenties, Eyewitness History, Revised Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2007. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=EHRTEssay13&SingleRecord=True (accessed February 12, 2014). Sports Entertainment – Movies, Music (Jazz), and Radio The prohibition era during the 1920s was the law that made the sale, production, and distribution of alcohol a crime. They said it was a way to attain political and social perfection through the elimination of suffering, poverty, and hardship. Streissguth, Tom. "New Homes and a New Sound: September 1923–February 1924." The Roaring Twenties, Eyewitness History, Revised Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2007. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=EHRTEssay06&SingleRecord=True (accessed February 11, 2014). "Restoring the American Dream: Building a 21st Century Labor Movement That Can Win (excerpt)." American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=AHI5438&SingleRecord=True (accessed February 11, 2014). Temperance and Prohibition "Woman Dressed in the 'Flapper' Fashion." Library of Congress American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=AMCEVp13&SingleRecord=True (accessed February 11, 2014). F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Fitzgerald Chicago's gangland warfare and crime syndicates did not begin with Prohibition. Davis, Cory A. "business and industry in the 20th century." In Kupperman, Karen Ordahl, ed. American Centuries: The Ideas, Issues, and Values That Shaped U.S. History. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2011. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE52&iPin=AMCE154&SingleRecord=True (accessed February 11, 2014). Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Edward Estlin Cummings, and F. Scott Fitzgerald are just some of the many writers in the lost generation who were one of the first artistic cohorts to be viewed as a distinctive generation. The American Dream for people in the 1920s meant to be in the highest class and to be successful with their life they had goals set so they could work hard to achieve their american dream. Football's popularity during the 1920s lay primarily with the college games, but with professional football was small-town and blue-collar, with many teams located in smaller cities such as Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Canton, Ohio. Atkin, Natalie. "peace movements, 1900–1928." In Faue, Elizabeth, and Gary B. Nash, eds. Encyclopedia of American History: The Emergence of Modern America, 1900 to 1928, Revised
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