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Objective 4.8- Roaring 20's Culture

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the 1920s changed America forever no other deck before I had brought about more radical change to American society and culture the radio becomes one of the most powerful means of communication in human history tuning into the airwaves gave Americans a share National experience the radio brought the world directly into the American home for the first time ever we could listen to the news or listen to the president speak live Americans brought the radio into their home antonym for news music performances and sports Americans would even have dance parties in their living rooms  the 20 saw massive growth in newsprint and magazine journalism this reported on four news and magazines like time and the Reader's Digest for creating Americans during the twenties Elsa's but billions of dollars on leisure activities solving crossword puzzles flagpole and buying You Gyptian theme furniture they went to Outdoor sporting events and athletes became Heroes Babe Ruth was the biggest star of them all  Jack Dempsey was a give me a boxer and Red Grange was a superstar football player these Heroes set new records tested human limits and personified the American Spirit Another Hero was Abe pilot Charles Lindbergh lucky Lindy begin the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic when he flew his plane the Spirit of St Louis nonstop from New York to Paris in 1927 ocean picture became an American Pastime on the Silver Screen in the 1920s movies were all silent and in black and white but Americans were Enchanted and stars like Charlie Chaplin Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson became American legends composer George Gershwin became a legendary jazz artist who composed the American Master bees wrap team blue painter Georgia O'Keeffe and other artist in body the art deco movement in the United States during the 1920s and a small group of American Writers became known as The Lost Generation this group included F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway in their works these authors criticized American societies greed and inhumanity these authors wrote works that you may have heard of for exam F Scott Fitzgerald is the author who wrote The Great Gatsby and Ernest Hemingway wrote A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises jazz music the motion picture and American literature became National Treasures in the 1920s kinds of this era are famous even today

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