Transcript CHAPTER 23 THE JAZZ AGE

HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Chapter 14
THE JAZZ AGE
Section 1: Boom Times
Section 2: Life in the Twenties
Section 3: A Creative Era
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Section 1: Boom Times
Objectives:
 How did the economic boom affect consumers and
American businesses?
 How did the assembly line spur the growth of the
automobile industry?
 How did Henry Ford change working conditions during the
1920s?
 How did widespread automobile use affect the daily lives
of many Americans?
 How did American industries encourage changes in
consumer practices?
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Section 1: Boom Times
Effects on consumers
 Wage increases for workers increased their
purchasing power.
 Increased consumer demand led to the
development of new products.
 Electricity became more available.
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Section 1: Boom Times
Effects on business
 Businesses used scientific management to increase
productivity.
 Factories became more efficient.
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Section 1: Boom Times
The assembly line
 cut production time and costs
 enabled reductions in price
 allowed more consumers to buy cars
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Section 1: Boom Times
Changes made by Henry Ford
 developed the assembly line
 increased productivity but work became repetitive
 increased wages
 shortened the workday
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Section 1: Boom Times
The automobile’s effect on daily lives
 linked rural areas to urban areas; contributed to
growth of suburbs
 use of trains and trolley cars reduced; horse-drawn
vehicles replaced
 growth in popularity of auto-touring
 new social opportunities for teenagers
 reduced sense of community
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Section 1: Boom Times
Changing consumer practices
 offering of installment plans
 introduction of new materials and designs
 use of advertising
 beginning of planned obsolescence
 establishment of retail chain stores
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The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 2: Life in the Twenties
Objectives:
 What impact did prohibition have on crime?
 What were the characteristics of the new youth
culture?
 How did celebrities and new forms of popular
entertainment help create a mass culture?
 What did the religious movements of the 1920s
and the Scopes trial reveal about American
society?
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Section 2: Life in the Twenties
Prohibition’s impact on crime
Prohibition of alcohol increased crime by creating an
illegal market that manifested in speakeasies,
bootlegging, and people making their own liquor.
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Section 2: Life in the Twenties
Characteristics of the youth culture
 The “new woman” sought social and economic
independence.
 College enrollment tripled.
 New fashions were worn.
 New leisure activities such as dance marathons
and flagpole sitting became popular.
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Section 2: Life in the Twenties
Creation of a mass culture
 Radio, books, and magazines allowed people to
share ideas, information, and entertainment.
 Movies and sports gave common cultural
experiences.
 Celebrities and heroes allowed people to share
common acquaintances.
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Section 2: Life in the Twenties
American society
 Americans had different opinions about social
change.
 There was a deep division between traditional
religious values and new values based on
scientific thought.
 There were different values about what was
appropriate in movies and radio.
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Section 3: A Creative Era
Objectives:
 How did jazz and blues become popular
nationwide?
 What impact did the Harlem Renaissance have on
American society?
 How did writers of the Lost Generation portray
American life?
 What were some of the major inspirations behind
new movements in the visual arts and architecture?
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The popularity of jazz and blues
 originated in the South
 spread nationwide as musicians moved north
 began to be played by white musicians also
 popularized in jazz clubs and by big bands
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Impact of the Harlem Renaissance
 source of pride for African Americans
 new respect for black theater
 celebration of ethnic identity
 exposure of African American struggles
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Section 3: A Creative Era
Life as portrayed by the Lost Generation
writers
 War was devastating and useless.
 College life was superficial.
 Pursuit of wealth and status led to emptiness.
 Middle-class life was empty and required
conformity.
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Section 3: A Creative Era
Inspirations for the visual arts and
architecture
 urban and industrial settings
 nobility of workers
 tyranny of the wealthy
 Sullivan’s ideas about form and function
 Frank Lloyd Wright’s “prairie style”
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