ROARING 20'S

TODAY I'D FIGURE I WOULD START A LITTLE SERIES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE DIFFRENT ERA'S. AS YOU CAN SEE I WILL START WITH THE "ROARING 20's". THE PHRASE "ROARING 20's" EMPHASIZED THE PERIODS SOCIAL, ARTISTIC, AND CULTRUIAL DYNAMISM. "NORMALICY" RETURNED TO POLITICS IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR 1, JAZZ MUSIC BLOSSOMED, AND THE FLAPPER REDFINED WOMANHOOD. THE 20'S WERE THE DECADE OF THE BATHTUB, MODEL T AND THE $5 WORK DAY, THE FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE FIRST MOVIE AND PHOTOGRAPHY WAS KNOWN AS A ART FORM. THE RAPIDLY GROWING AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WAS LED BY HENRY FORD AND THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. INCREASED WAGES AND LOWER PRICES OF VEHICLES THROUGH MASS PRODUCTION MADE PURCHASING A CAR MORE AFFORDABLE. THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-18) HASTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF AEROPLANES WHICH WERE INFANCY. BY THE 20'S THEY WERE MORE RELIABLE BY CARRING LARGER LOADS AND TRAVELING LONG DISTANCES. IN THE BEGENNING AEROPLANES WERE MADE WITH WOOD, THEN LATER INTO METAL. RAGTIME WHICH HAD BEEN POPULAR DURING AND AFTER THE WAR SUITED TO THE NEW MUSIC TEMPOS AND SO IT FLOURISHED. OLD FAVORITES LIKE THE WALTZ DID REMAIN POPULAR. DANCES LIKE THE TANGO AND THE CHARELSON BECAME POPULAR WHEN THEY WERE RELEASED IN A MOVIE STARING RUDOLPH VALENTINO AND JOAN CRAWFORD. FASHION HAS ALWAYS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. CLOTHING DEVELOPED CLOSER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ARTS, AND INCREASED A SENCE OF FREEDOM WAS EXPRESSED IN THE SIMPLE YET ELEGANT DESIGHNS WITH CAREFULLY SELECTED FABRICS AND COLORS. HATS, SHOES, STOCKINGS, HANDBAGS, DRESSES AND JEWLERY CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE A ELEGANT STYLE. THE VIBRANCY WAS LOST IN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. THAT IS ALSO WHEN FINGREWAVES AND THE BOB BECAME IN STYLE.
STATISTICS FROM THE 20'S

• POPULATION- 122 MILLION
• PRICE OF A GALLON OF MILK WAS- $.58
• AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME- $1,574
• POPULAR BOOKS- ERNEST HEMMINGWAY FAIRWELL TO ARMS, F. SCOTT FITZGERALD THE GREAT GATSBY
• POPULAR CHILDRENS BOOKS- WINNIE THE POOH, DR. DOOLITTLE, VELVITINE RABBIT
• CHILDRENS TOYS- A BABY DOLL THAT SAYS MAMA, PAPER DOLLS, TEADY BEAR, METAL TRUCKS, TINKER TOYS, ERECTOR SETS
• BEST MOVIES- TREASURE ISLAND BEN HUR
• FAVIORTE ACTORS- RUDOLPH VALENTINO AS THE SHEIK, CLARA BOW KNOWN AS THE "IT" GIRL, MARY PICKFORD MARRIED TO FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, AL JOLSON, AND CHARLES CHAPLIN.
• STYLES- WOMEN WORE THEIR HAIR SHORT OR IN A BOB, SHORT HEM LINES, CLOCHE, SHIRTS, KNICKERS, LEATHER JACKETS AND RACCON COATS.
• SPORTS HEROS- BABE RUTH, PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER, JACK DEMPSY, A BOXER, GENE TUNNEY, A BOXER, JONNY WIESSMULLER A OLYMPIC SWIMMER, BOBBY JONES, A AMETURE GOLF PLAYER, BIG BILL TILDEN, A WEMBLEDON PLAYER, AND RED GRANGE A HALFBACK AT THE UNIVERISTY OF ILLINOIS.
• FAMOUS WOMEN- AMELIA EARHART, FIRST WOMEN TO FLY ACROSS THE ALANTIC SOLO, GERTRUDE EDERLE, FIRST WOMEN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, AND ANNE OAKLEY WHO WAS PROFESSIANT AT FIREARMS
• OUTLAWS- AL CAPONE BEST KNOWN GANGSTER OF ALL TIME
• FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTERS- FELIX THE CAT, MICKEY MOUSE AND LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE.
• NEW FOODS- WELCHES GRAPE JELLY, WRIGLEYS GUM AND ESKIMO PIES

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XOXO,

LINDSEY