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After World War I the music that came to be called jazz grew in popularity. Jazz had originated from African-American musicians in New Orleans. -
Jazz grew rapidly to the point where it reached the other side of America and led to the creation of the blues. -
Women had gained a new freedom with new jobs and new fashion styles especially the younger women who had the most influence when it came to fashion. -
Due to Americans having a lot of free time and money they decided to watch movies and listen to the radio to entertain themselves. This led to a huge boom in movies and music development in the 1920s.
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The first radio station , KDKA in Pittsburgh, went on air in 1920 and was made possible by the advancement in Radio Technology, it was made possible to here music in your home through electricity. -
Their were many sports people who were considered legends in their time such as Harold "Red" Grange, a famous football player who played for University of Illinois. he scored 4 touchdowns in 12 minutes which got the attention of Time cover magazine and when he went professional he made $12,000 dollars per game in 1925 when people made 65 cents per hour. -
Babe Ruth was a phenomenal baseball player who in 1927 hit 60 home runs helping the New York Yankees capture the American League pennant and win the World Series. -
In 1928 Amelia Earhart had became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and aimed to fly around the world. -
In the 1920s some of the most popular novelists were Sinclair Lewis, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and William Faulkner. The ones who led the "Lost Generation" were Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. -
The writers of the lost Generation and their works were influenced by World War I and the aftermath of the war as well.