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Flappers
(in the 1920s) a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. -
Growth of movies in the 1920's
The 1920's was a time for the movie industry to really blossom and expand. It was the beginning of the studio and the birth of the "star". The majority of film making actually took place in the Hollywood area. In fact, during the mid 1920's, around 800 movies were being created each year. Hollywood was the rise of a new cultural phenomenon. -
The Jazz Age
the 1920s was a decade of deep cultural division, pitting a more cosmopolitan, modernist, urban culture against a more provincial, traditionalist, rural culture. The decade witnessed a titanic struggle between an old and a new America as well as the rise of a modern consumer economy and mass entertainment. All of these themes were played out in the nation's music. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a movement that spanned the 1920s. The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York. -
Prohibition
The ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution–which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors–ushered in a period in American history known as Prohibition. Prohibition was difficult to enforce, despite the passage of companion legislation known as the Volstead Act. -
Charles Lindbergh
Made first solo nostop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20 and 21 -
Amelia Earhart
First female to pilot to fly across the altanti ocean
In 1937, she mysteriously disappeared while trying to circumnavigate the globe from the equator.