Roaring Twenties

1. Roaring Twenties

Arsenteva, Denisova

2.

• This era saw the large-scale use of automobiles,
telephones, motion pictures, radio, and
electricity; commercial, passenger, and freight
aviation; as well as unprecedented industrial
growth, accelerated consumer demand, plus
significant changes in lifestyle and culture. The
media focused on celebrities, especially sports
heroes and movie stars, as cities rooted for their
home teams and filled the new palatial cinemas
and gigantic sports stadiums. In most major
countries, women won the right to vote

3. Social and cultural changes in the roaring twenties began in the largest cities: Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Paris and London

Chicago
New York

4. M U S I C

MUSIC
• The most popular genre of music was jazz. This era is
known for many famous jazz singers and musicians such as
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll
Morton, Bix Bayderbek, Bing Crosby. Other popular musical
trends of that era - the blues, one of the most famous
singers of which was Bessie Smith. Another was a popular
country style.

5. F A S H I O N

FASHION
For young girls wearing short skirts,
short haircut and listen to jazz was both
fashion trends and social position,
shocking break with the traditional
values of the Victorian era with its
corsets and long skirts, closing legs. In
vogue felt hats. A popular was the use
of cosmetics, which had previously
been considered an attribute of
prostitutes.

6. Women's rights

• At this time, there is a real feminist
revolution. Women gained the right to
vote, joint education of children and
young people of both sexes have been
introduced in schools and universities.
Women began to have sex without
marriage. They began to drink alcohol and
smoke. At the same time, the American
notion of family virtues in general have
not changed. It was believed that all the

7.

• By the 1920s, a special Eighteenth
Amendment to the United States were
forbidden to manufacture, sale and
importation of alcoholic beverages. Since the
consumption of alcoholic beverages is not
forbidden, trafficking and sale of steel
monopoly of organized crime, which
significantly increased its revenue and
contributed to its spread in US society. One
of the leaders of the American criminal
organizations at the time, became a symbol of
the American Mafia and the era of the roaring
twenties, was the famous Al Capone.
As a result of prohibition, gangsterism grew. Men like Al Capone of Chicago murdered
their way up the organized crime network. In addition to being a ruthless thug,
Capone (nicknamed "Scarface"), had an uncanny knack for evading the police and the
justice system. It wasn't until 1931 that he was finally sent to prison for tax evasion, of
all things!

8.

In 1918, World War One was over
and people were tired of bad
times. Americans wanted to enjoy
life . . . and how could they not?