9. The Roaring
20’s
Education And Pop Culture
By Michael McNulty, Niki Carriero, Sameer Kurien, Gaby
Pereira, and Robert Gnandt (Gnandt right? Because I don’t
really know I just need to take up more space. Shoot not
quite enough. maybe I can sing to distract you so you won’t
notice the gap, oh wait its gone).
10. Entertainment
In 1929 4.5 billion dollars was spent on entertainment. Some forms
were:
• Sports, such as Baseball, Boxing, Golf, and College Football
• Cartoons, such as Steamboat Willie
• Radio
• Magazines
• Movies
• Plays and Musicals
• Jazz Clubs, such as The Cotton Club
11. Sports
• A major event was the Jack Dempsey Heavyweight Boxing match in 1927, said to be so suspenseful that people
listening over the radio died of heart failure.
• Also in 1927, George Herman, or ‘Babe’, Ruth, hit a record of 60 homeruns in a single season.
• Bobby Jones champion golfer, won four tournaments (English+American) in one year
• College football popular
• sports successes represented American aspirations
12. Communication
& Media
• radio September 22, 1927 expands American horizons, news from around the world traveling faster and reaching
more people
• Newspapers and Magazines Flourish, news covers a wider range of topics
• Movies- Hollywood silent films with Charlie chaplin
• 1927 first sound film The Jazz Singer doubles movie attendance, followed by first animated sound film Steamboat
Willie starring mickey mouse
• plays begin to focus on more modern, psychological themes, Art and music begins to break away from European
styles
13. Education
• 1914 -> 1926 number of high school students in America quadruples
• more courses available along with more job opportunities
• more immigrants in public schools and non-english courses
• US Spends apx $2.7 billion
• sculps trials concerning evolution vs creation
