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Spend time reading about, watching informative videos, & researching life & politics of the 1920’s in the

USA.
researching THE CONTEXT OF Tne Great Gatsby BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
Why was it often called THE ROARING TWENTIES? Why was it often called the JAZZ AGE?
jazz symbolized the decade's spirit of
The crazy culture of that decade liberatio.

What was PROHIBITION? And how did Explain how and why

List adjectives (descriptive words) you find in your research to describe this period:
people respond to it? MATERIALISM / CONSUMERISM
was evident in the 1920’s.
Prohibition is banning sales of
alcohol. People caused more
crime because of this They were able to enjoy a wonderful taste of
freedom due to the introduction of
mass-produced, cheap automobiles that
revolutionized transportation in America.

How did life change for WOMEN?

Women responded, joining men in speakeasies, increasing sexuality (shorter


skirts, higher divorce rates, drinking, smoking, etc). Also, single women could live
alone in apartments in cities and work for a living for the first time..

List POSITIVE changes in society: List NEGATIVE changes in society:

Low prices (the Ford Model T cost just $260 in Immigration, race, alcohol, evolution,
1924) and generous credit made cars gender politics, and sexual morality all
affordable luxuries at the beginning of the became major cultural battlefields among
decade; by the end, they were practically the people during the 1920s.
necessities.

1920’ s © STACEY LLOYD 2018

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