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Chapter 13 Section 3

Education and Popular Culture (449)

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What was the "fight of the century"? A radio-aired boxing match involving Dempsey and Tunney that was announced by Graham McNamee. A few listeners actually died of heart failure
Why did school enrollments go up in the 1920s? Prosperous times, and higher educational standards for industry jobs.
What was a reason that schools improved in the 1920s? Taxes for education went way up
What things helped contribute to mass news coverage? Magazines; many local nespapers were swallowed up by big city newspapers
What new thing did radio networks create in the US? The shared national experience of hearing news right as it happened
What became a norm in the 1920s? Fads. Crossword puzzles, changing clothes, egyptian jewelry, heroes like baseball players
Who was America's most beloved hero? Charles Lindbergh, a small town pilot who made the first nonstop solo flight across the atlantic. he was handsome and honest Minnesotan.
What boosted movie attendance in the late 1920s? "Talkies" or films with sound (Walt Disney came about at this time) nearly doubled movie theatre attendace
Who was George Gershwin? A composer who mixed traditional music elements with American jazz, creating a purely American sound
Who were Georgia O'Keefe and Edward Hopper? Artists who captured America as a place of realities and dreams. O'Keefe produced very colorful pieces portraying New York.
Who was Sincalir Lewis? The first American to win a nobel prize in literature after his novel Babbit came out. Babbit criticized conformity and materialism.
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald? revealed the negative side of the gaity and happiness of the 20s.
Who was Edna St. Vincent Millay? A poet who was the opposite of Fitzgerald, her poems celebrated the youth and vivacity found in the 20s.
Who was Ernest Hemmingway? A writer, veteran of WWI, who wrote about the negative effects of the glorification of arms.
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