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Background on The Great Gatsby & The Roaring Twenties. Overhead:. Per Capita Income The Geographical Picture. Prohibition. On January 16, 1919, the United Staets Congress passed the 18 th Amendment to the Constitution. Liquor, beer, and wine = illegal.
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Overhead: • Per Capita Income • The Geographical Picture
Prohibition • On January 16, 1919, the United Staets Congress passed the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. • Liquor, beer, and wine = illegal. • This changed the drinking habits of America for the next 14 years.
People who supported the law were known as “drys.” • Those who thought that alcohol should remain legal were called “wets.”
The Harlem Renaissance & The Jazz Age -A rebirth- or renaissance- of African-American arts. -Poets, artists, novelists, musicians, and dancers came from all over the world to participate -Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and ZoraNeale Hurston.
The Flapper FLAPPER SLANG Bathtub gin: homemade gin Bootleg: make or sell illegal liquor Gaga: crazy, silly Jalopy: old car Malarkey: lies, nonsense Ritzy: elegant Talkie: movie with sound -Young women who bobbed their hair, wore short skirts, and used makeup (“applied to young ladies in the crude or immature state”). -The name came from the fad of wearing rubber galoshes unbuckled and flapping open. -Shocked the older generation by smoking cigarettes, swearing, drinking, and kissing men they didn’t necessarily intend to marry.
