Roaring 20's - Cars, music, movies, sports, transportation, nation culture, Calvin Coolidge & consumerism

By 1927, over ____ of American families owned cars

50%

As more Americans owned cars, the use of ___ trains declined

Trains

Businesses associated with the automobile like gas stations, _____ motels, and ___ appeared

1. repair shops

2. gas stations

People with cars could _______ easier and ____ from where they worked

1. Travel

2. live away

Drive - in ___ appeared and in 1921, _____ opened the first fast food franchise

1. restaurants

2. White Castle

_____ and increased sales of radios and phonographs created a thriving music industry that ushered in the ____ (1920’s - 1930’s)

1. Radio Stations

2. Jazz Age

1920 - KDKA in ____ became the first commercial radio station in the U.S

Pittsburg

The _____ was a period when jazz gained nation popularity

Jazz Age

Artists during the jazz age :

1. Duke Ellington

2. Louis Armstrong

3. Bessie Smith

Increased leisure time helped give rise to the movie industry in ______

Hollywood, CA

The first movie theaters were called _________ and it cost .5 cents to seea movie)

Nickelodeons

The ____ (1927) was the first movie with sound

Jazz Singer

More leisure time also means people have time to _____ and ___ sports like baseball

1. listen

2. watch

in 1927, _____ hit a record of 60 homeruns in a single season

Babe Ruth

New transportation industries (__________) changed how americans traveled

buses, trucks, and planes

in 1927, _____ flew his airplane “spirit of St. Louis” from ____ to _____ in 33 hours

1. Charles Lindenburg

2. New York

3. Paris

The assembly line (perfected by ____) standardized ___ production and specialized ____ all contributed to increased productivity

1. Henry Ford

2. parts mass

3. labor

During the 1920, the average _____ of middle and working class americans increased

Income

Indoor ____ and ___ heat and air became more common

1. plumbing

2. Central

by 1930, ___ of americans had _____

1. 2/3

2. electricity

____ became less effective as the government backed ___ instead of workers

1. Striking

2. Businesses

1 _____ day of unskilled workers was still commonplace

12

Conditions improved slightly for _______

Skilled worker

People working in the cities worked ____ and had at least ____ off each week

1. fewer hours

2. one day

More leisure time and increased wages gave americans the ___ and ___ to spend on leisure activities and _____ items

1. time

2. money

3. consumables

People began to buy more consumer items and _____

advertising

____ and ____ made purchasing new products easier

1. Chain stores

2. credit plans

Personal _______ increased as many new products were bought with credit

Debt