The Roaring 20's
An examination of social, political, and economic change.
Fads/Heroes: Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was an American icon famous for his feat of completing the first solo transatlantic flight from New York City to Paris and claiming the twenty five thousand dollar Orteig Prize ($350.000 in modern money) for doing so. However, perhaps what enamored Americans most was in fact that Lindbergh managed to win the prize. Starting out as a young airmail pilot who flew for the US Army Air Service, Charles Lindbergh was nowhere near as skilled, experienced, or well funded as his competitors who sought the same goal. However, through his sheer determination and grit, Charles Lindbergh was able to achieve what many of his superiors failed to achieve. The manner in which he achieved this feat resonates with the idea of the American dream; it shows how an underdog rose up to the occasion and achieved great things. In addition to the way he crossed the Atlantic, the constant adulation of Lindbergh also added to his fame. Immediately after his flight, Lindbergh was swept up in banquets and functions, even winning a Medal of Honor and becoming Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1927. Charles Lindbergh’s magnificent achievement propagated air travel as a serious method of transportation and resonated with American ideals; it catapulted him from an anonymous pilot to a celebrity within a span of one and a half days.
Birth of a Mass Culture
Movies
Radio
Cultural Civil War
Prohibition Act
The Great Migration
Economic Status
Final Response
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