The Roaring 20's
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, then it started to expand everywhere in the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement" and the "Jazz Age".
Consumerism
In this ad it states how doctors prefer Lucky Strike cigarettes over other brands of cigarettes. By having doctors support this brand, it gives people the impression that its okay to smoke. By making ads like these ones it made
smoking a trend and
modernize it.
smoking a trend and
modernize it.
Women's Suffrage
Woodrow Wilson had been picketed by suffragists outside the White House. Several women were arrested, jailed and went on a hunger strike. Woodrow Wilson made a speech to congress, but his words failed and didn't get enough votes. It was another year before women had the right to vote.
Assembly Line
Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to two hours and 30 minutes.
Star of the 20's
Renée Adorée was a French actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s.
Flapper
A flapper was considered to be a young women of modern times, very fashionable young women enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.