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| * [[Women's suffrage]] movement continues to make gains as women obtain full voting rights in [[Denmark]] in 1915, in the [[United States|USA]] in 1920, and in [[England]] in 1928; and women begin to enter the workplace in larger numbers | * [[Women's suffrage]] movement continues to make gains as women obtain full voting rights in [[Denmark]] in 1915, in the [[United States|USA]] in 1920, and in [[England]] in 1928; and women begin to enter the workplace in larger numbers | ||
| * In the US, [[gangsters]] and the rise of [[organized crime]], often associated with [[bootleg liquor]], in defiance of Prohibition. | * In the US, [[gangsters]] and the rise of [[organized crime]], often associated with [[bootleg liquor]], in defiance of Prohibition. | ||
| - | * [[Rum rows]] are established to import bootleg alcoholic beverages into U.S. | ||
| * First commercial [[radio]] station in the U.S. goes on air in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], in 1920, and radio quickly becomes a popular entertainment medium | * First commercial [[radio]] station in the U.S. goes on air in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], in 1920, and radio quickly becomes a popular entertainment medium | ||
| - | * [[Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals]] defends alcohol prohibition in U.S. | ||
| * First feature-length [[motion picture]] with a [[Talking Pictures|sound track]] (''[[Don Juan]]'') is released in 1926. First part-talkie (''[[The Jazz Singer (1927 film)|The Jazz Singer]]'') released in 1927, first all-talking feature (''[[Lights of New York]]'') released in 1928 and first all-color all-talking feature (''[[On with the Show]]'') released in 1929. | * First feature-length [[motion picture]] with a [[Talking Pictures|sound track]] (''[[Don Juan]]'') is released in 1926. First part-talkie (''[[The Jazz Singer (1927 film)|The Jazz Singer]]'') released in 1927, first all-talking feature (''[[Lights of New York]]'') released in 1928 and first all-color all-talking feature (''[[On with the Show]]'') released in 1929. | ||
| * Beginning of [[surrealist]] movement | * Beginning of [[surrealist]] movement | ||
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| * [[Bishop James Cannon, Jr.]] becomes a U.S. [[temperance movement]] leader. | * [[Bishop James Cannon, Jr.]] becomes a U.S. [[temperance movement]] leader. | ||
| * The [[Group of Seven (artists)]] | * The [[Group of Seven (artists)]] | ||
| - | * [[Repeal organizations]] organized to fight national prohibition in U.S. | ||
| - | * Minister [[Daisey Douglas Barr]] heads Women's Ku Klux Klan ([[WKKK]]). | ||
| * The tomb of [[Tutankhamun]] is discovered intact by [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] (1922). This begins a second revival of [[Egyptomania]]. | * The tomb of [[Tutankhamun]] is discovered intact by [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] (1922). This begins a second revival of [[Egyptomania]]. | ||
| - | * Edward Higgins becomes the third General ( international leader) of [[The Salvation Army]] . His term is from 1929-1934. | ||
| == Subcultures == | == Subcultures == | ||
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- Prohibition — legal attempt to end consumption of alcohol in Canada, the USA, Norway and FinlandImage:Prohibition.jpgProhibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol.
- Youth culture of The Lost Generation; flappers, the Charleston, and bobbed hair
- "The Jazz Age" — jazz and jazz-influenced dance music widely popular
- Women's suffrage movement continues to make gains as women obtain full voting rights in Denmark in 1915, in the USA in 1920, and in England in 1928; and women begin to enter the workplace in larger numbers
- In the US, gangsters and the rise of organized crime, often associated with bootleg liquor, in defiance of Prohibition.
- First commercial radio station in the U.S. goes on air in Pittsburgh, in 1920, and radio quickly becomes a popular entertainment medium
- First feature-length motion picture with a sound track (Don Juan) is released in 1926. First part-talkie (The Jazz Singer) released in 1927, first all-talking feature (Lights of New York) released in 1928 and first all-color all-talking feature (On with the Show) released in 1929.
- Beginning of surrealist movement
- Beginning of the Art Deco movement
- Fads such as marathon dancing, mah-jongg, crossword puzzles and pole-sitting are popular
- The height of the clip joint
- The Harlem Renaissance
- The Scopes Monkey Trial (1925) which declared that John T. Scopes had violated the law by teaching evolution in schools, creating tension between the competing theories of creationism and evolution.
- Bishop James Cannon, Jr. becomes a U.S. temperance movement leader.
- The Group of Seven (artists)
- The tomb of Tutankhamun is discovered intact by Howard Carter (1922). This begins a second revival of Egyptomania.
Subcultures
In the 1920s, American Jazz music and motor cars were at the centre of a European subculture which began to break the rules of social etiquette and the class system (See also Swing Kids). In America, the same flaming youth subculture was "running wild" but with the added complication of alcohol prohibition. Canada had prohibition in some areas, but for the most part, thirsty Americans coming over the border found an oasis. As a result, smuggling escalated as crime gangs became organised. In the southern United States, Mexico and Cuba were popular with drinkers. Thus, a drinking subculture grew in size and a crime subculture grew along with it. Other drugs were used as alternatives to alcohol. When prohibition ended, the subculture of drink, drugs and jazz did not disappear, and neither did the gangsters.
Mentioned in
- Surrealism
- Documents (journal)
- Jean Vigo
- History of subcultures in the 20th century
- Modern architecture
- André Masson
- Folies Bergère
- Noise music
- 1920s Berlin
- Harlem Renaissance
- German Expressionism
- Theatre of the Absurd
- European comics
- Sexual revolution
- Cut-up technique
- Silent film
- Musidora
- André Kertész
- Samuel Roth
- Lee Miller
- Roaring Twenties
- Flapper
- New Criticism
- Ero guro nansensu
- Djuna Barnes
- Swing music
- Cinema pur
- Storyville
- Kino-Pravda
- International style (architecture)
- Golden Twenties
- Avant-garde film in Europe
- Années Folles
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