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The Era of Wonderful Nonsense

By John Bigelow and Marla Pinckney

Popular First Names

Boys

Girls

1. John

2. Robert

3. William

4. James

5. Charles

1. Mary

2. Dorothy

3. Helen

4. Margaret

5. Betty

US Events

  • 1920 - 19th Amendment allows women to vote.
  • 1922 - Time Magazine is founded.
  • 1926 - Army Corps established.
  • 1929 - St. Valentines Day massacre in Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1929 - New York Stock Market crashes.

World Events

  • 1920 - Adolf Hitler forms Nazi Party.
  • 1920 - The League of Nations is formed in Paris.
  • 1922 - Mussolini formed facist goverment.
  • 1924 - Lenin died, Stalin came to power.
  • 1928 - Chiang Kai-Shek elected president of China.

People

  • Charles Lindbergh - American pilot and the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic.
  • Babe Ruth - One of the greatest baseball players of all time.
  • Henry Ford - Founder of the Ford Motor Company.
  • D.W. Griffith - Important movie director and one of the founders of the Hollywood Film Industry.
  • Langston Hughes - African-American poet, novelist, and playwright.

U.S Presidents

*All Republican presidents

Clothes

Hair

Sporting News

In 1920, most hair was worn

short and curled. The most popular

hairstyle for women was the "Bob". Men wore their hair straight and silked down.

Biotechnology Advances

In 1920, clothing changed with

womens changing role in modern

society. Young women wore

shorter skirts with pleats, gathers,

or slits to allow motion to rule

womens fashion for the first time

in history.

Developments in biotechnology were mainly focused on genetics during this decade. Studies of genetic changes, such as, mutations were focused on too. Not much else was focused on during this time period.

  • During this decade baseball, tennis, golf, swimming, football and boxing were promoted publicly.
  • In 1922, Johnny Weismuller swam the 100m in 58.6 seconds.
  • Before this no swimmer could swim in under a minute.
  • In 1926, Gertrude Federle swam the English Channel and was the first woman to do so.
  • In 1927, Babe Ruth broke the home run record with 60 home runs and the record remained that way until 1961.

Music

The most popular music during the time was Jazz, which was the most mainstream, Ragtime, and Broadway Musicals. Al Jolsons "Swanee" was the most popular sond of the decade. Other poluar songs included :

  • "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong`
  • "Margie" by Con Conrad
  • "Rhapsody in Blue" by Paul Whiteman
  • "Blank and Tan Fantasy" by Duke Ellington.
  • "Crazy Blues" - Mamie Smith
  • "Waiting For A Train" - Jimmie Rodgers

Scientific Discoveries

  • 1922 - Sir Frederick Grant Banting discovered Insulin, which regulates blood sugar and helps diabetics live a normal life.
  • 1928- Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin, an atibiotic that helps to fight infection.

Scientific Inventions

  • 1920 - Earle Dickson invented the Band Aid, which helps cover up and protect small cuts and scrapes.
  • 1921 - John Larson invented the lie detector, which helps see if your lying and is an advancement in the Justice System.
  • 1926 - Robert H. Goddard invented liquid-fueled rockets. THis is beneficial to us today because it helps us launch missiles, the space shuttle, and even probes and satellites.

Popular Literature

Sinclair Lewis

1922

Theodore Dreiser

1925

F. Scott Fitzgerald

1925

A. A. Milne

1926

Erich Maria Remarque

1929

Popular Movies

Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

Wizard of Oz

1925

Ben-Her

1925

The Jazz Singer

1927

Metropolis

1927

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