1920+-+1929+(These+paragraph+topics+are+not+available.)

1. Literature, Philosophy, & Art


 * 1928 - Museum of Modern Art founded in NYC

2. Music & Dance

3. Fashion & Interior Design


 * 1920's - Women's fashion changed dramatically in this decade - short hair, shorter skirts, make up, etc.

4. Sports & Leisure Activities


 * 1920 - Negro National League (first African American baseball league) founded
 * 1924 - first Winter Olympics held in France
 * 1925 - Lou Gehrig started consecutive game streak record of 2,130 games
 * 1927 - Babe Ruth set record
 * 1927 - Edward Temme became first man to swim English Channel both ways consecutively

5. Science & Technology


 * 1920 - First commercially produced radio station (KDKA) went on the air, owned by Westinghouse
 * 1921 - Polygraph (lie detector) invented
 * 1921 - Insulin successfully extracted, isolated, tested, and made suitable for human injection to treat diabetes
 * 1923 - Flash freezing process developed by Clarence Birdeye allowing people to have fresh food all year long
 * 1923 - Anti-Darwin, anti-evolution movement got going
 * 1926 - TV - Baird
 * 1928 - pre-sliced bread invented
 * 1928 - Penicillin discovered by bacteriologist Alexander Fleming

6. Architecture & Transportation


 * 1924 - first around-the-world flight - started with 4 planes; 2 crashed, but there were no deaths - took 175 days - did first in-flight refuel as well
 * 1926 - death of Bessie Coleman, the first African American female with a pilot's license, the first to fly a plane, and the first to have an international pilot's license - she was thrown from a plane and fell to her death - April 30th is still recognised in her honor by aviators
 * 1927 - first solo transatlantic flight - Charles Lindbergh

7. Cinema, Theater, & Mass Media


 * 1928 - Mr. Fred Rogers born
 * 1928 - First Mickey Mouse cartoon, beginning Walt Disney's empire

8. Regional/National/International Events of Historic Importance


 * 1920 - American women gain the right to vote (19th Ammendment)
 * 1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross - 1st female governor; appointed after death of husband in office
 * 1926 - death of Harry Houdini, the escape artist
 * 1929 - Al Capone opened first soup kitchens in Chicago during the Great Depression
 * 1929 - Black Thursday - in October, this decline led to Stock Market Crash

Lillian Gish - First Lady of the Silent Screen
Lillian Gish - Wikipedia entry

Short videos on major cultural components of the decade:
__The "Roaring" 1920s (main events & fashions) - 6:47 minutes__

WSJ Historian explains flappers 2:27 min vid + text info

"Five foot two, eyes of blue..." by the Melody Sheiks + flapper pix - 1925 - 2:46 minutes

The Roaring Twenties - Dance Craze - 2:14 minutes

Full-length film - major piece of cinema from the era:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - 1920 - 1:14:22 minutes (entire film)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Wikipedia entry

The Harlem Renaissance
History Brief: The Harlem Renaissance 3:20 min vid

Harlem Renaissance Documentary 7:36 min vid

The Great Gatsby - classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald - published 1925/set in 1922
The Great Gatsby - Wikipedia entry

The Great Gatsby - 1974 film version - first 10 minutes

The Great Gatsby - Wikipedia entry on 2013 film remake

The Great Gatsby (2013 film) IMDb entry

HBO series Boardwalk Empire, set in Atlantic City, NJ, during Prohibition era of 1920s & 1930s
Boardwalk Empire Wikipedia entry

Boardwalk Empire HBO homepage