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In the 1920s Americans invented the music of jazz, and "Tin Pan Alley" became a portion of New York City known for its music culture.  There was a Harlem Renaissance that became a center of black culture, and the New Negro Movement emphasized learning and pride for African Americans.

In the 1920s Americans invented the music of jazz, and "Tin Pan Alley" became a portion of New York City known for its music culture.  There was a Harlem Renaissance that became a center of black culture, and the New Negro Movement emphasized learning and pride for African Americans.

Some jazz clubs and silent movies began to have the same undesirable influence on morality that Hollywood brings to culture today.  The "flapper" was a new lifestyle for young ladies that encouraged smoking, shorter dresses, drinking alcohol (which was illegal), taking cocaine (deadly but legal then, illegal now), and overall immorality.  The name comes from a silent movie called "The Flapper" that was produced in 1920, and today the name is often associated with the type of dress.  But an immoral lifestyle came along with it, and tobacco companies promoted it in order to profit from an increase in smoking by women.  A musical appeared mocking how women were beginning to act so much like men that all men needed to grow a mustache, because that was the one thing women could not do!

Some jazz clubs and silent movies began to have the same undesirable influence on morality that Hollywood brings to culture today.  The "flapper" was a new lifestyle for young ladies that encouraged smoking, shorter dresses, drinking alcohol (which was illegal), taking cocaine (deadly but legal then, illegal now), and overall immorality.  The name comes from a silent movie called "The Flapper" that was produced in 1920, and today the name is often associated with the type of dress.  But an immoral lifestyle came along with it, and tobacco companies promoted it in order to profit from an increase in smoking by women.  A musical appeared mocking how women were beginning to act so much like men that all men needed to grow a mustache, because that was one thing women could not do!

The first commercial radio broadcast was in 1920.  The "talking" movies came in 1927, with the first successful one being "The Jazz Singer."  Also in 1927 Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo airplane flight from New York City to Paris in competition for a prize.  He named his small airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis."  On his takeoff he narrowly avoided crashing, and he encountered problems like ice on his wings and getting slightly lost along the way.  He was greeted by a huge crowd and a hero's welcome when he landed in Paris, and thrilled many Americans.

The first commercial radio broadcast was in 1920.  The "talking" movies came in 1927, with the first successful one being "The Jazz Singer."  Also in 1927 Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo airplane flight from New York City to Paris in competition for a prize.  He named his small airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis."  On his takeoff he narrowly avoided crashing, and he encountered problems like ice on his wings and getting slightly lost along the way.  He was greeted by a huge crowd and a hero's welcome when he landed in Paris, and thrilled many Americans.