01:512:205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Emergency Banking Act, Chinese Communist Revolution, Berlin Blockade
Document Summary
U. s history ii study guide #3: great divide- 1920s were a great time for an immense cultural change and an economic recovery after global depression of 1919. Recorded music- edison patented the phonograph in 1879, mass production started in 1890s. Radio- technology invented by nicolae tesla and gugliemo marconi in 1820s. Motion pictures- massive growth of the film industry with warner brothers, National advertising- begun before war, huge expansion with growth of mass media. Jazz was invented; association with sex and new sexuality and was typically celebratory, marching or dance entertainment music. Big scenes opened up in harlem which attracted crowds of people, these clubs included cotton club at 142 nd and lenox ave. The cotton club setup a foundation for mobster owney madden in 1923 as he made black music and dancing for white audiences. Paul whiteman creates a jazz orchestra in 1920.