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How did the ‘Roaring Twenties’ roar?ObjectiveTo be able to explain the impact of the growing forms of entertainment in 1920s America.TaskCut out the sources below and stick them in your book in order of significance about what they can tell you about 1920s America. For each source, write beside it two sentences outlining its key message and what it can tell you about 1920s America.3136900571500-3810006350The Hays CodeNo kiss should last no longer than 3 seconds on film.Members of the clergy should not be used as comic characters or villains.Nudity is forbidden.No film character should ever profit from safe-cracking, arson or murder. Acts should not be shown on film in detail in case moviegoers should copy them.Signed MGM, Paramount, United Artists and Warner Brothers.00The Hays CodeNo kiss should last no longer than 3 seconds on film.Members of the clergy should not be used as comic characters or villains.Nudity is forbidden.No film character should ever profit from safe-cracking, arson or murder. Acts should not be shown on film in detail in case moviegoers should copy them.Signed MGM, Paramount, United Artists and Warner Brothers.488315045720A poster advertising the film, The Jazz Singer, 1927.00A poster advertising the film, The Jazz Singer, 1927.2914650938530People living in the inner cities mostly went to local boxing halls, pool halls or bowling alleys to play sport. Once public transport became more affordable they could go to outlying ballparks and racetracks and watch sport.City Games by Steven A. Reiss, 1991 writing about leisure activities in the 1920s.00People living in the inner cities mostly went to local boxing halls, pool halls or bowling alleys to play sport. Once public transport became more affordable they could go to outlying ballparks and racetracks and watch sport.City Games by Steven A. Reiss, 1991 writing about leisure activities in the 1920s.-361950525780Music is entering more and more into the daily lives of people, The Negro musicians of America are playing a great part in this change. They are not held back by traditions. They have new ideas and constantly experiment. They are causing new blood to flow into the veins of music. The jazz players make their instruments do entirely new things, things trained musicians are taught to avoid … Jazz has come to stay because it is an expression of the times.A jazz musician speaking in the 1920s00Music is entering more and more into the daily lives of people, The Negro musicians of America are playing a great part in this change. They are not held back by traditions. They have new ideas and constantly experiment. They are causing new blood to flow into the veins of music. The jazz players make their instruments do entirely new things, things trained musicians are taught to avoid … Jazz has come to stay because it is an expression of the times.A jazz musician speaking in the 1920s ................
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