Used with AQA Examboard - Yr 12 AS Level. Prosperity in the 1920s. 1) Rhapsody in Blue -- one of the most famous jazz compositions of all time by George Gershwin 2) The Chrysler Building -- Empire State Building 3) Charlie Chaplin -- most famous comedian ever 4) Ford T Model -- began to be built in 1920s as a 'people's car' 5) Baird's TV -- Baird creates both the first working B+W and colour duing this decade 6) All Quiet on the Western Front -- a famous book and movie during this time 7) Weimar Germany -- outside America Germany is in crisis after WW1 8) Greta Garbo -- One of the most iconic actresses of the era who moved from silent to talkies. 9) Babe Ruth -- famous baseball player. Baceball is a national obsession. 10) Bessie Smith -- the Empress of Blues 11) Birdseye Frozen meals -- Birdseye pioneer frozen ready meals 12) Charles Lindbergh -- solo non-stop flight over the atlantic 13) Lights of New York -- Talkies 14) Al Capone -- mafia crime don 15) Einstein -- Theory of Relativity 16) Women's suffrage -- women were fighting for the right to vote during the 20s 17) Flappers -- as a way of getting back at the victorian ideals, women were liberated through shorter hemlines, loose fitting clothes, smoking, make-up and shorter hair. 18) The Great Gatsby -- famous book written at the time about social problems in America 19) Harlem Renaissance -- a cultural movement that began in Harlem in New York focusing on black culture and writers. 20) Houdini -- most famous escape ...