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Radio and Cinema: Creating National Culture

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📻 Radio and Cinema: Creating National Culture

Before radio: America was a collection of different regions with different cultures. News took days to spread. Entertainment was local.

After radio and cinema: For the first time, Americans from Maine to California heard the same news, laughed at the same jokes, loved the same stars.

  • Radio created shared experiences: 40 million listened to "Amos 'n' Andy." Sports events reached national audiences. Jazz music spread from New Orleans to every living room.
  • Cinema created American "stars": Charlie Chaplin, Clara Bow, Rudolph Valentino became household names. "The Jazz Singer" (1927) — first "talkie" — revolutionised movies.
  • This was also ADVERTISING: Companies could reach millions at once. Consumer culture was born.

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    Key Evidence: The Consumer RevolutionThe Exam Trap: Don't Forget WHO Missed Out!Setting the SceneDeep Understanding: The Car Changed EVERYTHING

    Practice Questions for Life Changes in 1920s

    How many cars were registered in America by 1929?

    • A. 5 million
    • B. 15 million
    • C. 27 million
    • D. 40 million
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    Approximately how many cinema tickets were sold each week in America by the late 1920s?

    • A. 30 million
    • B. 70 million
    • C. 90 million
    • D. 110 million
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    How many cinema tickets sold per week?
    110 million (more than US population!)
    What was "The Jazz Singer" (1927)?
    First "talkie" movie with synchronised sound

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