Roaring 1920s
Paranoia Red Scare Sacco and Vanzetti Ku Klux Klan Palmer Raids Mitchell Palmer Sacco and Vanzetti Ku Klux Klan
Science vs Religion Fundamentalism Scopes Trial All important knowledge is found in the Bible William Jennings Bryan Creation vs Evolution Scopes Trial John T. Scopes
The New Woman Flapper College Marriage New jobs for women Birth-control Margaret Sanger
Urban Life Great Migration Prohibition Organized Crime Thousands of African Americans move from the South to Northern urban cities. Chicago Race Riot Prohibition 18th amendment Speakeasies Bootleggers Organized Crime Al Capone Gangs
20s Pop Culture
Entertainment With shorter work hours and higher pay people had more time and money to spend! Radio 1st radio station in Pittsburgh Moving Pictures Silent Films The First “talkie” in 1927 Animation Walt Disney Steamboat Willie
Music and Dance Jazz music Louis Armstrong Billie Holiday Dancing Born in New Orleans Louis Armstrong Billie Holiday Dancing Foxtrot, Charleston, Tango
Literature and Art Georgia O’Keeffe F Scott Fitzgerald Abstract nature scenes F Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Ernest Hemingway Short story writer
Harlem Renaissance Writers Music Art Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Music Billie Holliday Louis Armstrong Art Palmer C Hayden Malvin Gray Johnson