Ch. 21 Sect.1: Changing Ways of Life

Main Idea/Objectives Americans experienced cultural conflicts as customs and values changed in the 1920s 1. Explain how urbanization created a new way of life that often clashed with the values of traditional rural society.

What you will learn about… Prohibition Speakeasy Bootlegger

Rural and Urban Differences 51% lived in communities with… 1922-1929… Small town attitudes

The New Urban Scene NYC 5.6 million Chicago 3 million Philly 2 million 65 cities… Chicago had… City was a world of competition and change Streets filled with… Rural vs. urban

The Prohibition Experiment(PBS) 1/1920 18th Amendment Prime cause of corruption Drinking led to… Rural South and West gave most support After WWI Volstead Act Prohibition Cartoons

Speakeasies and Bootleggers Found in… How did people get in? Bootleggers—

Organized Crime Chicago and Al Capone How much did his business make? 522 gang killings Mid-1920s, 19% US supported Prohibition Ended 1933 with 21st Amendment

Ch.21 Sect.2: The Twenties Woman

Main Idea/Objectives American women pursued new lifestyles and assumed new jobs and different roles in society during the 1920s. 1. Explain how the image of the flapper embodied the changing values and attitudes of young women in the 1920s. 2. Identify the causes and results of the changing roles of women in the 1920s.

What you will learn about… Flapper Double Standard

The Flapper Flapper— They wore… Hairstyle… Cigarettes, drinking, sex Marriage attitude changed

The Double Standard Flapper was an image Did it reflect values and attitudes of young people? Churches and schools… Casual dating Double standard—

New Work Opportunities Industrial economy… After war, females replaced with males “women’s professions” Big business… Mens jobs… 1930, 10 million working women Discrimination and inequality established

The Changing Family Birthrate down Margaret Sanger Social and tech innovations Public agencies… Equality in marriage Children… Work and family stress Teens in the 1920s

Ch.21 Sect.3: Education and Popular Culture

Main Idea/Objectives The mass media, movies, and sports played important roles in creating the popular culture of the 1920s. 1. Describe the popular culture of the 1920s.

What you will learn about… Lindburgh Gershwin O’Keeffe Fitzgerald Hemingway

School Enrollments 1914 1 million high school students 1926 4 million High schools in the 1920s Challenge… Taxes increased… Total cost of education was 2.7 billion

Expanding News Coverage Literacy was on the rise Newspaper circulation rose Magazines summarized… Readers Digest Time

Radio Most powerful medium “airwaves” “radio audience” “tune in” Hear the news as it happened

New Heroes and Old Dreams 1929 4.5 billion spent Crossword puzzles and mahjong King Tut Professional sports events Old School Baseball Game

Lindbergh’s Flight Charles A. Lindbergh What was the prize? Name of plane… How long? What did he do when he got back to the US? What did he stand for? Amelia Earhart

Gertrude Ederle

Helen Wills

Andrew “Rube” Foster

Entertainment and the Arts The Jazz Singer Steamboat Willie “talkies” The Hairy Ape George Gershwin Edward Hopper Georgia O’Keeffe

The Jazz Singer

Walt Disney

George Gershwin

Georgia O’Keeffe

Sinclair Lewis

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dorothy Parker

Writers Edith Wharton F. Scott Fitzgerald (Movie Trailer) Edna St. Vincent Millay Lost Generation Ernest Hemingway