Roaring Twenties Chapters 20 & 21

I.) The Bad Evil in the Eyes of Americans - Ku Klux Klan - Nativists - Red Scare: The spread of Communism * Why would the U.S. fear Communism? - Labor problems

II.) American Business A.) U.S. Industry 1. Automobile - Route 66 - Liberated rural families - Vacation

B.) Airplanes C.) Electrical Appliances - Refrigerators - Irons - Vacuums - Washing machines

D.) Advertising/Slogans (These are way better)

E.) Buying on Credit “You provide the girl, we’ll provide the home” “Enjoy while you pay” My computer only cost me $10,000, dude!

III.) A Changing America A.) Prohibition ( 1920: 18th Amendment) 1.) Liquor leads to Crime - gov’t should protect people - bad for one’s health 2.) Prohibition leads to Crime - Organized crime (Al Capone) - Speakeasies (illegal clubs)

B. ) Religion and Science Clash 1 B.) Religion and Science Clash 1.) Monkeys and Humans - Scopes Trial (Darrow v. Bryan) - Discussed Evolution over creationism - In Kansas it is illegal to teach evolution: *What do you think?

IV.) Youth in the 20s Flappers:

Oxford bags

The Charleston

Harlem Renaissance

What is the Harlem Renaissance A time in American history when blacks shed “white paternalism” and started to form a distinct African-American culture in the urban North. This is an era of African-American intellectualism, i.e., an emphasis on literary works, art and music.

African-American Voices 1920s The move North - B/T 1910 and 1920 many blacks move north into urban areas - Almost half of the U.S.’ 12 million African Americans lived in the northern cities - This move is known as the Great Migration”

II. Leading Men and Black Pride - W. E. B II. Leading Men and Black Pride - W. E. B. Du Bois (NAACP) - James Weldon Johnson - Marcus Garvey

III. Writers - Claude McKay Cane - Langston Hughes, poet

IV. African Americans and Jazz - Louis Armstrong - Bessie Smith - Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington

Women’s Lives Change Changing the Rules - Women see new roles at work * Factory jobs * Store jobs * Professional jobs (nurses, teachers) - Duty of housewives changed * Technology eases things