Response to the Depression Sections 9.03/9.04
Lost Generation: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Mass Media Radio B y 1922 over 500 stations, including CBS/NBC Fireside Chats R adio broadcasts given by FDR during the depression to update Americans and increase American morale in the United States government
TIME MAGAZINE 1 ST weekly magazine in the US Created in 1922 Once name Adolf Hitler Man of the Year
Leisure Time Movies A movie in the 1920’s cost 10cents and Actors were paid $250/week. 90 million tickets were sold/week Spectator Sports Baseball/Babe Ruth Boxing/Jack Dempsey
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Prohibition 18 th Amendment Volstead Act Bootlegging Speakeasy 21 st Amendment Organized crime
Change In Women’s Roles 19 th Amendment- granted women suffrage Flappers- promiscuous women of the 1920’s who drank, danced, and smoked Birth Control- developed by Margaret Sanger and allowed women to focus more on careers and their youth
The Harlem Renaissance The Great Migration- 800,000 African Americans traveled north for jobs. Marcus Garvey- Back to Africa Movement Langston Hughes- Famous Poet Duke Ellington- Musician The Cotton Club- Opened its doors in 1920 as Club De Lux. It underwent a name change ch?v=DKwu165KS5Yhttp:// ch?v=DKwu165KS5Y
Religion in Politics Fundamentalism- A form of Protestant Christianity that upholds belief in the strict and literal interpretation of the Bible. Butler Act of Tennessee- A 1925 Tennessee law prohibiting public school teachers from denying the Biblical account of man’s origin.
Scopes Monkey Trial John T. Scopes- Substitute Teacher/Coach. Taught evolution in violation of the Butler Act. Clarence Darrow- Scopes Defense Attorney, hired by the ACLU. William J. Bryan- Fundamentalist prosecuting Attorney.