Chapter 12 Review A Prospering Society

The Automobile More than any other consumer item, the car defined the American of the 1920s

Advertising The idea of creating consumer demand

Advertising

Advertising

Flappers

The Jazz Age Sports Heroes

Jazz Age Charles Lindbergh – Solo flight across the Atlantic

Jazz Age Louis Armstrong

The Harlem Renaissance Harlem, New York City African American literary and artistic movement Writers, poets, artists “No longer accept second-class citizenship”

Harlem Renaissance

Cultural Conflicts Power of Religion Fundamentalism = literal truth of the Bible Migrant farmers to cities

Scopes Trial Religion vs. Science Evolution in Schools

Failure of Prohibition Refusal of the middle-class

Failure of Prohibition Bootleggers

Failure of Prohibition Gangs – bought breweries and transported illegal alcohol

Ku Klux Klan Favored Prohibition Hatred for African Americans

Ku Klux Klan New enemies = Mexican Americans, Japanese and European immigrants, Jews, Catholics, French Canadiens

KKK & European Movements Stressed: Nationalism Racial Purity Attacked alien minority groups Disapproved of the urban culture Called for return to the past

The Challenge of Change Those in power White, Protestant, and Male Still promoted small-town virtues, but the U.S. was rapidly changing into a modern, urban society