CHANGING WAYS OF LIFE: SECTION ONE URBAN GROWTH  Cities such as Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia experience population growth  Prohibition*  Too much drinking led to cause child abuse, workplace accidents, and serious social corruption  Worked at first, but, then, the govt. did not spend enough money to stop it from happening—only had 1,500 poorly paid federal agents to deal with it  Speakeasies*

CHANGING WAYS OF LIFE: SECTION ONE  Ways around it*  Was smuggled the following countries*  Gives rise to Al Capone to make a profit of 60 million a year; he is known for murdering his competition  Repealed 21 st Amendment

CHANGING WAYS OF LIFE: SECTION ONE SCIENCE AND RELIGION CLASH  Fundamentalism*  Challenged Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution  1925 Tennessee passes nation’s first law banning the theory of evolution  The promise of the American Civil Liberties Union*  John T. Scopes accepts the challenge*

CHANGING WAYS OF LIFE: SECTION ONE  Clarence Darrow, becomes the lawyer for Scopes, a great trial lawyer; William Jennings Bryan is the prosecution  Scopes Trial*  Darrow was able to question Bryan on his beliefs quite well; Scopes was still fined $100; Tennessee Supreme Court changes the verdict later

THE TWENTIES WOMAN: SECTION TWO YOUNG WOMEN CHANGE THE RULES  Flapper*  Started cutting their hair short, while some dyed it black  Behaviors of the flapper*  It was the representation of some women that lived in the city—not all women were flappers

THE TWENTIES WOMAN: SECTION TWO WOMEN SHED OLD ROLES AT HOME AND AT WORK  Women lose jobs to men after the war; women search for “women’s” professions*  Due to the war, women are able to fly planes, driving taxis, and drilling oil wells  The birth rate drops*

THE TWENTIES WOMAN: SECTION TWO  Middle class women focus on shopping and managing money for their families  Marriages are based on love and companionship  Parents rely on the following*

EDUCATION AND POPULAR CULTURE: SECTION THREE  In 1914, one million students attended high school and, in 1926, it is about four million students—the purpose of education*  Teachers are challenged to teach new immigrants due to language barriers  Taxes to finance schools*

EDUCATION AND POPULAR CULTURE: SECTION THREE  Newspaper sales increase because of sensational headlines and an increasing literacy rate—magazines such as Reader’s Digest  News spreads due to the following* AMERICA CHASES OLD DREAMS  Many people had leisure time and the money to spend on it  Popular 1920’s activities*

EDUCATION AND POPULAR CULTURE: SECTION THREE  Charles Lindbergh*  Watched movies without sound, at first—then, “talkies,” were created and doubled movie attendance  George Gershwin*  Georiga O’Keefe and Edward Hopper*  Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Ernest Hemingway*

HARLEM RENAISSANCE: SECTION FOUR AFRICAN VOICES IN THE TWENTIES  1910 to 1920, African Americans move to the city and leave their jobs behind in the South—Northern cities still used discrimination  James Weldon Johnson*  Marcus Garvey*  He was convicted of mail fraud and jailed—interest dies due to this

HARLEM RENAISSANCE: SECTION FOUR THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE  Harlem Renaissance*  WEB DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes are prolific writers that emphasized the double-identity of African Americans*  Paul Robeson*

HARLEM RENAISSANCE: SECTION FOUR  Jazz*  Louis Armstrong*  Jazz music spreads to Kansas City, Memphis, and New York City—popular amongst the white culture  Duke Ellington*