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Jazz Age Continued
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Painting focused on city life, mines, streets (rougher edges of life!) Literature- Sinclair Lewis attacked society using irony Harlem Renaissance- African-American literary awakening in Harlem, NYC
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Lost Generation Belief of some writers that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world Saw rich as self-centered and shallow Also wrote about World War I
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(next day)
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Cultural Conflicts
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Prohibition leads to increases in organized crime Al Capone- Chicago gangster; boss of a huge criminal enterprise –$60 million a year from bootlegging
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Lexington Hotel- Capone headquarters
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Federal government leads way in fighting against organized crime (why?) Capone-Jailed for ________ –Eventually dies in Florida after release
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Capone's control and interests within organized crime diminished rapidly after his imprisonment, and he was no longer able to run the Outfit after his release. He had lost weight, and his physical and mental health had deteriorated under the effects of neurosyphilis. He often raved on about Communists, foreigners, and George Moran, who he was convinced was still plotting to kill him from his Ohio prison cell.organized crimeneurosyphilis On January 21, 1947, Capone had an apoplectic stroke. He regained consciousness and started to improve but contracted pneumonia on January 24. He suffered a fatal cardiac arrest the next day.apoplecticcardiac arrest Capone was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, in Chicago's far Southwest Side between the graves of his father, Gabriele, and brother, Frank. However, in March 1950, the remains of all three family members were moved to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, west of Chicago.Mount Olivet CemeteryMount Carmel Cemetery
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Issues of religion Scopes trial tests Tennessee law banning teaching of evolution First trial broadcast on radio Scopes loses on a technicality
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