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The Roaring 20s!
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Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover
Popular culture began to evolve into an age of modernism that challenged traditional values. Modernism marked the beginning of a period that rejected conventional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. The movement was reflected in art, architecture, literature, music, entertainment, and fashion. Politics are going to do very little to regulate business Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover
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1920s are known as an economic boom in America
Assembly lines Consumerism Credit buying
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Not everyone was able to succeed in the years following WWIs Citizens are going to fear communists as well as political radicals. Labor Unions Sacco and Vanzetti
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The 1920s was a decade not only of intolerance towards political radicals, but with other groups as well The 1920s was the heyday of the Ku Klux Klan. Targets will include 4. 5.
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Due to fear caused by the Red Scare, the United States is going to set limits on immigration, and we will see fear of social and scientific change. Traditional Religion is revitalized. Traditionalist V. Modernist Scopes “monkey” Trial
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Temperance is going to be another religious Issue
Prohibition Speakeasies
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Mass media and communications is going to change the culture of American Society in the 1920s
The 1920s are going to be a revolution for African Americans Radio Broadcast Jazz, entertainment programing, sporting events Movies Newspapers and magazines: Shaped cultural norms, established a consumer culture, and sparked fads Challenges to traditional values Great Migration “jazz age” Harlem Renaissance
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The lives of women and their traditional roles are going to change drastically in the 1920s.
19th Amendment Labor saving invention Flappers
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