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1 1920s Culture and Values 11/15 – 11/16

2 Warmup What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall took bribes from oil companies Went to jail Symbolized government corruption under the Harding administration

3 Old vs. New America was changing… Change is scary
Progressive Era reforms Many new amendments Changing demographics of WWI New role in the world following WWI Booming economy Change is scary How to keep the older (traditional) values in new “modern” times with greater openness and self-expression?

4 Prohibition Reformers saw liquor as the cause of poverty and crime
End alcohol and problems fix themselves! Frances Willard was president of the National Women’s Temperance Union Fought to make alcohol illegal In 1919, 18th amendment was passed making alcohol illegal Led to a RISE in crime 18th amendment repealed by 21st amendment in 1933

5 Dumping Alcohol – Prohibition

6 End of Prohibition

7 Scopes Monkey Trial Tennessee passed a law banning the teaching of evolution "I didn't know anything about evolution... I'd read in the papers that boys and girls were coming home from school and telling their fathers and mothers that the Bible was all nonsense.“ – Representative John W. Butler (farmer and head of World Christian Fundamentals Association) ACLU asked teacher John Scopes to teach evolution and get arrested (as a test case) State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes Hundreds of newspapers flock to Tennessee to cover the trial Scopes prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan Scopes defended by Clarence Darrow Scopes found guilty (but later let off)

8 John Scopes

9 Defense Attorney Clarence Darrow
Prosecutor – William Jennings Bryan

10 The Monkey Trial The Monkey Trial

11 Eugenics Remember all that post-war fear of foreigners?
Eugenics = a pseudo-scientific belief that the human race could improve by breeding Anglo-Saxons were considered the “best” race Light skin, blonde hair, blue eyes Eugenics was used as a reason to limit immigration, sterilize undesirables, enforce segregation laws, and limit marriage These ideas later spread to places like… Germany!

12 Pro-Eugenics Display

13 Pro-Eugenics Poster

14 Pro-Eugenics Certificate for Marriage

15 Immigration Post-war fear of foreigners, plus eugenics equals restrictions on immigration Immigration Acts were passed in 1921, 1924, and that limited all immigration except for those from northern or western Europe England, Ireland, Germany Immigration from southern and Eastern Europe was severely limited and immigration from Asia was cut off completely

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18 New Values (Women) Women got the right to vote in 1920
Women were able to earn more money in newly- booming economy (factory work, secretarial work, etc.) Women had more leisure time due to new conveniences like appliances Washing machines Vacuum cleaners Refrigerators Flappers = women who smoked, or drank alcohol, wore revealing clothing, wore make-up, cut their hair short, and enjoyed life in general

19 Flappers

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21 New Values (Harlem Renaissance)
An awakening of African-American culture in the 1920s Music, literature, dance, art, etc Langston Hughes: poet and novelist Alain Locke: black historian Marcus Garvey: believed in black-owned businesses; led a back-to-Africa movement

22 Langston Hughes Marcus Garvey Alain Locke

23 Harlem Renaissance

24 Harlem Renaissance

25 Music Tin Pan Alley: area in New York where song writing and musical ideas converged Blues, jazz, ragtime, etc Famous composers: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin Famous musicians: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday

26 George Gershwin Cole Porter Duke Ellington

27 Literature Themes in the 1920s included reflecting on WWI, rejecting the desire for material wealth, and seeking happiness Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Sinclair Lewis: Main Street, Babbitt

28 Ernest Hemingway (young and old)

29 F Scott Fitzgerald

30 Popular New Heroes Charles Lindbergh: first person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean Babe Ruth: baseball star with the New York Yankees Jack Dempsey: professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion

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