1. Causes of Prosperity Government’s Role
Limits interference with business
Cuts taxes, debt, and government spending
Imposes higher tariffs to protect young industries
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3. Causes of Prosperity Business Innovation and Technology
Mass production creates a wide range of consumer goods sold at low prices.
Technology such as autos, airplanes, and radio leads to new industries and economic growth.
Business pays high wages.
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4. Causes of Prosperity New Consumer Society
People have more disposable income and leisure time
Credit is more readily available
Mass advertising begins
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5. A Changing Society Cultural Changes
A new youth culture with a “new morality” develops.
Young people and women gain more independence.
The working class enjoys more leisure time.
New mass media in radio, movies, and sports develops.
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7. A Clash of Cultures (cont.)
Challenging traditional ways of behaving, the new morality glorified youth and personal freedom and changed American society.
Having won the right to vote in 1920, many women sought to break free of the traditional roles and behaviors that were expected of them.
Attitudes toward marriage changed considerably.
Women Earning College Degrees
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8. A Clash of Cultures (cont.)
People supported the prohibition of alcohol sales for many reasons—some for religious reasons; others thought it would reduce unemployment, domestic violence, and poverty.
Prohibition supporters achieved their goal when the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified in January of 1920.
Murder Rate, 1920–1940
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9. A Clash of Cultures (cont.)
The Treasury Department struggled to enforce Prohibition.
People flocked to speakeasies.
Bootlegging was common in rural areas.
Organized crime, led by people such as Al Capone, thrived on the illegal trade of alcohol.
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10. Cultural Innovations
How did popular culture, the arts, and literature change in the 1920s?
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11. Arts and Literature (cont.)
During the 1920s, American artists and writers challenged traditional ideas.
The artistic and bohemian lifestyle of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village and Chicago’s South Side allowed young artists, musicians, and writers greater freedom to express themselves.
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12. A B C D Who wrote The Great Gatsby? A. Eugene O’Neill
B. Sinclair Lewis
C. F. Scott Fitzgerald
D. Edith Wharton A B C D
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13. Popular Culture
Broadcast radio and “talking” pictures were new forms of popular entertainment.
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14. Popular Culture (cont.)
For many Americans in the 1920s, nothing quite matched the allure of motion pictures.
In 1927, the golden age of Hollywood began when the first “talking” picture—The Jazz Singer—was produced.
Entertainment programs broadcast over the radio also had a large following during the Jazz Age.
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15. Popular Culture (cont.)
Some famous sports personalities included:
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Red Grange
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilen
Helen Wills
Gertrude Ederle
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16. African American Culture
How did African Americans affect American society in the 1920s?
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17. A Changing Society Changes for African Americans
Harlem Renaissance begins.
Literature reveals racial pride and contempt of racism.
Jazz and blues are popularized.
Great Migration during the war creates strong African American voting blocs in Northern cities.
First African American from the North is elected to Congress.
NAACP battles segregation and discrimination.
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18. The Harlem Renaissance (cont.)
When New Orleans native Louis Armstrong moved to Chicago in 1922, he introduced an improvisational early form of jazz.
Ragtime also influenced the composer, pianist, and bandleader Edward “Duke” Ellington.
Like many other African American entertainers, Ellington got his start at the Cotton Club.
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