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1 Lives of the People -once isolated rural communities tightly controlled values high standards of religious morality -migration of more people to urban areas changed moral values less control over the whole community -fast paced city life often intimidated or changed people

2 Standard of Living -”business of America is business” -effects of the automobile freedom to travel urban sprawl -airlines develop -electricity lights the whole nation alternating current (Tesla) -growth of the radio industry

3 Standard of Living -”business of America is business” -effects of the automobile freedom to travel urban sprawl -airlines develop -electricity lights the whole nation alternating current (Tesla) -growth of the radio industry

4 Prosperity -growth of advertising industry -productivity increases -buying on the installment plan increases consumption -Ford and Prosperity -assembly line production -workers as consumers -$5 day plan

5 New Role of Women -Victorian Age view of women
-flapper was a young women of modern times hair styles, dress, attitudes, behavior -double standard of behavior -clash of conservative values -Opportunities increase -families change Margaret Sanger and birth control

6 New Role of Women -Victorian Age view of women
-flapper was a young women of modern times hair styles, dress, attitudes, behavior -double standard of behavior -clash of conservative values -Opportunities increase -families change Margaret Sanger and birth control

7 Prohibition -banned alcohol -many people resented the new law that regulated behavior -gov’t never tried to really enforce the law -speakeasies drinking clubs -bootleggers -growth of organized crime Al Capone

8 Prohibition -banned alcohol -many people resented the new law that regulated behavior -gov’t never tried to really enforce the law -speakeasies drinking clubs -bootleggers -growth of organized crime Al Capone

9 Science and Religion -Fundamentalism religious movement focusing on the truth of the Bible -Billy Sunday -Aimee Semple McPherson -Darwin’s Theory of Evolution -Scopes Trial John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution Clarence Darrow William J. Bryan

10 Science and Religion -Fundamentalism religious movement focusing on the truth of the Bible -Billy Sunday -Aimee Semple McPherson -Darwin’s Theory of Evolution -Scopes Trial John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution Clarence Darrow William J. Bryan

11 Science and Religion -Fundamentalism religious movement focusing on the truth of the Bible -Billy Sunday -Aimee Semple McPherson -Darwin’s Theory of Evolution -Scopes Trial John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution Clarence Darrow William J. Bryan

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