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The Roaring Life of the 1920’s
Chapter 13 The Roaring Life of the 1920’s
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Section 1: Changing Ways of Life
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I. Rural vs. Urban Life A. Rural Life Ending South and West
Conservative beliefs Religious Ethnically Homogeneous
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B. Urbanization Northeast US mostly Growing in size Mostly industrial
Liberal beliefs Less religious Well Educated Ethnically Diverse
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II. Social Issues
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A. Prohibition 18th Amendment: 1920 Supported by Volstead Act
Can’t sell, make, or transport alcohol in US Supported by Women South Religion Volstead Act Provided govt. funding to enforce, but not enough available Too much land to cover bribes
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B. How did people get around Prohibition?
Speakeasies Hidden bars and nightclubs Cops knew about them and did nothing
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C. Bootleggers People who smuggle alcohol Organized Crimes
Paid off police and court Al Capone 60 million off illegal alcohol sales
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D. Science vs. Religion Fundamentalism
Believing everything in the Bible is fact Tennessee had made it illegal to teach evolution in school
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John T Scopes volunteered to teach evolution and arrested
Scopes Trial John T Scopes volunteered to teach evolution and arrested Lots of sensation Decision: Scopes guilty Law remained in effect that it was illegal to teach evolution in school
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Section 2: Women in the 1920s
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A. Changes 1. Women WWI presented new opportunities, allowed freedom
Media popularized image of “New Woman” Flapper Vamp Neither as widespread as people like to think
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Where could women work? Well educated: nurses and teachers
Unskilled: typists, secretaries and clerks
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Then… Now…
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B. Exceptions? Women had to face Double Standards
Still responsible for housework, even if they had a job Still expected to manage family Also, had to be careful when dating or risk ridicule
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Housework did become more convenient through technology
Electricity Vacuums, washing machines Canned food and ready made clothes Led to more leisure time and possibility of job
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2. Family Family changed in the 20s Birthrate down
Birth control available through the work of Margaret Sanger Increase in standard of living resulted in smaller families
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3. Children’s Roles Children spent more time at school
Teens more rebellious Media influenced them New Music, Dancing, clothes pushed the edge Less time with family and more time with friends
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Section 3: Education and Popular Culture
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Education Education More students in high schools 2-4 million
Industry jobs needed basic education
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Mass Media/Technology
More newspapers National Magazines become popular Readers Digest Time Life
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Radio Most powerful way to communicate news, events and entertainment
Advertisements
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New American Heros Babe Ruth Charles Lindbergh
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Entertainment and Art Lots of new and exciting art in the 20’s
Jazz Singer: 1st movie with sound 1927 Disney makes first animated cartoon: Steamboat Willy
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Music Music changed Jazz came on the scene Challenged status quo
Caused people to dance…together…
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Writing New Themes Isolation Had been wounded in war Live for today Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby (excess of Americans after war)
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Leisure Time By 1929 America spending 4.5 billion on leisure time
New Fads: Crosswords Cards Egyptian goods Flagpole sitting Dance marathons
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Section 4: Harlem Renaissance
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Section 4: Harlem Renaissance
African Americans get a voice in 1920’s :Great Migration By % of A.A. live in cities Faced racism, but better than South
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Civil Rights Movement 1909 NAACP started by Dubois and Johnson
Used legislation and publications like: “The Crisis” to make case known Goal=Legally End Segregation
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UNIA Black Pride and Nationalism Led by Marcus Garvey
Establish a colony in Africa
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Renaissance: Rebirth Literature, Art, Painting
Exposed America to “Black” culture
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Who were the musicians of the Harlem Renaissance?
Billie Holiday Louis Armstrong Dizzy Gillespie Bessie Smith
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Who were the Writers of the Harlem Renaissance?
Claude McCay: novelist and poet Langston Hughes: Poet Zora Hurston: told the life of a A.A. woman
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