1. Categorizing our Figures of the 1920s
Writers/authors
Poets
Movies
Sports heroes
Entertainment
Harlem Renaissance

2. Social and Cultural tensions of the 1920s

3. Tensions of 1920s Urban / rural Science / religion & evolution
Traditionalism / modernism
Immigration policy

4. Urban vs. Rural America Urban Rural Consumerism Leisure
Openness to change
Science
Modernism
Little consumerism
Little new leisure
More traditional views re: religion, science, culture
Traditionalism

5. Restricting Immigration
Nativists fear communism, socialism from E. Europe
Emergency Quota Act (1921) + Immigration Act of 1924 = quota system
# per year can’t be more than 2% # of ppl living in US in 1890 (BEFORE great wave from S/E Europe)
Still permitted about 65,000 from England + Northern Ireland every year
But allowed only about 6,000 Italians. Excluded most Asian immigrants
Did not apply to Mexican immigrants, so many more Mexicans come north and often settle in sparsely populated regions of SW. Most found work harvesting crops in TX/CA, some found jobs in factories or farms of North or Midwest
Many faced discrimination and hostility. Competed with native-born Americans for jobs and were frequently subject to brutality + violence

6. The New KKK Klan revival beg. 1915
New KKK aimed at “new America” --- Jews, Catholics, immigrants, blacks, ‘immorality’
Withered by late ‘20s
At height, Klan had 4-5 million members
Most in South, but also branches in all other areas. Both in rural areas and in urban centers.