1. Roaring Twenties
Chapters 20 & 21

2. I.) The Bad Evil in the Eyes of Americans - Ku Klux Klan - Nativists
- Red Scare: The spread of Communism
* Why would the U.S. fear Communism?
- Labor problems

3. II.) American Business
A.) U.S. Industry 1. Automobile - Route 66 - Liberated rural families - Vacation

4. B.) Airplanes C.) Electrical Appliances - Refrigerators - Irons - Vacuums - Washing machines

5. D.) Advertising/Slogans (These are way better)

6. E.) Buying on Credit “You provide the girl, we’ll provide the home” “Enjoy while you pay” My computer only cost me $10,000, dude!

7. III.) A Changing America
A.) Prohibition ( 1920: 18th Amendment) 1.) Liquor leads to Crime - gov’t should protect people - bad for one’s health 2.) Prohibition leads to Crime - Organized crime (Al Capone) - Speakeasies (illegal clubs)

8. B. ) Religion and Science Clash 1
B.) Religion and Science Clash 1.) Monkeys and Humans - Scopes Trial (Darrow v. Bryan) - Discussed Evolution over creationism - In Kansas it is illegal to teach evolution: *What do you think?

9. IV.) Youth in the 20s
Flappers:

10. Oxford bags

11. The Charleston

12. Harlem Renaissance

13. What is the Harlem Renaissance
A time in American history when blacks shed “white paternalism” and started to form a distinct African-American culture in the urban North.
This is an era of African-American intellectualism, i.e., an emphasis on literary works, art and music.

14. African-American Voices 1920s
The move North
- B/T 1910 and 1920 many blacks move north into urban areas
- Almost half of the U.S.’ 12 million African Americans lived in the northern cities
- This move is known as the Great Migration”

15. II. Leading Men and Black Pride - W. E. B
II. Leading Men and Black Pride - W. E. B. Du Bois (NAACP) - James Weldon Johnson - Marcus Garvey

16. III. Writers - Claude McKay Cane - Langston Hughes, poet

17. IV. African Americans and Jazz - Louis Armstrong - Bessie Smith - Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington

18. Women’s Lives Change Changing the Rules - Women see new roles at work
* Factory jobs
* Store jobs
* Professional jobs (nurses, teachers)
- Duty of housewives changed
* Technology eases things