1. Urban life of the roaring twenties
Unit IV
Urban life of the roaring twenties

2. Preview What do you see in this picture?
Consider the traditional role of women. How are these women different?
What conflicts might arise from these changes in women?

3. The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance is a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
Led by middle class, well- educated African Americans
Jazz music is born
Blend of instrumental ragtime and vocal blues

4. The Flappers
Flappers were young women who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes
More bold…drank in public, smoked, talked openly about sex.
Middle class people began viewing marriage as an equal partnership

5. Prohibition Prohibition began in January 1920
Speakeasies were hidden nightclubs in which people could drink
Bootleggers smuggled alcohol in from Canada and Cuba
Prohibition contributed to organized crime
Al Capone headed a gangster empire in Chicago
Worth $100 million dollars

6. Response Gangstas Vs. Gangsters
Complete the Venn Diagram comparing both
Include 3 similarities and 3 differences