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Note Page 34 The Roaring 20’s Intro Video to 1920’s
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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 L ess control over the whole community F ast paced city life often intimidated or changed people
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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
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Video Clips: Advertisements from the 1920’s Silent Film Ads from the 1920’s
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Prosperity Growth of advertising industry P roductivity increases B uying on the installment plan increases consumption Ford and Prosperity -assembly line production -workers as consumers -$5 day plan
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Video Clips: Flappers – The Roaring 20’s Women in the 1920’s
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New Role of Women Victorian Age view of women F lapper was a young women of modern times hair styles, dress, attitudes, behavior D ouble standard of behavior C lash of conservative values Opportunities increase F amilies change Margaret Sanger and birth control
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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 Prohibition
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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 (defense) - William J. Bryan (Pros.) Link – NPR Remembering the Scopes Trial
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American Experience Website Link - music
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Form presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan Was called as a “professional” witness on the Bible, He would admit Bible could not be taken literally. Scopes would be found guilty but only pay a fine…. Breakthrough for Science in Public Schools !
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The Roaring 20’s
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