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Cultural Conflicts of the 1920s
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Prohibition: 18th Amendment Goals: Eliminate drunkenness Domestic Abuse Get rid of saloons Prevent Absenteeism
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Prohibition Problems Bootlegging Selling booze illegally Speakeasies Illegal Bars Stats: Mass. before 1,000 bars Boston after 4,000 bars
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Prohibition Problems Organized Crime Bootlegging = $$$ Gangs fight for territory Racketeering Bribing police to ignore illegal activities then made businesses pay for protection
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Prohibition Problems Al Capone Most notorious gangster of 1920s Chicago St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Arrested for tax evasion
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The “Red Scare”: Fear of Foreigners Russian Revolution Sacco & Vanzetti J. Edgar Hoover A. Mitchell Palmer
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Issues of Religion Fundamentalism Traditional Christian ideas about Jesus God inspired Bible, literally true Billy Sunday
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Issues of Religion Scopes Trial John T. Scopes teaches evolution William Jennings Bryan vs. Clarence Darrow Mass Media Clash of values
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Roles Change: Women / Education 19 th Amendment Flappers Increase in high school and college enrollment.
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Racial Tensions Violence against Blacks 1919, “Red Summer” Race Riots Chicago (Worst) Omaha Tulsa Washington D.C. Lynching Continue
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Omaha Race Riot of 1919
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Racial Tensions Revival of the KKK Fuel by fear of foreigners Against all “Un- American” Membership 1922: 100,000 1924: 4 million 1927: Declines
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Racial Tensions Fighting Discrimination NAACP Anti-Lynching Laws Voting Rights The Garvey Movement Marcus Garvey UNIA
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Progress??? Harlem Renaissance Music / Art / Literature Based out of Harlem The Great Migration Louis Armstrong Besse Smith Langston Hughes Duke Ellington
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People and things we know 1920’s Automobile Radio Washing Machine Refrigerator Vacuum Cleaner Sewing Machine Sound Movies Phonograph Shopping Malls - Credit Babe Ruth “Rube” Foster G. Ederle C. Lindbergh F. Scott Fitzgerald E. Hemmingway J. Dempsey Gene Tunney Bobby Jones
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