1. THE MODERN TEMPER PART II THE ROARING TWENTIES

2. SOCIAL & INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION ERA OF EXCESS ERA OF EXCESS JAZZ AGE JAZZ AGE ROARING TWENTIES ROARING TWENTIES COSMOPOLITAN URBAN AMERICAN VS. INSULAR, RURAL AMERICA COSMOPOLITAN URBAN AMERICAN VS. INSULAR, RURAL AMERICA SMALL TOWN LIFE VS. CITY LIFE SMALL TOWN LIFE VS. CITY LIFE

3. SINCLAIR LEWIS’ NOVEL MAIN STREET (1920) “SAVORLESS PEOPLE, GULPING TASTELESS FOOD, AND SITTING AFTERWARD, COATLESS AND THOUGHTLESS, IN ROCKING CHAIRS PRICKLY WITH INANE DECORATIONS, LISTENING TO MECHANICAL MUSIC, SAYING MECHANICAL THINGS ABOUT THE EXCELLENCE OF FORD AUTOMOBILES, AND VIEWING THEMSELVES AS THE GREATEST RACE IN THE WORLD” ---HIS ANALYSIS OF CRAMPED LIFE IN THE PRARIE TOWNS

4. JAZZ AGE RHYTHM AND BLUES… RHYTHM AND BLUES… NEW ORLEANS, KANSAS CITY, MEMPHIS, NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO NEW ORLEANS, KANSAS CITY, MEMPHIS, NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO BLEND OF AFRICAN/EUROPEAN TRADITIONS BLEND OF AFRICAN/EUROPEAN TRADITIONS IMMENSELY POPULAR WITH YOUTH IMMENSELY POPULAR WITH YOUTH NEW CAREFREE DANCES: CHARLESTON, JITTERBUG NEW CAREFREE DANCES: CHARLESTON, JITTERBUG

5. A HOME DISTILLARY

6. MOST FAMILIES HAD RADIOS

9. BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY

10. THE NEW MORALITY SEXUALITY SEXUALITY “NEW WOMAN”-SHORT HAIR, HEAVY MAKEUP, SHORT SKIRTS, SMOKE, DRANK, DROVE, UN-LADYLIKE “NEW WOMAN”-SHORT HAIR, HEAVY MAKEUP, SHORT SKIRTS, SMOKE, DRANK, DROVE, UN-LADYLIKE FLAPPER – MODEL OF NEW FEMINISM FLAPPER – MODEL OF NEW FEMINISM BIRTH CONTROL BIRTH CONTROL

11. AMERICAN BIRTH CONTROL LEAGUE TODAY: PLANNED PARENTHOOD PIONEER IN WOMEN’S FREEDOM: MARGARET SANGER PIONEER IN WOMEN’S FREEDOM: MARGARET SANGER “EVERY CHILD A WANTED CHILD” “EVERY CHILD A WANTED CHILD”

12. WOMEN’S MOVEMENT ALICE PAUL – HEAD OF NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCATION’S CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ALICE PAUL – HEAD OF NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCATION’S CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TACTICS: TACTICS: PICKET STATE LEGISLATURES PICKET STATE LEGISLATURES “PUNISH” POLITICIANS “PUNISH” POLITICIANS CHAIN THEMSELVES TO BUILDINGS CHAIN THEMSELVES TO BUILDINGS HUNGER STRIKES HUNGER STRIKES INCITE ARRESTS INCITE ARRESTS CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT

13. 19 TH AMENDMENT ADOPTED 1920 – WOMEN GIVEN RIGHT TO VOTE (SUFFRAGE) ADOPTED 1920 – WOMEN GIVEN RIGHT TO VOTE (SUFFRAGE)

14. WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE 1920-8 MILLION 1930 – 10 MILLION 1940 – 13 MILLION

15. SOURCE: http://www.cba.ca/contents/images/bkg_chart_employment2_en.jpg

16. “New Negro” Great Migration North-labor shortages forces blacks north Great Migration North-labor shortages forces blacks north 1910-1930 1 million southern blacks had relocated 1910-1930 1 million southern blacks had relocated Chicago, Detroit, New York, Washington D.C. Chicago, Detroit, New York, Washington D.C. Harlem Renaissance – literary, artistic movement by blacks Harlem Renaissance – literary, artistic movement by blacks Marcus Garvey – promoted black nationalism (later black power)- Universal Negro Improvement Association Marcus Garvey – promoted black nationalism (later black power)- Universal Negro Improvement Association

17. naacp National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1910) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1910) Fueled by Niagara Movement and W.E.B. DuBois Fueled by Niagara Movement and W.E.B. DuBois Defiant against discrimination Defiant against discrimination Designed to promote legal action to substantiate and validate 14 th /15 th amendments Designed to promote legal action to substantiate and validate 14 th /15 th amendments