Warm Up What was the Treaty that ended World War I? We object to this Treaty! It will only drag us into more wars. And most importantly, American foreign policy decisions should always be made by US leaders, not international organizations like the League of Nations! Warm Up What was the Treaty that ended World War I? Why did the US reject it? How did this lead to the failure of the League of Nations? Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge
Flapper style dress Drinking, dancing, socializing
Flapper style dress Drinking, dancing, socializing Receive right to vote with 19th Amendment
Evolution Theory Teacher – Mr. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in TN The Scopes “monkey trial” became a national event
Immigration Rises to pre-war levels Quotas set for number of immigrants allowed KKK turns hatred toward all foreigners
The Red Scare Fear of communism & radicals Sacco & Vanzetti – 2 immigrants accused of murder
Sacco & Vanzetti
Prohibition 18th Amendment bans sale & manufacture of alcohol Organized crime gets $$$$ smuggling Speakeasies (secret bars) open across US
The Harlem Renaissance
Flowering of black culture in the 1920’s Centered in Harlem neighborhood of NYC Includes new art, music, & literature
Artists William H. Johnson Palmer Hayden Archibald Motley, Jr.
Literature Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Claude McKay Novelist, “jazz poet” & playwright Zora Neale Hurston Author of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God Claude McKay Poet & novelist
Music Swing Cab Calloway Count Basie Jazz Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie Blues Bessie Smith Ma Rainey
Which aspects of Harlem Renaissance culture do you feel had the biggest influence & why? Why do you think the Harlem Renaissance took place in New York?