The Roaring Life of the 1920’s Chapter 13 The Roaring Life of the 1920’s

Section 1: Changing Ways of Life

I. Rural vs. Urban Life A. Rural Life Ending South and West Conservative beliefs Religious Ethnically Homogeneous

B. Urbanization Northeast US mostly Growing in size Mostly industrial Liberal beliefs Less religious Well Educated Ethnically Diverse

II. Social Issues

A. Prohibition 18th Amendment: 1920 Supported by Volstead Act Can’t sell, make, or transport alcohol in US Supported by Women South Religion Volstead Act Provided govt. funding to enforce, but not enough available Too much land to cover bribes

B. How did people get around Prohibition? Speakeasies Hidden bars and nightclubs Cops knew about them and did nothing

C. Bootleggers People who smuggle alcohol Organized Crimes Paid off police and court Al Capone 60 million off illegal alcohol sales

D. Science vs. Religion Fundamentalism Believing everything in the Bible is fact Tennessee had made it illegal to teach evolution in school

John T Scopes volunteered to teach evolution and arrested Scopes Trial John T Scopes volunteered to teach evolution and arrested Lots of sensation Decision: Scopes guilty Law remained in effect that it was illegal to teach evolution in school

Section 2: Women in the 1920s

A. Changes 1. Women WWI presented new opportunities, allowed freedom Media popularized image of “New Woman” Flapper Vamp Neither as widespread as people like to think

Where could women work? Well educated: nurses and teachers Unskilled: typists, secretaries and clerks

Then… Now…

B. Exceptions? Women had to face Double Standards Still responsible for housework, even if they had a job Still expected to manage family Also, had to be careful when dating or risk ridicule

Housework did become more convenient through technology Electricity Vacuums, washing machines Canned food and ready made clothes Led to more leisure time and possibility of job

2. Family Family changed in the 20s Birthrate down Birth control available through the work of Margaret Sanger Increase in standard of living resulted in smaller families

3. Children’s Roles Children spent more time at school Teens more rebellious Media influenced them New Music, Dancing, clothes pushed the edge Less time with family and more time with friends

Section 3: Education and Popular Culture

Education Education More students in high schools 2-4 million Industry jobs needed basic education

Mass Media/Technology More newspapers National Magazines become popular Readers Digest Time Life

Radio Most powerful way to communicate news, events and entertainment Advertisements

New American Heros Babe Ruth Charles Lindbergh

Entertainment and Art Lots of new and exciting art in the 20’s Jazz Singer: 1st movie with sound 1927 Disney makes first animated cartoon: Steamboat Willy

Music Music changed Jazz came on the scene Challenged status quo Caused people to dance…together…

Writing New Themes Isolation Had been wounded in war Live for today Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby (excess of Americans after war)

Leisure Time By 1929 America spending 4.5 billion on leisure time New Fads: Crosswords Cards Egyptian goods Flagpole sitting Dance marathons

Section 4: Harlem Renaissance

Section 4: Harlem Renaissance African Americans get a voice in 1920’s 1910-20:Great Migration By 1929 40% of A.A. live in cities Faced racism, but better than South

Civil Rights Movement 1909 NAACP started by Dubois and Johnson Used legislation and publications like: “The Crisis” to make case known Goal=Legally End Segregation

UNIA Black Pride and Nationalism Led by Marcus Garvey Establish a colony in Africa

Renaissance: Rebirth Literature, Art, Painting Exposed America to “Black” culture

Who were the musicians of the Harlem Renaissance? Billie Holiday Louis Armstrong Dizzy Gillespie Bessie Smith

Who were the Writers of the Harlem Renaissance? Claude McCay: novelist and poet Langston Hughes: Poet Zora Hurston: told the life of a A.A. woman