Changes in 1920s: The Good Stuff USH-6.1

I. Mass Media Increase in information, education, and entertainment Newspapers, radio, movies, sports, etc. The introduction of the commercial Selling goods many couldn’t afford Buy on installment plan Changes the way people feel about going into debt

II. Ladies Win suffrage with the 19th amendment in 1920 Tend to vote the same as their husbands Replace men in factories during WWI Jobs are taken when the men return from WWI Still teachers, nurses, secretaries Women make less money

II. Ladies Many new inventions for the ladies Washing machine Vacuum Electric irons Meant to reduce the amount of time on housework Middle class women begin doing their own cleaning Working class women lose jobs as maids Less money in their pockets

II. Ladies Flappers were women who went against traditional female rules Most women become wives and mothers as before Mass media reinforce gender roles

III. Transportation Cars Living patterns change Moving away from home more often Rural people affected b/c of social and economic uses More people begin moving to suburbs

III. Transportation Street cars/trolleys Airplanes Allows people to live in different neighborhoods Allows people to work in different neighborhoods Airplanes Exist but only super-wealthy can use it

IV. Great Migration AA moving to Northeast and Midwest Jim Crow Violence Poverty Job opportunities Cultural renaissance in Northern cities Black middle class grows Businesses cater to growing black population

IV. Great Migration Harlem Renaissance Mass media helped Black writers, artists, musicians, poets Celebrated African culture and black pride Questioned AA position and treatment Mass media helped Spread jazz to white audiences Spread books and art by blacks Helped break old barriers