Post war social changes Ch 13 Sec 1

Quick Write How do you think the older generation views your generation? Explain.

What was life like during ?

The Roaring Twenties Jazz Age *The roaring twenties *A new form of music started in the U.S.- jazz *Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong were leading musicians. *Most modern music had been influenced by jazz. Women*Most saw limited progress *Many labor saving devices had been invented to give them more time *1920-Women get the right to vote

RT cont’d Reactions*Prohibition *Rise in Christian fundamentalism *Scopes put on trial for teaching evolution

Women’s dress Women’s dress

“She wore a knitted hat, with hardly any brim, of a flame or bonfire hue; a henna scarf; two strings of Betty beads, of different colors, twisted together; an open short coat, with ample pockets; a skirt with vertical stripes… her stockings were woolen and of brilliant hue.” Psychologist G. Stanley Hall

Eyeglasses No Kissing/Making Out  Bank’s Closed  Sinker  Speakeasy Doughnut  Bee’s Knees The Ultimate  Egg  Cheaters  Clam  Ducky  Bell Bottom  Flivver Model TDollarVery GoodIllicit BarA Person Who Lives the Big LifeA Sailor  Tomato Female

The brutality of WWI caused writers to question accepted ideas about reason, progress, religion, anxieties about the future, and fear of the future

Poets and Writers T.S. Eliot described a world of ”empty men and hollow dreams," showing the 20s weren't perfect

Poets and Writers F. Scott Fitzgerald - wrote The Great Gatsby, a book that exposed the superficiality of the 1920s lifestyle.

Ernest Hemingway One of the most famous American writers of all time; wrote about anti- heroes (or flawed main characters); wrote in a direct or simple way

Harlem Renaissance *African American cultural awakening. *Cultural pride expressed

Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City, was the center of the African American political, cultural, and artistic movement in the 1920s and early 1930s.

Causes Growing African American Middle Class: developed as a result of improved educational and employment opportunities for African Americans.

Impact The Harlem section of New York City was transformed from a deteriorating area into a thriving middle class community. BeforeAfter

Quick Write Do you think the government should try to regulate the moral behavior of its citizens?

Conceived by the Progressives Was a plan to stop people from drinking alcoholic beverages

Added to the Constitution in 1919 Made the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages illegal

Reduce Crime Reduce Poverty Lower Death Rates Improve the Quality of Life

Speakeasies were one of the many ways that people during the 1920's and early 1930's obtained illegal alcohol.

Treasury Dept already had agents to enforce federal taxes The 18 th Amendment now gave the power to the federal government to use police powers –A governments power to control people and property in the interest of public safety, health, welfare, and morals

Prohibition contributed to organized crime in major cities Underground gangs battled for control of the booze racket 1923 – Al Capone emerged as leader of organized crime Controlled Chicago liquor business by killing competitors

Prohibition failed because the policy was unenforceable Only 5% of smuggled liquor was actually stopped from coming into the country Gangs overpowered or bribed authority figures

Instead of lowering the crime rate prohibition actually lead to an increase in crime. Large amounts of money could be made from illegal bootlegging.

The 21 st Amendment ended prohibition in 1933

New Scientific Theories Marie Curie *Discovers some elements release charged particles *radioactivity Einstein*Introduces his theories of relativity *Leads to creation of atomic power Fleming*Accidentally discovers Penicillin *Leads to antibiotics Freud*Introduces the world to subconscious *Pioneers psychoanalysis

Albert Einstein Sigmund Freud

Modern Art Cubism*Pre WWI-3 dimensional & complex patterns. Abstract*Lines, colors & shapes. *No recognizable subject matter. Dada

Surrealism Features the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non-sequitur. Attempted to portray the subconscious. Favored irrational ideas. The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

Surrealism Artist-Salvador Dali

By Max Ernst

Analytical Cubism Woman With A Guitar, Georges Braque

Le Guitariste, Pablo Picasso

Synthetic Cubism

Three Musicians, Pablo Picasso

Garcon a la Pipe – 1905 So what are Picasso’s worth?

$118,000, , #6

Dora Maar Au Chat

$101,800, #8

Lesnoces

$85,700, #14

Yo, Picasso

$83,200, #17

$70,800, #23

Acrobate et jeune Arlequin

$70,200, #24

Femme aux Bras Croisés

$62,900, #25

The Most Expensive… Jackson Pollock, Million Dollars

Dada Movement Rejected all traditions & believed there was no sense or truth in the world. Intended to shock & disturb.

Fountain, Marcel Duchamp

Dada Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer- Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, Hannah Höch

Architecture Architect Frank Lloyd Wright felt that the function of the building should determine its form. House designed by Wright entitled “Falling Water.” It is now a museum.