 We gone go over yo World War I testesses.

The Rise of Modernism and Mass Culture

 Return to Normalcy  Nativism  Isolationism  Prejudice  Anti-Immigration  Hostility

 7c. Evaluate the role mass media has played in shaping perceptions toward certain policies, social groups, other nations, and political ideas.  7d. Contrast modernism and traditionalism relating to social change.

Traditional/Fundamental ViewsModernist Views

 Conservative Women  Prohibition and Gambling Restrictions  Religion  Theatre and Symphony  Newspapers  Loose Women  Speakeasies and Gambling Halls  Evolution  Talkies and the Jazz Age  Radio Old School

 Conservative women were traditionally expected to act a certain way.  Don’t drink  Don’t smoke  Don’t be loud  Dress Conservatively  Don’t work and live independently.  Flappers were much more loose and casual with the way they carried themselves.  They Drank  They Smoked  They were outgoing.  Dressed Provocatively  Worked and made their own money.

 Prohibition of Alcohol and Gambling were attempts to legislate morality.  Speakeasies and Underground Gambling Halls became the “norm”  Organized crime (Al Capone, Bugs Moran) supplied these bars with their booze and made millions.

 Religious Education  Tennessee State Law prohibited the teaching evolution in science classrooms.  Evolution Education  John Scopes decided to teach it anyway.  His case “The Scopes Trial” went all the way to the Tennessee Supreme Court.  The original law banning evolution was upheld but this began the argument for teaching evolution in classrooms.

Entertainment  Traditionally people went to the theatre or the symphony for entertainment.  People went to the movies to see talkies or to the dance halls and speakeasies to listen and Dance to Jazz.

 The invention of the Radio allowed people to listen to music and news in their homes.  This new entertainment and form of communication contributed to the rise of “mass culture.”  Everybody has access to the same information/stuff.

 Rebirth of African American Culture and Pride through music, literature and art.  Langston Hughes  Claude McKay  Zora Neale Hurston

 The Roaring 20s was a time of rapid change.  The transition from traditionalist to modernist views signaled a massive change in society.  African Americans in Harlem celebrated their culture through Art, Music, and Literature.