 End of WWI leads to a new attitude (Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die!)  United States enters an economic boom due to total war (everyone NEEDS a car, washing machine, house, etc)  Women get the vote (flappers!)  Great Migration brings JAZZ to the North!  The “noble experiment”: Prohibition!  America’s focus is now entertainment (talkies, radios, baseball) and fun!

 18 th Amendment  Most people ignore!  Speakeasies: secret bars that still served alcohol  Bootleggers: people who made alcohol illegally  Leads to an increase in organized crime. Mafia power grows and names like Al Capone become household words!

 Focus on entertainment  Athletes become heroes (Babe Ruth, Shoeless Joe Jackson)  Radio and movies (Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo)  Entertainment is cheap and available to everyone  Transportation and communication have never been easier. People like Charles Lindberg and Amelia Earhart are famous  New inventions like Kleenex, Band Aids, Scotch Tape, Popsicle, Frigidaire are all designed to make people’s lives easier  Harlem Renaissance: rebirth or focus on African American culture. Introduces people like Marcus Garvey and Langston Hughes!  Huge splits between people living in rural and urban areas. Many people move to the suburbs.

"Old" Culture"New" Culture Emphasized Production Emphasized Consumption CharacterPersonality ScarcityAbundance ReligionScience Idealized the PastLooked to the Future Local CultureMass Culture SubstanceImage

 Heavily rouged cheeks  Bobbed hair  Shorter hemlines  Cigarette holders  Interest in women’s rights: Margaret Sanger

 Nativism: anti immigration due to WWI  Modernism vs Fundamentalism (Scopes Monkey Trial)  Racism: rebirth of the Klan due to the film Birth of a Nation

 America was afraid that Communism would spread to the United States  The US became overwhelmingly anti union and strikes.  Immigrants were often associated with communism  Sedition act: illegal to say profane things about US flag or government  Sacco and Vanzetti case

 American writers who moved to France  Included people like Earnest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, John Steinbeck and F. Scott Fitzgerald  Many of these authors were disillusioned with the world and American society and chose to depict life in a depressing way.

 A young teacher in Tennessee taught the theory of evolution to his students.  He was put on trial for breaking the law and was defended by Clarence Darrow.  William Jennings Bryan defended the state.  Scopes lost and was fined $100.

 False prosperity  Buying on credit  Speculative investments  Laissez faire decisions by Republicans  Farm prices drop  Overproduction of goods

 Masculine women, Feminine men  Which is the rooster, which is the hen?  It's hard to tell 'em apart today! And, say!  Sister is busy learning to shave,  Brother just loves his permanent wave,  It's hard to tell 'em apart today! Hey, hey!  Girls were girls and boys were boys when I was a tot,  Now we don't know who is who, or even what's what!  Knickers and trousers, baggy and wide,  Nobody knows who's walking inside,  Those masculine women and feminine men Assignment for today: Write a 10 line Christmas carol that discusses one of the aspects of the Roaring 20s. Choose from the list below or make up your own: Modernism vs Fundamentalism Liberated Women New technology Transportation and Communication Growth Scopes Monkey Trial Red Scare Sacco and Vanzetti Rebirth of the Klan Causes of the Depression