The Roaring Twenties
What four types of mass media and communications challenged traditional values during the 1920s?
1) Radio 2) Movies 3) Newspapers 4) Magazines
What two effects did mass media and communications have on American society during the twenties?
Created popular culture Challenged traditional values
What new type of American music did radio make popular during the 1920s? Jazz
Define Fireside Chats? Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio talks to the American people during the Great Depression and World War II?
How did movies help the American people during the thirties? Provided escape from Depression-era realities
Shaped cultural norms Sparked fads How did newspapers and magazines affect American society during the twenties? Shaped cultural norms Sparked fads
What scientific theory challenged traditional religion?
Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
How did Darwin’s Theory of Evolution contradict (go against) traditional Christian beliefs?
Conflicted with the Bible’s account of the creation and the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
What trial, covered by the media during the 1920s, made traditional religious values look old-fashioned and silly? The Scopes Trial
What two developments in the twenties challenged the traditional role of women? Flappers 19th Amendment
What resulted from the challenge of open immigration to traditional American values? Rise of a new Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Smuggling alcohol Speakeasies What resulted from the challenge of Prohibition to traditional American values? Smuggling alcohol Speakeasies
What were speakeasies? Illegal bars during Prohibition
Why was radio advertising important during the 1920s? Created national markets for consumer goods
What became a major new form of entertainment during the 1920s? Silent Films
What was the first talking picture? The Jazz Singer (1927)
Name four movie stars in the 1920s. 1) Rudolph Valentino 2) Mary Pickford 3) Clara Bow 4) Charlie Chaplin
What were two fads in the twenties? Crossword puzzles Chinese game of Mah Jong
Who was John Scopes? A high school biology teacher in Tennessee who taught Darwin’s theory of evolution
What was the result of the Scopes trial?
Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee law. Darwin’s Theory appeared to represent modern America and the future. Tennessee law and the Bible’s account of creation appeared backward.
What did the 19th Amendment do? Gave women the right to vote
What had been the traditional role of women in 19th century Victorian America? Wives and mothers
For what did the flappers become a symbol? For young, middle class women of the twenties who were rebelling against the traditional role of women
Describe the flapper. Bobbed hair Makeup Short skirts Smoked cigarettes Drank alcohol
What did the 18th Amendment do? Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
What were three unintended consequences of Prohibition? Gangsters smuggled liquor into the United States Speakeasies Attacked traditional values
What were speakeasies? Illegal bars during Prohibition
What feeling developed among native-born Americans during the 1920s?
Anti-immigrant feeling
What organization grew rapidly after World War I because of anti-immigrant feeling? Ku Klux Klan
During the twenties, where was the KKK popular? In different parts of the entire nation, instead of just in the South
What groups did the KKK hate during the twenties? Roman Catholics Jews African-Americans
In the twenties who did the Klan blame for many of America’s problems? Roman Catholic immigrants Jewish immigrants
How did Congress give in to anti-immigrant feeling during the twenties? Limited immigration, especially from southern and eastern Europe
What did the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 do? Placed quotas on immigration from most countries
What are quotas? Numerical limits