1. Post War America and the Roaring 20s

2. 1920s Time of great social change in America
The United States transforms into an urban nation
Social upheaval and disillusionment after the great war
American values leading to the war were questioned
Many former soldiers were opposed to the ideals that drew the U.S. into a European conflict
Many changes in every day American life

3. Women
The 1920s woman is quite a bit different from her relatives of a decade before
Shorter hair
Simpler clothing
Make up
More risqué lifestyle
This new modern woman was given the name of a “flapper”, after a film of the same name whose main character was one of this new breed of woman

4. The Shimmy – AVERT YOUR GAZE!!!

5. Suffrage
Women resented having to go back to home and hearth after having been to work
Replaced by men returning from war
Those who remained at work resented not being treated as equals to men
No leadership jobs
Less pay for equal work
No skilled labor positions
The Suffrage Movement
Many women protested and fought for the right to vote
Women finally granted suffrage in 1919 by the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution
Made possible by long and hard work by suffragettes like Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony

6. Notable Women Pioneers
Lettie Pate Whitehead
President of the Coca Cola Company
Jeanette Rankin
U.S. Congress
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Governor of Wyoming
Ameilia Earhart
Pilot

7. Entertainment
Film
Cecille B. DeMille was one of the early pioneers of American cinema
Early film makers didn’t have the ability to record sound in their pictures, so the films were “silent”
The Hollywoodland suburb of Los Angeles became the hub for the film making industry
Mass media – print, film, and broadcast methods of communicating with large numbers of people.

8. The Jazz Age
Jazz
Music born of African and Caribbean Roots
Considered a “black” music
Popular with younger people
Hated by the older generation
Syncopated rhythms allowed for suggestive dancing
Blamed for the loose morals of younger people of the 20s
The 1920s, with its free and liberal lifestyle, became known as The Jazz Age

9. The Devil’s Music… The Entertainer - Scott Joplin
The Original Dixieland Jass Band
Composer Scott Joplin

10. Prohibition
Prohibition – made the drinking, making, selling, or purchasing of alcohol a federal crime
Three main goals of prohibition:
Eliminate drunkenness ad the abuse of family members and others that it causes
Eliminate saloons where prostitution and gambling occur
Eliminate absenteeism and on-the-job accidents that occur as a result of drunkenness
18th Amendment to the Constitution

11. Bootlegging Bootleggers – people who distribute illegal alcohol
Speakeasies – illegal nightclubs that feature gambling, prostitution, and alcohol that were very prevalent during prohibition
The 18th Amendment caused more trouble than it prevented
Bootlegging was the most rampant crime in America
Organized Crime thrived on bootlegging profits
The 18th Amendment was repealed by the 21st Amendment

12. The Scopes Trial
Fundamentalism – Religious backlash to moral depravity in the 1920s
Pushed the infallibility of God and the Bible
Sough to influence education and commerce
John T. Scopes – Tennessee science teacher
Charge with teaching evolution, a violation of the laws of Tennessee
Found guilty, and fined $100
Brought the dispute between science and religion to the forefront through the use of mass media