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1 The Roaring Life of the 1920’s
Chapter 13 The Roaring Life of the 1920’s

2 Section 1: Changing Ways of Life

3 I. Rural vs. Urban Life A. Rural Life Ending South and West
Conservative beliefs Religious Ethnically Homogeneous

4 B. Urbanization Northeast US mostly Growing in size Mostly industrial
Liberal beliefs Less religious Well Educated Ethnically Diverse

5 II. Social Issues

6 A. Prohibition 18th Amendment: 1920 Supported by Volstead Act
Can’t sell, make, or transport alcohol in US Supported by Women South Religion Volstead Act Provided govt. funding to enforce, but not enough available Too much land to cover bribes

7 B. How did people get around Prohibition?
Speakeasies Hidden bars and nightclubs Cops knew about them and did nothing

8 C. Bootleggers People who smuggle alcohol Organized Crimes
Paid off police and court Al Capone 60 million off illegal alcohol sales

9 D. Science vs. Religion Fundamentalism
Believing everything in the Bible is fact Tennessee had made it illegal to teach evolution in school

10 John T Scopes volunteered to teach evolution and arrested
Scopes Trial John T Scopes volunteered to teach evolution and arrested Lots of sensation Decision: Scopes guilty Law remained in effect that it was illegal to teach evolution in school

11 Section 2: Women in the 1920s

12 A. Changes 1. Women WWI presented new opportunities, allowed freedom
Media popularized image of “New Woman” Flapper Vamp Neither as widespread as people like to think

13 Where could women work? Well educated: nurses and teachers
Unskilled: typists, secretaries and clerks

14 Then… Now…

15 B. Exceptions? Women had to face Double Standards
Still responsible for housework, even if they had a job Still expected to manage family Also, had to be careful when dating or risk ridicule

16 Housework did become more convenient through technology
Electricity Vacuums, washing machines Canned food and ready made clothes Led to more leisure time and possibility of job

17 2. Family Family changed in the 20s Birthrate down
Birth control available through the work of Margaret Sanger Increase in standard of living resulted in smaller families

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20 3. Children’s Roles Children spent more time at school
Teens more rebellious Media influenced them New Music, Dancing, clothes pushed the edge Less time with family and more time with friends

21 Section 3: Education and Popular Culture

22 Education Education More students in high schools 2-4 million
Industry jobs needed basic education

23 Mass Media/Technology
More newspapers National Magazines become popular Readers Digest Time Life

24 Radio Most powerful way to communicate news, events and entertainment
Advertisements

25 New American Heros Babe Ruth Charles Lindbergh

26 Entertainment and Art Lots of new and exciting art in the 20’s
Jazz Singer: 1st movie with sound 1927 Disney makes first animated cartoon: Steamboat Willy

27 Music Music changed Jazz came on the scene Challenged status quo
Caused people to dance…together…

28 Writing New Themes Isolation Had been wounded in war Live for today Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby (excess of Americans after war)

29 Leisure Time By 1929 America spending 4.5 billion on leisure time
New Fads: Crosswords Cards Egyptian goods Flagpole sitting Dance marathons

30 Section 4: Harlem Renaissance

31 Section 4: Harlem Renaissance
African Americans get a voice in 1920’s :Great Migration By % of A.A. live in cities Faced racism, but better than South

32 Civil Rights Movement 1909 NAACP started by Dubois and Johnson
Used legislation and publications like: “The Crisis” to make case known Goal=Legally End Segregation

33 UNIA Black Pride and Nationalism Led by Marcus Garvey
Establish a colony in Africa

34 Renaissance: Rebirth Literature, Art, Painting
Exposed America to “Black” culture

35 Who were the musicians of the Harlem Renaissance?
Billie Holiday Louis Armstrong Dizzy Gillespie Bessie Smith

36 Who were the Writers of the Harlem Renaissance?
Claude McCay: novelist and poet Langston Hughes: Poet Zora Hurston: told the life of a A.A. woman

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