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1 US History Roaring 20s

2 Changing Landscape Growth of cities
Urbanization (rapid growth of cities) Why? Jobs- due to industrialization Immigrants- settle in cities Culture attractions- movie theaters, plays, sports and entertainment Lifestyle- fast paced, toleration of alcohol and gambling

3 City Growth -New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,

4 Prohibition 18th Amendment- Begin Prohibition 21st Amendment- End Prohibition
Causes Religious groups thought drinking was sinful Protect public health Belief that alcohol led to crime, wife and child abuse and accidents at work Nativism- immigrant groups use of alcohol Effects Consumption of alcohol decreased Disrespect for law increased Smuggling and bootlegging Growth of organized crime (Al Capone)

5 Prohibition and Organized Crime
Al Capone Led criminal activity in Chicago Became rich due to prohibition Used killing and intimidation (bribe government officials) Eventually put in jail for income tax evasion

6 Speakeasies and Bootleggers
Speakeasies- hidden saloons and nightclubs Bootlegging- practice of illegally smuggling liquor into the US during Prohibition

7 Scopes Trial Fundamentalists
Religious movement that believed in teaching the Bible Argued against many scientific discoveries and theories Example- argued against Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection and man descending from animals

8 Background Tennessee passed law that made teaching evolution and Charles Darwin illegal John Scopes teaches it anyway and gets arrested Trial- fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools Radio- allow people all over the country to hear news about the trial Verdict- Scopes found guilty and fined $100 Impact- shows how American society will challenge traditional beliefs

9 Scopes Monkey Trial

10 20s Women- Challenging Tradition
Flappers- young woman who embraced new fashions and attitudes of 1920s How? Fashions- close fitting felt hats, dresses an inch above the knee, silk stockings, pumps (shoes), beads and necklaces Actions- smoking cigarettes, drinking in public, talking openly about sex Dances- fox trot, tango, Charleston Attitude- marriage thought of as an equal partnership

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12 See chart on page 653 of textbook!
School Enrollment Increase due to; Increased wages- children no longer needed to work Job standards- more technology means more training needed Vocational and job training offered at high schools See chart on page 653 of textbook!

13 Magazines and Radio Magazines Radio Readers Digest- 1922 Time- 1923
First commercial radio station KDKA from Pittsburgh Give listeners instant access to news, entertainment and advertisements % of American homes have radio

14 Sports/Entertainment Heroes
Babe Ruth- baseball player (NY Yankees) Gertrude Ederle- swim English Channel Helen Willis- women’s tennis player Andrew Foster- founder of Negro Baseball League Charles Lindbergh- first nonstop flight across Atlantic Ocean Amelia Earhart- first women to fly nonstop across Atlantic (died trying to fly around world) George Gershwin- famous jazz composer F. Scott Fitzgerald- writer, The Great Gatsby, coined the term “Jazz Age” Ernest Hemingway- writer, war novels, A Farewell to Arms

15 Gertrude Ederle Andrew Foster Helen Willis Babe Ruth

16 Amelia Earhart George Gershwin Charles Lindbergh

17 F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway

18 Great Migration What? Why? Movement of blacks to northern cities
Find jobs and escape segregation in the South

19 NAACP Founded by WEB DuBois and others at Niagara Movement
James Weldon Johnson President during 1920s Try to pass antilynching bills- none pass but lynchings decrease

20 Harlem Renaissance

21 Harlem Renaissance What was it? Literary movement
Well-educated, middle class African Americans Produce literature, art, music, plays Write about trials of being black in America Impact- music, art, literature will be read and adopted by mass culture in US

22 Harlem Renaissance Literature
Langston Hughes Poet Wrote about difficult lives of working-class African Americans Often to jazz music tempos and beats

23 Louis Armstrong Jazz musician
Performed in famous NYC clubs- Cotton Club Jazz spread to all parts of the US Video- Charleston

24 Duke Ellington and Bessie Smith
Famous musician Composer, jazz orchestra Bessie Smith Blues singer First black superstar Bessie Smith Duke Ellington

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