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1920s – Roaring Twenties. Unit 8.3. Prohibition. Passed with the 18 th Amendment, but backup with punishment with the Volstead Act What were the reasons behind this “ Noble Experiment ?” Did these reasons work? What are some reasons the politically involving immigrants? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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1920s – Roaring TwentiesUnit 8.3

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ProhibitionPassed with the 18th Amendment, but backup

with punishment with the Volstead ActWhat were the reasons behind this “Noble

Experiment?”Did these reasons work?What are some reasons the politically involving

immigrants?What was the major negative effect?

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Some 20s slang to knowWetsDrysBootleggersRum-runnersSpeakeasiesBathtub GinHooch

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Women in the “New Era”Women could now vote with the 19th

AmendmentSheppard –Towner Act (1921) aim at women

voters (prenatal/child healthcare)National Woman’s Party led by Alice Paul

pushed for the E.R.A. – Equal Rights Amendment (early feminist movement)

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Flappers“Liberated Women,” but how?

◦Prohibition effectsMargaret Sanger and __________◦Aimee McPherson – female preacher◦Amelia Earhart

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Pink Collar jobsNew jobs in “feminine” fields

Fashion, education, nursing, social workMost educated married women

still stayed at homeWhat were Boston Marriages?

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Any changes in one generation?

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The Automobile ImpactFrom Model T to

Model A Impact on other

industries such as steel, glass, oil

Suburbs expanding

Changing of the landscape with roads, gas stations

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AirplanesHow did airplanes link our old

pioneer spirit with a modern invention?

Charles Lindberg – Spirit of St. Louis◦“Rugged Individualism”

Amelia Earhart

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EntertainmentRadios – by end of decade almost

every family had oneMovies – from silent films to

talkies “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson – 1st

talkieMusic / Dancing

◦Jazz music Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong

◦Jitterbug / Charleston dances“Youth Culture” develops

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SportsBaseball

◦ Babe Ruth

Boxing◦ Jack Dempsey

Horse RacingSwimming

◦ Gertrude EderleGolf

◦ Bobby Jones

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Harlem RenaissanceRebirth of Black Culture through

writing, arts, and music◦Langston Hughes◦James Weldon Johnson◦Zora Neal Hurston

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Black ScareMarcus Garvey and his United

Negro Improvement Association organized ideas of black nationalism and a back-to-Africa movement◦So what is the “black scare?”

Dubois and Randolph disagreed with movement, but endorse black pride ideas.

Would be a base for other groups in the 1960s.The Klan opposed such ideas.

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Lost GenerationThe Lost Generation writers wrote

against the materialism and conformity of the 1920s.◦F. Scott Fitzgerald – Great Gatsby◦Sinclair Lewis – Main Street, Babbit◦Was Hemingway one with Farewell to

Arms since it was against military conflicts?

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Other Writers and ArtsThe Fugitives – southern writers who

wrote of strong rural traditions (against modernism)

Bruce Barton – The Man Nobody Knows – Jesus was a businessman. Parables are ads, has 12 salesmen

Frank Lloyd Wright – architect stressing functionalism

Georgia O’Keeffe – critical of new technology and urban life as paintings were natural

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The Scopes Monkey Trial

John Scopes charged with breaking the law against teaching evolution in Tenn.

Defended by Clarence Darrow (of ACLU).

State lead attorney – William Jennings Bryan

Fined $100 at end, but…

Trial was representative of battle of Urban vs. Rural (1920 – 1st census where urban outnumbered rural).

Was representative of Fundamentalism vs. Modernism

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RevivalismAs the battle of Modernism vs.

Fundamentalism took place, there some religious happenings.

Billy SundayAimee McPherson

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Reflection QuestionsIn what ways were there conflicts

between the modern world and older traditions?

How did women change during the 1920s?

How is consumerism and materialism shown during the 1920s?

How are popular heroes (in entertainment) shown in different aspects of the 1920s?

What was the impact of the automobile and airplane?