UNIT 4 LESSON 2 REMEDIATION NOTES: LIFESTYLE OF THE 1920’S AND 1930’S

Let’s Review• There were vast changes with technology during the

1920’s and 1930’s.• These changes impacted people, sports, inventions and

music• Immigrants and blacks faced prejudice and discrimination

every day. • The boom of technology seem to affect every aspect of

people’s lives.

New Inventions

CarCamera

Record PlayerFactories of Mass Production

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Entertainment

• The 1920’s was known as the Jazz Age, because of the popular music called Jazz

• Sports became a fun event for people to watch• Baseball was the most popular sport in the United States

• Radios became a way for families to gather together and listen to stories, advertisements and the news!

• Some other fun activities were flag pole sitting and marathon dancing.

Flapper Girls

• Flapper girls annoyed the older generation by smoking in public, wearing short skirts, short hair styles, and using lots of makeup.

• They were called flappers because like birds people considered them to be flapping their “wings” to get everyone’s attention!

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Discrimination in the 1920’s and 1930’s

Immigrants and Blacks faced

discrimination on a daily basis

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Let’s Review these ConceptsDiscrimination Prejudice Racism Xenophobia

• are when negative behaviors are directed at a specific group of people. There was a great deal of discrimination during the 1920s-1930s.

 

• are negative learned attitudes toward a group of people, was widespread

 

• is discrimination at a specific racial group, also divided people during the 1920s and 1930s

 

• or the unreasonable fear, distrust, or hatred of a certain group of people, during this era.

 

Further info about Discrimination• During the 1920’s racial tensions in American society

reached a boiling point.  • Many Americans were xenophobic towards anyone they

thought were outsiders • Immigrants, Catholics, Blacks and Jews suffered the

most at the hands of people concerned with preserving the long White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (W.A.S.P.)  belief system.

• Remember many of America’s founding fathers (Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, George Washington) were W.A.S.P.’s

What were WASP Values• White: identified the color of a person’s

skin• Anglo: people whose family originally immigrated

from England or Ireland• Saxon: people whose family originally

immigrated from Germany • Protestant: a religion whose beliefs come from

Christianity

What was Nativism?• Nativism was the belief that “native born Americans” were

superior to immigrants• Nativists believed that immigrants could never be fully

loyal to the USA. • Because of this belief system many  immigrants faced

prejudicial policies and reform

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Immigrants and Quotas: What it Meant

Limits on Newcomers

• In 1924, the first laws were passed that set quotas or limits on how many people from specific countries would be admitted to the United States.

• The limits were based on the number of people from that country already living in the United States.

• Many Americans were openly hostile to all ethnic groups.• Several business owners were discriminatory, and

refused to give immigrants work unless it was hard labor.• Prejudice and racism seemed like accepted practices for

most Americans toward minority groups.

The Impact of Discrimination, Prejudice and Racism on the Black Population• Blacks were at the bottom of the wage scale• Those in the black populations were usually the last hired

and the first fired and performed menial-labor jobs.• In the South, Blacks lacked economic independence,

since they largely worked on white-owned land. • Sadly, Blacks were considered second class citizens and

remained at the bottom of the social scale in the United States during the 1920’s and 1930’s.

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Movement of Blacks from the South to North• Many black people migrated (moved) from the south to the north, to find work. 

• White workers became resentful because they felt like they were competing for jobs with the southern blacks.

• This competition for jobs between northern whites and southern blacks led to more discrimination and prejudice.

Segregation: The Result of Discrimination, Prejudice and Racism• Segregation was the rule or practice of separating people of different

races, classes, or ethnic groups.  • Segregation forced blacks to have different schools, housing, and

public facilities. • Blacks were separated from whites in most public areas including

trains, parks and even cemeteries.

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The Black Population: The Impact of Discrimination, Prejudice and Racism

Let’s Review What We Have Learned• Discrimination seemed to be an acceptable practice in 1920’s and 1930’s

• Minorities faced prejudice, discrimination and racism in social, cultural, political, and economic situations during this era.

• These types of behaviors left the country divided in its beliefs about minority groups.

• Xenophobia was a common ear during this time and many people in America suffered because of it.