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The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties. Just What is America?. Social and Cultural Changes. What is America - New vs. Old, Modern vs. Traditional Charles Lindbergh - becomes an American hero when he flies the Spirit of St. Louis solo across the Atlantic to Paris Women voting - 20th Amendment passed

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The Roaring Twenties

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  1. The Roaring Twenties Just What is America?

  2. Social and Cultural Changes • What is America - New vs. Old, Modern vs. Traditional • Charles Lindbergh - becomes an American hero when he flies the Spirit of St. Louis solo across the Atlantic to Paris • Women voting - 20th Amendment passed • Women to work - women began to enter professional careers • Flappers - young women to wore heavy make-up, had short hair, short skirts, and smoke and drank alcohol in public. Thought as scandalous by older generations

  3. Movies and Radio • Hollywood, CA - become the center of the movie world • Silent Movies - at first movies were black and white and had captions at the bottom of the screen for dialogue • The Jazz Singer - the first “talkie,” this movie was a sensation • Radio - brought sports and news into peoples homes. Commercials sold on air pushing consumers to increase buying.

  4. Sports and Fads • Radio creates stars in baseball, boxing, and football • Babe Ruth - Yankees hitter becomes the home run king • Fads - things that are popular for short periods of time • Dance Marathons - sometimes lasted three days • Flag Pole Sitting - Alvin “Ship-Wreck” Kelly is the King of the Sitters. Guess how long. • 49 days!

  5. Prohibition • Rural vs. Urban, Govt. vs. Will of People • 18th Amendment (1919) - banned alcohol sale, production and consumption in U.S. • Supported in rural South and Mid-West (called “drys”) but not popular in eastern cities (“wets”) • Constant rule breaking in cities and only 1500 US agents to stop it • If people don’t support it, should it be a law?

  6. Prohibition (cont) • Speakeasies - illegal bars • Organized Crime - speakeasies had to get alcohol from somewhere. Crime families (Mob) sprung up to provide alcohol. Some are very violent. • Al Capone - • controlled alcohol in Chicago through violence and threats, made millions. • Busted on tax evasion charges • 21st Amendment (1933) - Cancelled out 18th Amendment and made alcohol legal again

  7. Nativism • Native-born vs. Immigrants • Belief native-born Americans are superior to foreigners • KKK - Used threats and violence against blacks, Jews, Catholics, non-English speakers • Emergency Quota Act (1921) - Put limits on immigration by country. North and West European countries are favored (racist) • National Origins Act (1924) - lowers permitted immigrants and bans Japanese. Countries in Western Hemisphere excluded.

  8. Scopes Trial (AKA The Monkey Trial) • Religion vs Science • TN teacher, John Scopes, arrested for teaching Darwin’s “Theory of Evolution” in class (watch out Ms. Moller) • Case goes to court and focuses those who favor teaching of Bible versus modern science (conflict of new vs. old) • Scopes fined $100 but TN Supreme Court reverses the decision

  9. Election of 1928 • Rural vs Urban, Old vs. New, Nativist vs. Immigrants, Traditional vs. Modern • Coolidge surprised everyone by deciding not to run again • Hoover is Republican candidate - a Quaker protestant, “dry,” and had been in govt a long time • Alfred Smith is Democrat - From NYC, son of immigrants, Catholic • Hoover wins election of 1928 - good news, bad news.

  10. Create Art to Reflect Conflicts in 20s Society - Due Next Block • Modern vs. Traditional • New vs. Old • Nativists vs. Immigrants • Blacks vs. Whites • Religion vs. Science • Drys vs. Wets • Classical vs. Jazz • Books vs. Movies/Radio

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