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Roaring Twenties: Misleading Prosperity and Social Change

Explore the complexities of the 1920s era with its economic boom, social transformations, cultural shifts, and clashes between science and religion. From the dazzling flappers to the rise of urban living and the challenges faced by rural communities, discover the fascinating dynamics that shaped the Roaring Twenties in America.

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Roaring Twenties: Misleading Prosperity and Social Change

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  1. Misleading Prosperity • Production increases, causes Income Gap, farmers suffer greatly. • Goods bought on credit. • Installment Plan (Pay as you Enjoy) • Huge potential for Problems…why?

  2. 20’s Continued

  3. The 20’s Woman • Flappers: Emancipated Women that embraced new fashions and urban attitudes. • Women become more assertive, less of a secondary role. • Morals began to loosen. • Still a Double Standard for Women.

  4. Women Shed Old Roles • Work Opportunities • Women Fired after WWI • Pink Collar Jobs:Nurse, Teachers, Secretaries, etc. • Women still didn’t rise in workplace.

  5. Changing Family • Decline in Birthrate. • Less time spent on Housework. • Romantic marriages. • Children in School. • Teens spent less time w/ families.

  6. Science vs. Religion • Fundamentalism: Rejection of Scientific Teaching (Evolution) claim all important info is found in bible. • Scopes Trial • John Scopes teaches evolution. • Darrow vs. Bryan in debate over what to teach students. • Scopes loses, but begins a tense and heated debate that continues today.

  7. Rural vs. Urban • More People living in the cities. • Crowded, Sophisticated, dangerous, fast paced places to live. • Prohibition: 18th Amendment • Enforced by Volstead Act • Organized Crime Rises (Led by Al Capone) • Speakeasy: Hidden Saloon • Bootlegger: Booze Smugglers

  8. 20’s Pop Culture

  9. Shaping Culture • School Enrollment up. • College popular. • Larger Newspaper and Magazine circulation. • Small Newspapers bought out. • Radio Programs

  10. New Heroes • Babe Ruth of Baseball • Charles Lindbergh’s Flying • First Movie with Sound, The Jazz Singer • First cartoon with sound, Steamboat Willie

  11. Literature • Known as the “Lost Generation” • Fought in WWI, many left America • Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, ridiculed Americans for conformity. • F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, icon of twenties, coined “Jazz Age” • Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, criticized the romanticizing of war.

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