The Roaring Life of the 20’s

1. The Roaring Life of the 20’s How might the new prosperity affect your everyday life?

2. Examine the Issues • As Americans leave farms and small towns to take jobs in the cities, how might their lives change? • How will economic prosperity affect married and unmarried women? • How might rural and urban areas change as more and more families acquire automobiles?

3. Changing Ways of Life Main Idea Americans experienced cultural conflicts as customs and values changed in the 1920’s. Why it Matters Today The way in which different groups react to change often causes conflict today.

4. One American’s Story • As the 1920’s dawned, social reformers who hoped to ban alcohol rejoiced. • Billy Sunday, an evangelist who preached against the evils of drinking, predicted a new age of virtue and religion. • 18th Amendment

5. Rural and Urban Differences • America changed dramatically in the years before the 1920’s, as revealed in the 1920 census. • 51.2%- lived in communities • People were leaving the farms for cities • The New Urban Scene • NY- topped the big cities-5.6 million • Chicago- 3 million • Philadelphia- 2 million • Melting pots • Migrants adapted to the urban environment • Tolerated drinking and gambling

7. Prohibition

9. Causes Drinking was evil Gov’t should protect public’s health Alcohol led to crime, wife & child abuse, accidents During WWI, nativists had hostility to immigrants that used alcohol Effects Consumption of alcohol declined Disrespect for the law Smuggling & bootlegging Criminals found new source of income Organized crime grew Prohibition 1920-1933

10. Science & Religion Clash • Another bitter controversy highlighted he growing rift between traditional and modern ideas during the 1920’s.

11. Changing Ways of Life • Why was heavy funding needed to enforce the Volstead Act? • Government had to patrol coastlines and inland borders for alcohol smugglers, monitor highways for trucks carrying illegal alcohol, and oversee industries that used alcohol. • Explain the circumstances and outcome of the trial of the biology teacher John Scopes. • Scopes broke a Tennessee law that made teaching evolution a crime. He was found guilty, but a higher court later set aside the verdict.

12. The Twenties Woman Main Idea American women pursued new lifestyles and assumed new jobs and different roles in society during the 1920’s Why it Matters Today Workplace opportunities and trends in family life are still major issues for women today.

13. Women and Changing Roles • Do women today face any barriers and prejudices that women in the 1920’s faced? If so, which ones? • What are some examples of what were considered young people’s rebellious activities?

14. Young Women Change the Rules • By the 1920’s, the experiences of WWI, the pull of cities, and changing attitudes had opened up a new world for many young Americans.

15. Flappers

16. Women Shed Old Roles at Home and at Work • The fast-changing world of the 1920’s produced new roles for women in the workplace and new trends in family life. • New Work Opportunities • Men replaced female workers after WWI • Women’s professions: • Teachers, nurses, librarians, secretaries, telephone operators • The Changing Family • Birthrate was in decline • Margaret Sanger- Birth Control clinic (Am. Birth Control League) • Social & technological innovations for the home • Public health for the elderly • Equality in marriage • Working family

17. The Twenties WomanReview • In what ways did flappers rebel against the earlier styles and attitudes of the Victorian age? • Flappers sported boyish haircuts and wore shorts, waistless dresses. Many drank or smoked in public and dated casually. • What key social, economic, and technological changes of the 1920’s affected women’s marriages and family life? • The birthrate declined, more married women worked, and labor-saving devices provided more leisure time.

18. Education and Popular Culture Main Idea The mass media, movies, and spectator sports played important roles in creating the popular culture of the 1920’s-a culture that many artists and writers criticized. Why it Matters Today Much of today’s popular culture can trace its roots to the popular culture of the 1920’s

19. Schools and the Mass Media Shape Culture • During the 1920’s, developments in education and mass media had a powerful impact on the nation.

20. Heroes

21. America Chases New Heroes and Old Dreams • During the 1920’s, many people had money and leisure time to enjoy it. • 1929-Americans spent $4.5 billion on entertainment. • Flooded athletic stadiums.

23. Georgia O’Keefe

24. Education and Popular CultureReview • How did high schools change in the 1920’s? • High schools broadened their curricula to meet the needs of a wide range of students, offered vocational training and home economics, and taught English to immigrants. • Cite examples of the flaws of American society that some famous 1920’s authors attacked in their writing. • Conformity; materialism; shallowness of middle-class values; glorification of war.

25. Harlem Renaissance Main Idea African-American ideas, politics, art, literature, and music flourished in Harlem and elsewhere in the U.S. Why it Matters Today The Harlem Renaissance provided a foundation of African-American intellectualism to which African-American writers, artists, and musicians contribute today.

26. One American’s Story • Zora Neale Hurston • Eatonville, Fl.

27. African-American Voices in the 1920’s • During the 1920’s, African Americans set new goals for themselves as they moved north to the nation’s cities.

28. Harlem RenaissanceReview • What do the Great Migration and the growth of the NAACP and UNIA reveal about the African-American experience in this period? • They showed the desire of African Americans to escape inequality and poverty, fight injustice, and improve their lives. • What were some of the important themes treated by African American writers in the Harlem Renaissance? • Pride; racial injustice; equality; richness of folklore