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Changes in Society

Changes in Society. EQ: How did social change and conflict mark the 1920s?. New or Old?. New or Old?. New or Old?. What caused the changes?. Read “The Younger Generation” and answer the questions at the bottom. Based on what the author said, what caused the changes in society?.

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Changes in Society

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  1. Changes in Society EQ: How did social change and conflict mark the 1920s?

  2. New or Old?

  3. New or Old?

  4. New or Old?

  5. What caused the changes? Read “The Younger Generation” and answer the questions at the bottom. Based on what the author said, what caused the changes in society?

  6. Reasons for Changes in Society • An increase in technology that led to in increase in leisure time • A booming economy put more money in the market • The growth of mass media led to a mass culture • WWI challenged peoples’ religious beliefs and led to looser morals

  7. Women • Women began to change their attitudes reflecting their freedoms during WWI • 1920—women were granted the right to vote (19th Amendment) • Women joined political parties and were elected to government offices • WWI—women moved in better jobs/ “male” at home.

  8. “Flapper”— Rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting • New style of dress showing off more skin and attitude • Short skirts, short hair “bobbed”, small hats “cloche”, drank, smoked and danced!

  9. Businesses still discriminated against women, barred from many universities, could not be jurors

  10. African Americans • After WWI, AF AM returned from service hoping for greater equality • Large numbers moved to Northern cities in the Great Migration

  11. Marcus Garvey came to NY from Jamaica to establish UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Assoc.) • His message of equality and self respect attracted many African Americans.

  12. He urged a return to Africa, saying no equality can happen in the US. • He sold stock in a Black Star Steamship to Africa, but was arrested for fraud.

  13. Prohibition and Organized Crime • Prohibition: A Total ban on alcoholic drinks • Reasons • During the War it was supported as way to preserve grains • To stop the problems associated with intoxication and alcoholism • 1919 the 18th Amendment added to the Constitution banning alcohol (prohibited making, selling, transporting, consuming alcohol)

  14. An Outsiders Impression of Prohibition • Read a German visitor’s first impressions of Prohibition and answer the following questions: • How did people “get around” Prohibition? • What were some of the positive results and negative results of Prohibition?

  15. Drop in the amount of alcohol consumed, arrests associated with drunkenness declined • Speakeasies or illegal taverns that served alcohol sprung up everywhere • Increase in illegal smuggling from Canada and the Caribbean People found ways to get around the ban

  16. The Valentine’s Day Massacre Al Capone

  17. Liquor smugglers called bootleggers made huge profits selling alcohol • The money to be made bootlegging encouraged organized crime and gang wars • In 1933 21st Amendment repealed prohibition

  18. How could Prohibition be Seen as both A success and Failure?

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