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Happy Monday

Happy Monday. We gone go over yo World War I testesses. The 1920s. The Rise of Modernism and Mass Culture. Remember from Early 20 s …. Return to Normalcy Nativism Isolationism Prejudice Anti-Immigration Hostility. Objectives.

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Happy Monday

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  1. Happy Monday • We gone go over yo World War I testesses.

  2. The 1920s The Rise of Modernism and Mass Culture

  3. Remember from Early 20s… • Return to Normalcy • Nativism • Isolationism • Prejudice • Anti-Immigration • Hostility

  4. Objectives • 7c. Evaluate the role mass media has played in shaping perceptions toward certain policies, social groups, other nations, and political ideas. • 7d. Contrast modernism and traditionalism relating to social change.

  5. There was also a cultural conflict within America Traditional/Fundamental Views Modernist Views

  6. New School Old School Traditional v Modern • Conservative Women • Prohibition and Gambling Restrictions • Religion • Theatre and Symphony • Newspapers • Loose Women • Speakeasies and Gambling Halls • Evolution • Talkies and the Jazz Age • Radio

  7. Traditional Women v Modern Women • Conservative women were traditionally expected to act a certain way. • Don’t drink • Don’t smoke • Don’t be loud • Dress Conservatively • Don’t work and live independently. • Flappers were much more loose and casual with the way they carried themselves. • They Drank • They Smoked • They were outgoing. • Dressed Provocatively • Worked and made their own money.

  8. Traditional morals v Modern morals • Prohibition of Alcohol and Gambling were attempts to legislate morality. • Speakeasies and Underground Gambling Halls became the “norm” • Organized crime (Al Capone, Bugs Moran) supplied these bars with their booze and made millions.

  9. Traditional values v Modern values • Religious Education • Tennessee State Law prohibited the teaching evolution in science classrooms. • Evolution Education • John Scopes decided to teach it anyway. • His case “The Scopes Trial” went all the way to the Tennessee Supreme Court. • The original law banning evolution was upheld but this began the argument for teaching evolution in classrooms.

  10. Traditional v Modern • Traditionally people went to the theatre or the symphony for entertainment. • People went to the movies to see talkies or to the dance halls and speakeasies to listen and Dance to Jazz. Entertainment

  11. Traditional v Modern • The invention of the Radio allowed people to listen to music and news in their homes. • This new entertainment and form of communication contributed to the rise of “mass culture.” • Everybody has access to the same information/stuff.

  12. Harlem renaissance • Rebirth of African American Culture and Pride through music, literature and art. • Langston Hughes • Claude McKay • ZoraNeale Hurston

  13. To sum it all up: • The Roaring 20s was a time of rapid change. • The transition from traditionalist to modernist views signaled a massive change in society. • African Americans in Harlem celebrated their culture through Art, Music, and Literature.

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