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Chapter 12 Review

Chapter 12 Review. A Prospering Society. The Automobile. More than any other consumer item, the car defined the American of the 1920s. Advertising. The idea of creating consumer demand. Advertising. Advertising. Flappers. The Jazz Age. Sports Heroes. Jazz Age.

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Chapter 12 Review

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  1. Chapter 12 Review A Prospering Society

  2. The Automobile • More than any other consumer item, the car defined the American of the 1920s

  3. Advertising • The idea of creating consumer demand

  4. Advertising

  5. Advertising

  6. Flappers

  7. The Jazz Age • Sports Heroes

  8. Jazz Age • Charles Lindbergh – Solo flight across the Atlantic

  9. Jazz Age • Louis Armstrong

  10. The Harlem Renaissance • Harlem, New York City • African American literary and artistic movement • Writers, poets, artists • “No longer accept second-class citizenship”

  11. Harlem Renaissance

  12. Cultural Conflicts • Power of Religion • Fundamentalism = literal truth of the Bible • Migrant farmers to cities

  13. Scopes Trial • Religion vs. Science • Evolution in Schools

  14. Failure of Prohibition • Refusal of the middle-class

  15. Failure of Prohibition • Bootleggers

  16. Failure of Prohibition • Gangs – bought breweries and transported illegal alcohol

  17. Ku Klux Klan • Favored Prohibition • Hatred for African Americans

  18. Ku Klux Klan • New enemies = Mexican Americans, Japanese and European immigrants, Jews, Catholics, French Canadiens

  19. KKK & European Movements • Stressed: • Nationalism • Racial Purity • Attacked alien minority groups • Disapproved of the urban culture • Called for return to the past

  20. The Challenge of Change • Those in power • White, Protestant, and Male • Still promoted small-town virtues, but the U.S. was rapidly changing into a modern, urban society

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