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American Life Changes. Chapter 20 section 1. The New Woman. Gained right to vote Went to college Joined workforce. Bobbed Hair Make-up Hemline Fur Beads Headband Dancing cigarette. The Flapper. Bernice Bobs Her Hair. Urbanization. Great economic prosperity
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American Life Changes Chapter 20 section 1
The New Woman • Gained right to vote • Went to college • Joined workforce Bobbed Hair Make-up Hemline Fur Beads Headband Dancing cigarette
The Flapper • Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Urbanization • Great economic prosperity • Except for the farmer • 1920 census – more people living in urban Areas than rural • Increase in education • Laws passed that required children to go to school Urbanization Map
Values • RURAL: • Traditional spirit of America • Hardworking, self-reliant, religious, independent • URBAN: • Threatened those values because of change
KKK • Grew Dramatically during the 1920s • Used violent tactics • Made up of farmers and small business owners in rural areas • Targeted African Americans, immigrants, Jews, Catholics
Fundamentalism • Literal interpretation of the Bible • Strong support in the South • Prominent Leaders: Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson • Rejected Darwin’s Ideas of Evolution
Scopes Trial • Several States banned the teachings of Darwin in Public Schools, including Tennessee • John Scopes (high school teacher) went against the law to teach it • He was arrested
Scopes Trial: The players • William Jennings Bryan: prosecutor • Evolution goes against Christianity • Clarence Darrow: defense attorney • Freedom of speech Law remained intact until 1960s Scopes was found guilty and fined $100
Prohibition pg (651) • Why is alcohol a source of much unhappiness? • What did the 18th Amendment Proclaim? • When was it passed? • What was its alternate Name?
Effects of Prohibition • Many people continued to drink • Bootleggers • People who smuggled alcohol • Rise of organized crime • Creation of speakeasies • Underground night clubs that secretly served liquor
Capone • Prohibition-era gangster from Chicago • Earned tens of millions in the bootlegging industry • Bought off law enforcement
Harlem Renaissance • Reading with Questions • Clip: New/Knew