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Chapter 13: Roaring Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s – Life of the 1920s –
Part IPart I
Rural and Urban Rural and Urban DifferencesDifferences
In 1920, more In 1920, more Americans lived in Americans lived in large towns and large towns and cities than small cities than small towns and farmstowns and farms UrbanizationUrbanization
increased increased Urban values began Urban values began
to dominateto dominate Many people found it Many people found it
hard to adjust to city hard to adjust to city lifelife
ProhibitionProhibition ProhibitionProhibition is the ban on is the ban on
alcoholic beverages alcoholic beverages 1818thth Amendment Amendment Took effect in 1920Took effect in 1920
Most support came from Most support came from religious, rural Protestantsreligious, rural Protestants
SpeakeasiesSpeakeasies opened up opened up Hidden saloons and Hidden saloons and
nightclubs serving alcohol nightclubs serving alcohol illegally illegally
People also bought liquor People also bought liquor from from bootleggersbootleggers Smugglers who brought it in Smugglers who brought it in
from Canada and the from Canada and the Caribbean Caribbean
Prohibition
Prohibition Video ClipProhibition Video Clip
Chapter 13: Roaring Life Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s – Part IIof the 1920s – Part II
Science vs. ReligionScience vs. Religion During the 1920s, During the 1920s,
the nation saw the the nation saw the rise of Christian rise of Christian FundamentalismFundamentalism Said everything in Said everything in
Bible was literally Bible was literally truetrue
Fundamentalists Fundamentalists rejected science rejected science Also rejected Also rejected
Darwin’s theory of Darwin’s theory of evolution evolution
Scopes Trial – 3 mins
The 20’s WomanThe 20’s Woman Many women demanded Many women demanded
same freedom as men same freedom as men New urban culture also New urban culture also
influenced women influenced women The The flapperflapper was a “free” was a “free”
young womanyoung woman Held new social attitudes Held new social attitudes Wore make-up, short skirts, Wore make-up, short skirts,
short hair, more jewelry short hair, more jewelry Jobs were mostly in Jobs were mostly in
teaching, nursing, social teaching, nursing, social work, secretaries work, secretaries
Education & Popular Education & Popular CultureCulture
Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh First person to fly First person to fly
solo across the solo across the Atlantic OceanAtlantic Ocean
Georgia O’KeeffeGeorgia O’Keeffe Famous painter Famous painter
Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Ernest
HemingwayHemingway AuthorsAuthors
Chapter 13: Roaring Life of Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s – Part IIIthe 1920s – Part III
Early African American Civil Early African American Civil RightsRights
Between 1910 – Between 1910 – 1920, many 1920, many African African Americans moved Americans moved from the South to from the South to the Norththe North Called the Called the Great Great
Migration Migration Racial tensions Racial tensions
increased in increased in Northern cities Northern cities
Races riots Races riots occurredoccurred
Great Migration
NAACP and Marcus NAACP and Marcus GarveyGarvey
NAACP worked to NAACP worked to end violence against end violence against African Americans African Americans Anti-lynching laws Anti-lynching laws
passed passed Marcus Garvey Marcus Garvey
voiced a message of voiced a message of black pride black pride Thought African Thought African
Americans should Americans should build a separate build a separate societysociety
Began a “return to Began a “return to Africa” movement Africa” movement
The Harlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Harlem Renaissance Renaissance was was a literary and a literary and artistic movement, artistic movement, celebrating African- celebrating African- American cultureAmerican culture Began in Harlem, NYBegan in Harlem, NY Took pride in black Took pride in black
culture culture Wrote about Wrote about
problems of being problems of being black in white black in white cultureculture
Harlem Renaissance I
Important Harlem Important Harlem Renaissance FiguresRenaissance Figures
Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Writer and poet Writer and poet
Zora Neale Zora Neale HurstonHurston Female writer Female writer
Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong Jazz trumpet player Jazz trumpet player
““Duke” EllingtonDuke” Ellington Jazz piano playerJazz piano player
Harlem Renaissance II
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