Roaring Twenties

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Chapter 20

• Roaring Twenties

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18th Amendment

• Prohibition- outlawed the production, sale, or
  use of alcohol.
• Led to other problems
• Casual attitude towards breaking the law
• Gangsters (Capone in Chicago) made Millions and
  used that money to corrupt and control the
  cities.
• Many had Bath tub distilleries in their homes and
  made bath tub gin.

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Prohibition continued

• Bootleggers- smugglers of illegal liquor
• Speakeasies- secret clubs where booze was sold.
• Usually needed a password to get in.
• Prohibition agents hunted down illegal liquor and
  poured it into the streets.

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Al Capone
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Role of Women

• New Opportunities for women
• More went to college
• More in the workplace (not always factories)
• Right to vote- 19th Amendment- many voted with
  the man in their life.
• Became more independent
• Flappers- small group of women (cities) who
  shocked people with their short hair, short
  skirt, heavy make-up, drinking smoking, dancing

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Urban Growth

• After the war, we needed less food
• People flooded to the cities
• Suburbs also grew, cars helped this trend
• Schools boomed. States passed laws that required
  children to be in school
• Good economy allowed families to live without
  income from their children.

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Fundamentalism- Literal interpretation of the
Bible

• Scopes Trial- the teaching of evolution in
  schools????
• Tennessee passed a law that said evolution could
  NOT be taught in schools.
• John Scopes taught it anyway and was arrested
• Trial pitting evolution against creation
• All of U.S. was watching
• Courts said the law was okay (no evolution)

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The Great Migration

• The movement of African-Americans from the South
  to the big cities of the North.
• Jobs were in the cities
• Led to racial tensions
• W.E.B. DuBois- A-A leader who created NAACP.
  Helped start the Harlem Renaissance

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Harlem Renaissance

• 1920s African-American art and literature that
  focused on A-A rights defiance
• Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong were big names.
• Jazz also started during this time (all over the
  country).

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Popular Culture

• Radio- News, sports, daily shows for women and
  kids, music
• Movies- Silent, then sound. 100 million tickets a
  week.
• Heroes
• Charles Lindbergh- Flies across Atlantic Ocean
• Amelia Earhart- Women flies across Atlantic

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Popular Culture Continued

• Sports
• Baseball, football, boxing, tennis, golf
• Popular due to radio and extra money in peoples
  pockets
• Heroes include Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Bobby
  Jones, Jack Dempsey

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