Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s – Part I

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Chapter 13 Roaring Life of the 1920s Part I
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Rural and Urban Differences

• In 1920, more Americans lived in large towns and
  cities than small towns and farms
• Urbanization increased
• Urban values began to dominate
• Many people found it hard to adjust to city life

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Prohibition

• Prohibition is the ban on alcoholic beverages
• 18th Amendment
• Took effect in 1920
• Most support came from religious, rural
  Protestants
• Speakeasies opened up
• Hidden saloons and nightclubs serving alcohol
  illegally
• People also bought liquor from bootleggers
• Smugglers who brought it in from Canada and the
  Caribbean

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Prohibition
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Prohibition Video Clip
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Chapter 13 Roaring Life of the 1920s Part II
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Science vs. Religion

• During the 1920s, the nation saw the rise of
  Christian Fundamentalism
• Said everything in Bible was literally true
• Fundamentalists rejected science
• Also rejected Darwins theory of evolution

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Scopes Trial 3 mins
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The 20s Woman

• Many women demanded same freedom as men
• New urban culture also influenced women
• The flapper was a free young woman
• Held new social attitudes
• Wore make-up, short skirts, short hair, more
  jewelry
• Jobs were mostly in teaching, nursing, social
  work, secretaries

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Education Popular Culture

• Charles Lindbergh
• First person to fly solo across the Atlantic
  Ocean
• Georgia OKeeffe
• Famous painter
• Sinclair Lewis
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Ernest Hemingway
• Authors

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Chapter 13 Roaring Life of the 1920s Part III
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Early African American Civil Rights

• Between 1910 1920, many African Americans moved
  from the South to the North
• Called the Great Migration
• Racial tensions increased in Northern cities
• Races riots occurred

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Great Migration
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NAACP and Marcus Garvey

• NAACP worked to end violence against African
  Americans
• Anti-lynching laws passed
• Marcus Garvey voiced a message of black pride
• Thought African Americans should build a separate
  society
• Began a return to Africa movement

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The Harlem Renaissance

• Harlem Renaissance was a literary and artistic
  movement, celebrating African- American culture
• Began in Harlem, NY
• Took pride in black culture
• Wrote about problems of being black in white
  culture

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Harlem Renaissance I
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Important Harlem Renaissance Figures

• Langston Hughes
• Writer and poet
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Female writer
• Louis Armstrong
• Jazz trumpet player
• Duke Ellington
• Jazz piano player

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Harlem Renaissance II
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