THE NEW ERA

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Chapter 24
THE NEW ERA
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The Conflicting Zeitgeist of the Twenties
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• Extreme, reactionary conservatism

2. Unprecedented economic and social change
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Causes of conservative reaction turmoil of
Progressive Era Disillusionment of Wilsonian
idealism Accelerated change in 20s
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Black Sox Scandal
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Say it aint so, Joe
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Manifestation of Conservative Reaction Red
Scare Palmer raids Anti-unionism Nativism,
Racism, Klan Partnership of Business Gov
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Change Economic Change 2nd Industrial
revolution Social Change New National
Culture-Auto
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Resulting Change in Social Values Consumption
Ethic Revolution of Manners Morals
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The Lost Generation American Literature
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Ernest Hemingway
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William Faulkner
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Scott and Zelda
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Sinclair Lewis
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H. L. Mencken
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Eugene ONeill
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T. S. Eliot
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Thomas Wolfe
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Charles and Mary Beard
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Langston Hughes
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Prohibition
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Purple Gang
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Alphonse Capone
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Arthur Flegenheimer
Dutch Schultz
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Lucky Luciano
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Louis Lepke Buchhalter
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AGE OF CELEBRATY
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Charlie Chaplin
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Mary Pickford Americas Sweetheart
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Douglas Fairbanks
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Rudolph Valentino
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The first talkie 1927
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1928 Steamboat Willie
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Jack Dempsey
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Bobby Jones
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Red Grange The Galloping Ghost
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George Herman Ruth
The Babe
The Sultan of Swat
The Bambino
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John Scopes
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Warren G. Harding
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Harry Daugherty President
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Albert Falls
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Calvin Coolidge
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Herbert Hoover
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Al Smith
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Andrew Mellon