Social, Technological, and Intellectual Changes

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Social, Technological, and Intellectual Changes
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The Red Scare

• After WWI, the Russian Revolution brought a
  Communist government to power in Russia
• Americans feared the spread of communist ideas to
  the U.S.

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Palmer Raids

• A. Mitchell Palmer and his agents hunted down
  communists, socialists, and anarchists
• Deported and/or jailed suspects without trial

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Sacco and Vanzetti

• Italian born immigrants
• Convicted of murder based on circumstantial
  evidence
• Became the symbol of distrust of foreigners
  during the 1920s

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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Decline of Labor Unions

• Labor unions declined in support because many had
  ties to communism

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Radio

• New form of entertainment and communication

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Airplanes

• Made transportation faster and more efficient

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Charles Lindbergh

• Became an American hero when he flew a solo
  flight across the Atlantic Ocean

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Jack Dempsey

• Became the heavy weight boxing champion and a
  U.S. hero

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Babe Ruth

• Baseball star who captured America with his
  massive home runs
• Helped make baseball Americas game

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Louis Armstrong

• Jazz musician who was perhaps the most important
  and influential musician in the history of jazz

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Prohibition

• 1920, 18th Amendment passed that forbade the
  manufacturing and sale of alcohol in the U.S.
• Law was controversial and was in place until 1933

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Speakeasies

• Places where alcohol could be purchased and
  consumed illegally during prohibition

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Bootleggers

• A person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into
  the U.S. during Prohibition

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Al Capone

• Chicago gang leader who made millions off
  bootlegging alcohol and running speakeasies

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Lost Generation

• Disenchanted writers from the 1920s
• Wrote about the pitfalls of materialism and greed
  of the 1920s

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Sinclair Lewis

• Became the first American to win the Nobel Prize
  for literature
• Criticized middle America

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Writer who revealed the negative side of the
  1920s excess
• Most famous book, The Great Gatsby

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Ernest Hemingway

• Former WWI veteran
• Wrote books that criticized the glorification of
  war
• The Sun Also Rises

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Race, Religion, and Roles of Women
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Harlem Renaissance

• A literary and artistic movement celebrating
  African-American culture
• Saw the rise of African-American poets, writers,
  artists, singers, and the birth of jazz

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Langston Hughes

• Harlem Renaissance's best known poet who wrote
  about the difficult lives of working class
  African-Americans

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Margaret Sanger

• Spread information about the controversial birth
  control pill
• Started the American Birth Control League

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Fundamentalism

• The belief that everything in the bible is true
• Many people saw advances in technology and
  science as an attack on Christianity

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Scopes Trial

• 1925 court case pitting the teaching of evolution
  against fundamentalism
• John T. Scopes was tried for breaking Tennessee
  law against teaching evolution
• Defended by Clarence Darrow
• Prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan
• Drew national attention and controversy

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