Changes in Society The Roaring 20’s (1919-1929) Chapter 25, Section 2

Changes in Society

The Roaring 20’s (1919-1929)

Chapter 25, Section 2

Essential Questions

• Is “change” a good thing?

• Should “youth” challenge the ways of the “past?”

3 Ways “Youth” of the 1920’s Expressed

Themselves• Youth (Under 25) of

the 1920’s Rebelled Against Authority

• Youth Rebelled Against the Values of the Past and of their Elders

• Youth Expressed Themselves in Clothing, Songs, Dances, Fads and Attitudes

2010 Youth???

• How do the Youth of 2010 Express Themselves?

• What’s Different?

• What’s the Same?

• IDK!!! OMG!!! LOL!!! TTYL!!! TISUF!!!

The Hippies (1960’s)

Changes in Life for Youth During the 1920’s

• Youth (Under 25) Stayed in School Longer (College)

• School Became a Place for Socializing as well as Learning

• Expressed New Freedoms Through Clothing, Songs, Dances, and Fads

Men’s Fashion of the 1920’s

• Extra Wide Floppy Pants

• Hair Slicked Down

• “Gangsta” Like

Women’s Fashion in the 1920’s

• Shorter Dresses

• The “Bob” Haircut

• More Skin/ Sleeveless

“The Charleston”• Upbeat Music

• Wild/Flailing Movements

• Any Volunteers?

Play the Charleston in Class!

Any Volunteers?

Other Fads of the 1920’s

Anything Change in 2010?

Flappers• Symbol of a 1920’s

Woman

• Bobbed Haircut, Makeup, Dresses Right Below the Knees

• Eager to Try Something New

• Tried New Fashions, Behaviors, Dances and/or Fads

More Equality for Women• Drove Cars,

Played Sports, Went to College, Got Jobs!!!

More Equality for Women • Economically -

Worked in Business Offices, Retail Stores, Factories, Teachers, Nurses, Librarians, Social Workers, Bankers, Typists, Secretaries, Clerks, and Cashiers!

• Socially – Marriage was Now Viewed as an Equal Partnership

• Politically – 19th Amendment Gave Women Right to Vote!

Prohibition• 18th Amendment –

Banned the Making, Sale & Consumption of Alcohol

• Supporters Thought Banning Alcohol Would Promote Better Morality and Health

• The Volstead Act – Law to Enforce the 18th Amendment!!!

The Volstead Act

Prohibition??? Really???• Many Americans

Disagreed with Prohibition!

• Speakeasies Opened Up (Illegal Nightclubs that Sold Alcohol)

• Bootleggers – People Who Transported and Sold Alcohol Illegally

• Moonshiners – People Who Made Their Own Alcohol at Home

Speakeasies

Bootleggers

Moonshiners

Birth of Organized Crime• Organized Crime

(The Mob) Started Because of Prohibition

• Rival Criminal Gangs Fought Each Other For Control (Monopolies) of Bootlegging in Major Cities

• Violence Broke Out!

Al Capone• Most Ruthless Crime

Boss of the 1920’s (Chicago)

• Fought to Gain Control of Over 10,000 Speakeasies in & Outside Chicago Area

• Had a 700 Criminal Army Working For Him

• What Did Al Capone Eventually Go to Jail For?

The Untouchables!!!

• A MUST SEE MOVIE!

• Show Opening Clip (Briefcase)

Prohibition Failed!• Prohibition

Failed

• 21st Amendment Repealed the 18th Amendment

• Alcohol Was Back!

Roaring Twenties for African Americans

• 1 Million+ African Americans Moved North During the Great Migration (WWI) to Work in Factories

• Had Greater Expectations After WWI

• Had Fought to “Make the World Safe for Democracy!”

Problems African Americans Faced During

the “Roaring 20’s”• Still Faced

Discrimination in Jobs and Housing

• 25+ Race Riots in Northern Cities

• 1.5 Million MORE African Americans Moved North During the 1920’s!

• Racial Tensions Continued to Increase!

NAACP

• Attempted to Protect the Constitutional Rights of African Americans

• NAACP Exposed the Crimes Against African Americans

• Failed in the 1920’s to Get Congress to Pass Laws Against Discrimination

Marcus Garvey

• Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

• Advocated for African Americans to Return to Africa and Start a New Country

• A Little Bit Extreme For Me, But a Few African Americans Joined Him

4 Groups Fighting Each Other

During the 1920’s• African Americans

vs. Whites

• Nativists vs. Immigrants

• Urban vs. Rural Communities

• Science vs. Religion

Fundamentalism

• Fundamentalists Believe in a Literal, “Word for Word” Interpretation of the Bible

• “Eye for an Eye”

• Fundamentalists DO NOT Want the Theory of Evolution Taught in Schools!

• Why Not?

Islamic Fundamentalism:• Al Qaeda is an Islamic

Fundamentalist Group

• The Quran States that All People Should Believe in Allah and Follow the Teachings of Muhammad

• Al Qaeda Hates the U.S. Because of Our Freedom of Religion (Mosque, Church, Synagogue: All on the Same Street/Tolerance)

• Al Qaeda is to Islam as KKK is to Christianity

Theory of Evolution?• Evolution is the

Scientific Theory That Living Things Developed Over Millions of Years Ago From Simpler Forms of Life.

• Theory of Evolution: Cell to Bacteria to Organism to Mammal to Reptile to Ape to Man

• If We Come From Animals, Then We Don’t Come From…

Theory of Evolution

Debate:

• Should the Theory of Evolution Be Taught in Schools?

The Scopes Trial• #6 of the 7 Supreme

Court Cases YOU NEED TO KNOW!!!

• John Scopes Taught the Theory of Evolution in His Biology Class in TN = Fired!

• Took His Case to the Supreme Court

• What did the Supreme Court Rule About the Teaching of the Theory of Evolution in Public Schools?

Growth of the KKK • KKK Had 5 Million

Members During the 1920’s

• KKK Wanted a “Racially and Pure” America

• Violence Was Used To Influence Town, State, and National Elections

• Voting is Power: Wanted to Keep African Americans From Voting

Essential Questions

• Is “change” a good thing?

• Should “youth” challenge the ways of the “past?”