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SC & the 1920’s Boom
8.6-2—Explain the causes and effects of changes in South Carolina and the nation as a whole in the
1920s, including Prohibition, the destruction caused by the boll weevil,
the rise of mass media, improvements in daily life, increases in tourism and recreation, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, and the
contributions of South Carolinians to the Harlem
Renaissance and the Southern Literary
Renaissance.
Rolling in the $
1920’s Boom• Social change in urban life due to new
technology– Water & sanitation systems (towns & cities)– Trolley systems & automobiles allowed for
living outside of the city where you worked– Electricity (harnessed water power using
dams)– New appliances for the home (ex: vacuum
cleaner, washing machine)– Installment plans (credit)– Not many SC flappers b/c SC remained
sexist & segregated
Tourism in Charleston• With agriculture income dwindling in the
Lowcountry, attempts to bring tourist $ led to: – Promotion of coastal development – National historic preservation movement
• Automobiles increased tourism• Northerners were attracted to the climate and
old south culture
Failed Prohibition
• Bootleggers & Moonshiners• Increased crime & corruption• Blue Laws strictly enforced• KKK new targets (immoral bootleggers &
immigrant groups who continued to drink)
Mass Media• 1930, 1st radio station in SC went on the air in
Charleston• People listened to the radio & went to the movies
(resulted in the nationalization of culture)• Big Apple night club
for African Americans• “The Charleston” (2:51)
first originated there • Original “Charleston”(1:50)
The Shadow - Old time radio! (9:38)
Southern Literacy Renaissance
• The Poetry Society of SC led to this revival– Julia Peterkin (Pulitzer Prize
winner for literacy)– DuBose Heyward- author of
Porgy (Opera: Porgy & Bess)
– Writers celebrated ties to African Americans in American life
Harlem Renaissance• Result of the Great Migration • Fostered a black middle class• Exalted the unique culture of
African Americans• Brought recognition & pride to
black artists, particularly musicians
• Radio helped spread appreciation for new music trends to white audiences (jazz)
• Promoted a shared national culture
(4:43)
Visual Art
• Visual artists used bright colors to capture the dance halls, jazz bands, & the emotion of the era– William H. Johnson was an artist from Florence, SC– Traveled to Paris in 1926– He settled & painted there– Studied the works of modern European masters
Resurgence of the KKK
• 1915, full length movie: The Birth of a Nation– “Redeemers of the
Reconstruction Era”• Movie aroused national
racist sentiments against African Americans
• Anti-immigrant sentiments & legislation added radicals, immigrants, & Catholics to the KKK’s target list
• 1920’s- used advertisement & business organizational ties to promote membership & political power across the nation
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