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

Part IPart I

Rural and Urban Rural and Urban DifferencesDifferences

In 1920, more In 1920, more Americans lived in Americans lived in large towns and large towns and cities than small cities than small towns and farmstowns and farms UrbanizationUrbanization

increased increased Urban values began Urban values began

to dominateto dominate Many people found it Many people found it

hard to adjust to city hard to adjust to city lifelife

ProhibitionProhibition ProhibitionProhibition is the ban on is the ban on

alcoholic beverages alcoholic beverages 1818thth Amendment Amendment Took effect in 1920Took effect in 1920

Most support came from Most support came from religious, rural Protestantsreligious, rural Protestants

SpeakeasiesSpeakeasies opened up opened up Hidden saloons and Hidden saloons and

nightclubs serving alcohol nightclubs serving alcohol illegally illegally

People also bought liquor People also bought liquor from from bootleggersbootleggers Smugglers who brought it in Smugglers who brought it in

from Canada and the from Canada and the Caribbean Caribbean

Prohibition

Prohibition Video ClipProhibition Video Clip

Chapter 13: Roaring Life Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s – Part IIof the 1920s – Part II

Science vs. ReligionScience vs. Religion During the 1920s, During the 1920s,

the nation saw the the nation saw the rise of Christian rise of Christian FundamentalismFundamentalism Said everything in Said everything in

Bible was literally Bible was literally truetrue

Fundamentalists Fundamentalists rejected science rejected science Also rejected Also rejected

Darwin’s theory of Darwin’s theory of evolution evolution

Scopes Trial – 3 mins

The 20’s WomanThe 20’s Woman Many women demanded Many women demanded

same freedom as men same freedom as men New urban culture also New urban culture also

influenced women influenced women The The flapperflapper was a “free” was a “free”

young womanyoung woman Held new social attitudes Held new social attitudes Wore make-up, short skirts, Wore make-up, short skirts,

short hair, more jewelry short hair, more jewelry Jobs were mostly in Jobs were mostly in

teaching, nursing, social teaching, nursing, social work, secretaries work, secretaries

Education & Popular Education & Popular CultureCulture

Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh First person to fly First person to fly

solo across the solo across the Atlantic OceanAtlantic Ocean

Georgia O’KeeffeGeorgia O’Keeffe Famous painter Famous painter

Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Ernest

HemingwayHemingway AuthorsAuthors

Chapter 13: Roaring Life of Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the 1920s – Part IIIthe 1920s – Part III

Early African American Civil Early African American Civil RightsRights

Between 1910 – Between 1910 – 1920, many 1920, many African African Americans moved Americans moved from the South to from the South to the Norththe North Called the Called the Great Great

Migration Migration Racial tensions Racial tensions

increased in increased in Northern cities Northern cities

Races riots Races riots occurredoccurred

Great Migration

NAACP and Marcus NAACP and Marcus GarveyGarvey

NAACP worked to NAACP worked to end violence against end violence against African Americans African Americans Anti-lynching laws Anti-lynching laws

passed passed Marcus Garvey Marcus Garvey

voiced a message of voiced a message of black pride black pride Thought African Thought African

Americans should Americans should build a separate build a separate societysociety

Began a “return to Began a “return to Africa” movement Africa” movement

The Harlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Harlem Renaissance Renaissance was was a literary and a literary and artistic movement, artistic movement, celebrating African- celebrating African- American cultureAmerican culture Began in Harlem, NYBegan in Harlem, NY Took pride in black Took pride in black

culture culture Wrote about Wrote about

problems of being problems of being black in white black in white cultureculture

Harlem Renaissance I

Important Harlem Important Harlem Renaissance FiguresRenaissance Figures

Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Writer and poet Writer and poet

Zora Neale Zora Neale HurstonHurston Female writer Female writer

Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong Jazz trumpet player Jazz trumpet player

““Duke” EllingtonDuke” Ellington Jazz piano playerJazz piano player

Harlem Renaissance II