The Revolution in Manners and MoralsDennis Shultz and Katie Fuszner

Overall Thesis: • In the decade after WWI, the younger

generation’s abandonment of innocence and decency—which consisted of scandalous dressing and inappropriate mannerisms—created the beginning of a moral revolution that would have negative repercussions in the future society.

Section Six Thesis:• The younger generations reasons for

destroying the old moral code were the same reasons why they never replaced it with a new one; their disillusionment with the world kept them from building a new moral code, thus they fell into a state of sexual promiscuity, bad manners, and unhappiness.

Sex:The Dethronement of Romance

New Debauchery Contaminates Old Customs

Unmannerly and Out of Control

Don’t Be Quaint

Unhappiness:Born of Disillusionment

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