PROMISES POSTPONED
Objective…
Describe how women
continued to struggle for
equality.
The Suffragettes
The19th Amendment…
Feminism in Transition
47) How did women’s work change in the
1920s and what were the gains and
losses?
48) The Sheppard-Towner Act… What
happened to it and why?
PROMISES POSTPONED
Objective…
Identify and explain the significance of
the Harlem Renaissance.
The Harlem Renaissance
Harlem in the 1920s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9idqeiACqn4
• Relates to the “Great Migration”…
• Harlem 1920-30:
- 120,000 new arrivals… 25% from the
Caribbean
- Total pop. of 200,000
Harlem in the 1920s
Poverty…
- Poor housing, overcrowded, costly rent
- Low end wage earners
- Sanitation problems…Disease
- High death rates
A cultural center…
- Large #s of middle class
- Churches
- Black owned businesses
- Harlem attracts: artists, musicians, writers
“nothing can go farther to destroy race
prejudice than the recognition of the
Negro as a creator and contributor to
American civilization” – James Weldon Johnson
51) What was the “New Negro”?...
African Americans (AA) showcase and celebrate their culture
heritage. AA culture defined by the writers, musicians, artists and
poets of the Harlem Renaissance. …Black pride emphasizing
cultural independence.
53) What was the political side to the “New
Negro?”…
WW I veterans are
angry about their
treatment following
the war. Harlem
becomes a center
for Black political
activism
Marcus Garvey
Founder of the Universal Negro
Improvement Association (UNIA)
Beliefs, goals & tactics…
Organized a movement stressing black
unity & inter-dependence…
• Blacks support black business
• Sponsored parades & rallies… PRIDE!
The “New Negro”
54) The significance of Marcus Garvey
& the UNIA…
“ In a world where black is despised, he
taught them that black is beautiful. He
taught them to admire and praise black
things and black people.” - Amsterdam Newspaper
W.E.B. Du Bois
• Organization: NAACP
• The mission of the NAACP…
• An African-American civil
rights organization
• Mission: “to ensure the
political, educational, social,
and economic equality of
rights of all persons and to
eliminate racial hatred and
racial discrimination”.
The Harlem Renaissance
Objective…
Summarize the cultural
significance of the Harlem
Renaissance?…
The Harlem Renaissance
Entertainment
What was the
white
connection to
Harlem?...
The Harlem Renaissance
Duke Ellington
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1J
mCY&feature=related
Louis
Armstrong
The Harlem Renaissance
Cab Calloway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=8mq4UT4VnbE&feature=related
http://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=A3yC
cXgbKrE&feature=rel
ated
What is the significance
of the Harlem Renaissance?…
Objective…
• Identify the issues and the
outcome of the1928 election.
Herbert Hoover
v.
Al Smith
AL Smith
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•
•
•
•
NY – Democrat
Catholic
Self made man
Gov. of NY
“Wet”
Herbert Hoover
• Iowa – Republican
• Quaker
• Self made man
• WWI Food Relief Admin.
• Sec. of Comm.
• “Dry”
The Election of 1928
55) The results of the election of
1928? What did it reveal about
American society?…
The 1928 Election
• Catholicism and the 1928 election…
• The irony of the 1928 election…
Take the
1920s test!
Have
mercy…
not the
20s test!