The Roaring 1920’s
Objective:
The Results of WWI
____________________ – fear of radicals, Communists, and
Socialism
Immigration ________________________
Post-war ________________________________; due to
_______________________________ – peace time after war
_______________; hated blacks, Jews, Catholics, & Darwinists
The Red Scare
feared ______________________ & socialism would
_________________ from Russia to U.S.
_______________________ – arrest & deport radical leftists,
especially ___________________________
Immigration
*__________________ – opposition to immigration;
distinguishes between Americans who were born here and
immigrants
1921 _____________________________ – fed. law that limited
annual # of immigrants
1924 ____________________________ (a.k.a. Immigration Act) –
more strict fed. law that limited # of immigrants who could
be admitted from any country
GOAL  ________________ Southern and Eastern Europeans &
Asians & _________________ immigration!
_________________________________ – 1st nationality to be
excluded by immigration restrictions
Sacco & Vanzetti
Italian born Americans but __________________________
tried, convicted, & ____________________ for “armed robbery
& murder”; evidence didn’t match up, but didn’t matter
_______________________ – fear of what is foreign (especially
people)
KKK
the rise of xenophobia & nativism led to ____________________
_____________________________________
__________________________ immigration
by mid-1920’s, there were _____________________ members
influenced ____________________________; even the
_________________
Post War Labor Strikes
4.5 million _________________________________________________
___________________________________, neither their employees
 _________________________________!
Labor strikes: shorter hours & more pay
A Changing Society
___________________
_______________ life (industrial life)
prohibition
________________ time: music & art, sports, movies
Women
______________ amendment – gave women the right to vote
women got _______________________ because of the __________
(they worked the jobs for the boys while they were away)
education (college attendance)
_______________________
Prohibition
___________ amendment – made it illegal to produce or sell
_____________________
enforcement very hard
illegal alcohol made from perfume & paint
_______________________ – secret, illegal clubs serving alcohol
____________________ – people who smuggled it into the U.S.
making alcohol:
Legal business _________________ work (Al Capone)…
MAFIA
___________ amendment – ended prohibition
Scopes Trial
_____________________ – teacher who taught Darwinism &
_______________________
“survival of the fittest” determines the success of people in
society
___________________________ – “Bible expert” for prosecution
& presidential candidate; did not succeed
_____________________– famous criminal attorney for ACLU;
defends Scopes
Evolution vs. Creation – divided public opinion
__________________________ – strict following of the Bible
_____________________ – idea of the power of the human being
Music – Blues… Jazz Age
developed in the south (___________________________)
____________________________ that blacks faced during slavery
as blacks moved _______________, they took this with them
W.C. Handy – the father of the blues
Bessie Smith – Empress of the Blues
______________________________ – innovative jazz musician
(solos); most famous
Great Migration
90% of black Americans lived in the South before WWI
________________________ (Chicago & New York) for
____________________________________________
53% of black Americans lived in South in 1970
The Harlem Renaissance
Harlem, NY – the ________________________________________
the renaissance – a period of _____________________________
____________________________________
Langston Hughes – author
Zora Hurston – author
James Weldon Johnson – poet
__________________________________________________________
Sports
____________________
Football
Tennis
Golf
Industry
_______________________________________ - lowered the price of
the automobile by using the _____________________________ - a
system of machines that moved products “down the line”
____________________ of assembly
___________________________________
A Consumer Culture
new products to enjoy/consume (ex. car, washing machine,
vacuums, refrigerators)
bought through _______________________________
“Ride Now, Pay Later”
______________________ increase (radio, magazines,
newspapers)
Farmers
war led to increase in demand & prices; had to feed the
troops
peace time led to _______________________________________
(competition)  not prosperous
______________________ being developed
World News
_______________– dependent territory of UK from 1842 - 1997
______________ – Britain, France, Germany all colonized
Africa (took over native’s lands)
Lucky Lindy – transatlantic flight
Amelia Earhart – 1st female
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