First Five- Question and Answer please
Why did the KKK experience a resurgence
during the Roaring Twenties?
Reading Assignment(48-49, 52)
The Roaring Twenties
Learning Targets
7. I can describe “Flapper” culture and explain how
women’s roles in society were changing.
8. I can describe the Lost Generation and the counterculture of the Roaring Twenties.
9. I can identify the major figures of the Harlem
Renaissance, and explain its significance.
10.I can explain Prohibition and analyze its success or
failure, including its impact on organized crime.
1. Flappers
1920s Cultural Changes
A. Glorified personal freedoms, youth, entertainment
B. Women becoming more independent, more educated, joining work
force in greater numbers (though still in limited types of jobs), voting
in 1920
C. “Flappers” – young women who demanded the same freedoms as
men
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New fashions – bobbed hair, short dresses, nylons, makeup
New attitudes – smoked & drank in public, “The Charleston”
Especially important for lower-middle class & working class
Oxford Suit
Jazz Suit
Ties were a must—even
when golfing.
Argyle socks
Oversized
Baggy
Pants
for the
Younger
Man
Raccoon Coat
Clara Bow
the
“It Girl”
(ultimate
flapper)
"Bernice Bobs Her
Hair"
Fitzgerald's fourth
Saturday Evening
Post story,
May 1, 1920
Subject for cover
illustration
Flappers
“Pick a Teammate”
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Foursomes
Chips face down on table
Topic is FLAPPERS
Take turns going around clockwise to draw a chip,
read the prompt on the chip and compose a question
Pick a teammate to answer the question
Modernist
Fundamentalist
The MODERN Twenties reflected a
clash of cultures between
the old and new
"Old" Culture
"New" Culture
Emphasized Production
Emphasized Consumption
Character
Scarcity
Religion
Idealized the Past
Local Culture
Substance
Personality
Abundance
Science
Looked to the Future
Mass Culture
Image
Modernists embrace Darwin’s
Theory of Evolution
Scopes
“Monkey”
Trial
John
Scopes
Clarence
Darrow
Attorney
for
Scopes
William
Jennings
Bryan
addresses
the
court
Attorney’s Making Small Talk
Scopes
Trial
Broadcast
on
Radio
1920s Cultural Changes
3. Modernism vs. Fundamentalism
A. Modernism adapted religion to modern society
and modern science
B. Fundamentalism preserved traditional Protestant
beliefs
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C.
Literal interpretation of the Bible with no room for
error
Rejected Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in favor of
Creationism
Scopes “Monkey” Trial
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1925 trial of John T. Scopes for teaching Evolution in
Tennessee school (against 1925 law)
ACLU hired Clarence Darrow to defend him
William Jennings Bryan prosecuted
Scopes found guilty, but did not settle the issue
1980s LA passed law requiring science teachers to
teach Creationism, declared unconstitutional in 1997
Counter-Culture
4. Counter-Culture
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“The Lost Generation”
Disillusioned with World War I and
modern world, loss of American Dream
and belief in progress
Moved to Paris & lived “Bohemian”
lifestyle – alcohol, drugs, loose living
Earnest Hemmingway, William Faulkner, F.
Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein
Term came from Stein, popularized by
Hemingway in The Sun also Rises
Writings tended to be critical of modern
society & materialism, individualistic,
emotional, introspective
The Lost Generation
American literary notables who
lived in Paris in 1920s and 1930s
Ernest Hemingway
Gertrude Stein
William Faulkner
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gertrude
Stein
Video Notes: Jazz Age & Harlem Renaissance
The Jazz Age
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6.
Where did Jazz come from? (0:40)
Who were its big names? (1:00)
How did it become so popular? (1:15)
How did it impact American culture?
(2:00)
Who was Marcus Garvey? (3:28)
Why is Jazz significant? (3:57)
The Harlem Renaissance
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7.
What is a “Renaissance?” (1:00)
When did it take place? (1:15)
What areas influenced it? (2:40)
What were its three main themes? (3:00)
Who were some of its major figures and
what were their key works? (3:50)
Why did it end? (6:15)
Countee Cullen – “Color” (1925)
Langston
Hughes
I, Too, Sing
America
Harlem
Countee Cullen
poet
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were
Watching God
Mules and Men
James
Weldon
Johnson
Lift Every Voice
and Sing
songwriter
poet
journalist
novelist
Jazz is Born
Back to Africa Movement
5. Prohibition
Counter-Culture
A. 18th Amendment (1920-1933) – illegal to make or sell
alcohol in the U.S.
B. Supporters thought Prohibition would reduce
unemployment, domestic violence, poverty
C. Volstead Act (1920) intended to enforce it
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Impossible task, only 1500 federal agents
D. Most people ignored the law
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E.
Organized crime took over distribution and sale of
liquor, became rich & powerful
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F.
Bootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol
Speakeasies (hidden saloons) opened everywhere
Al Capone in Chicago
Eventually jailed for tax evasion
21st Amendment repealed Prohibition in 1933 – had
been “a noble experiment”
Prohibition is
difficult to
enforce
What does
this cartoon
tell you
about
Prohibition?
HARDING HAS
HOOCH AT
WHITE HOUSE
President Harding
What’s
that in
your
garter?
Speakeasies pop up everywhere
Bathtub Gin
Blind Pig
• Underground
speakeasy
Blind
Tiger
Bar that sold alcohol illegally
during Prohibition
Government agents disposing of illegal booze
Bootleggers making more illegal booze