The Roaring Twenties: Part 2
Jazz Age
A. 1920s—Jazz Age—was a time celebrating
new and modern things
1. Jazz music— ___________________
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2. Rebelled against values which led to
WWI
3. Harlem
- Duke Ellington + Louis
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Issues of Religion
A. Religious movement called fundamentalism
gained followers and political power
1. Fundamentalists ________________
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2. Argued that public schools shouldn’t
teach evolution—theory that living things
developed over millions of years from
simpler life forms
Felt it contradicted the Bible - ________
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B. 1925, John Scopes broke law & found guilty
1. Guilty verdict over-turned by state
Supreme Court
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The Harlem Renaissance
A. 1920s brought changes to the lives of many
African Americans
B. Great Migration = _____________________
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Confronting Racism
A. As blacks moved out of the South the KKK
eventually moved with them
B. By 1924, the KKK claimed about 5 million
members
1. ______________________________
C. KKK carried out many crimes against
African-Americans, Catholics, Jews &
immigrants
D. Increasing violence against African
Americans rallied the efforts of the NAACP
1. ______________________________
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D. Many African-Americans were losing faith in
the US - ______________________________
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E. Marcus Garvey = Universal Negro
Improvement Association (UNIA) = _________
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1. Garvey urged ‘Back to Africa’ solution
since equality seemed hopeless
2. Failed
Rise of Harlem
A. Late 1800s = wealthy white community
B. Build up too much and buildings remained
vacant - real estate prices fall
1. Black businessmen _____________
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C. By 1920, New York, Harlem, became the
unofficial capital of black America
D. Soon Harlem produced cultural activity
called ______________________
1. Symbolized rebirth of hope and
culture for African Americans
2. Writers, singers, painters, sculptors,
scholars move to Harlem
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In Summary:
New technologies led to social transformations
that improved standards of living, greater
personal mobility, and better communications
systems.
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B. Technological change, modernization, and
changing demographics led to increased
political and cultural conflict in several areas:
C. The rise of an urban, industrial society
encouraged the development of a variety of
cultural expressions for migrant, regional, and
African American artists (expressed most
notably in the Harlem Renaissance
movement); it also contributed to national
culture by making shared experiences more
possible through art, cinema, and the mass
media.
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