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1927 Charles Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis

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"Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me."Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/quotes-from-the-harlem-renaissance.html

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"Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me."Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/quotes-from-the-harlem-renaissance.html

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"Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company?"

"Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind."

"White folks think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice"

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That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”

"sound burst onto the silver screen and the era of the silent movies had come to an end"

“Baseball is a habit. The slowly rising crescendo of each game, the rhythm of the long season–these are the essentials and they are remarkably unchanged"

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"Cars began to alter the American lifestyle. The idea of "homes on wheels" was created around this time, as Americans packed up food and camping equipment in order to get away for a little while" "They made small payments. This was easier than making one big payment with cash. Using credit also meant people owed money which became a huge problem." "Well, I made it," smiled Lindbergh, as the little white monoplane came to a halt in the middle of the field and the first vanguard reached the plane."

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The Ku Klux Klan Invites You to the Portals of the Invisible Empire . National Archives and Records Administration. circa 1920.  SIRS Decades. March 10, 2014

Wolff, Carlo. "Flappers." Christian Science Monitor 16 Jan. 2014. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.

Smith, Donna Marie. "Caudill, Edward. Intelligently Designed: How Creationists Built the Campaign Against Evolution." Library Journal 15 Nov. 2013: 98+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.

"Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party." Publishers Weekly 12 Nov. 2012: 52. Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.

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"You must believe in white supremacy"

"Flappers" is nothing if not provocative. These are stories of women determined to beat the male-themselves to make a mark on a rapidly modernizing society."

"The American public has been fascinated with the debate between creationism and evolution ever since the Scopes trial of 1925" dominated odds of their times and transcend their origins, reinventing"

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Movies and Radio shows forever changed how we viewed things in the 1920's For silent films theaters hired piano players to provide music during the movies. Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Mix and many more acted during the Golden age of Hollywood. Mass media such as radios, movies, news papers and magazines aimed at a range of audiences. Mass Media did more than just entertain their easy access to millions helped break down the patterns of traditional ways. It helped unify the nation and spread new ideas and more modern attitudes of America

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Writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the reckless youth. He described in one of his books how "careless" people were in the 1920's. Writers often wrote about their personal expriences when writing.

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Many artists and writers focused on the isolation and alienation of modern society. a group of artist who painted urban life became known as ashcan Realist. Writers described modern life was spiritually empty and materialistic. Also known as the "Lost Generation".

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During th 1920's ameican artists and writers startd to challenege tradtional ideas. These artists wanetd to be modern. Many of the artists and writers went to Manhattan's Greenwich village and Chicago's south side. These places allowed young artists, musicians and writers have a sense of freedom to express themselves.

For example painter, Charles Sheeler used his influences of photography and the geometric forms of cubism to urban and rural american landscapes. This was a step in the modern direction because traditional painters wouldn't be mixing 3 different styles in their paintings.

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 National Association for the Advancement of colored people (NAACP) 

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 National Association for the Advancement of colored people (NAACP) 

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In the end, African Americans had a major influence on american society in the 1920's. They changed the idea of music and introduced different genres. They also faught for their right to become equal and change the traditional ways of doing things to a more modern way.

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While the NAACP faught for intergration and improvement with economic and political positions for African Americans. Other African Americans began to organize groups that believed in Black Nationalism and Black Pride. Eventually calling for black separation from whit society. The leader of this new sense of pride is Jamaican Marcus Garvey who won over millions of African Americans with his strong pride. Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvment Association which aimed at promoting black pride and unitiy. Th over all message was based upon a movement that african americans could gain economic and political power by educating themselves. He would tell his followers that they would never find justice of freedom in america, and he wanted to lead the back to Africa

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NAACP is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. They were against segregation and discrimination towards African Americans. Their efforts focused on primary lobbying public officials and working through the court systems. One of the greatest NAACP political triumphs was when they defeated Judge John Parker's nomination into the U.S Supreme Court. They worked with labor unions to work against Parker. This achieved enough influence to affect national politics and change decisions going on in congress.

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Claude mckay was the first imporant writer of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote a book about american rasism in Harlem Shadows which is a colection of potry. He used his writings to tackle racism going on towards african americans.

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African-Americans searched for a safe place to explore their new identities as free men and women. Many moved to cities during the Great Migration, like New York and Chicago. They found it in Harlem. This New York neighborhood became home to some of the best and brightest minds of the 20th century, gave birth to a cultural revolution, and earned its status as "the capital of black America." They used art, music, writings and many more to express their feelings and social/political problems going on- during this time.

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During World War I thousands of african americans migrated from the rural south to the industrial citites in the North. Henry Ford sent company agents to recruit African Americans to work for them. They promised high wages and plentiful work, they convinced thousands upon thousands of African Americans to leave the south and move to northern cities to work

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Edwin Armstrong invented a circuit that made it possible to transmit a sound over a long-range radio. After this discovery the radio industry grew increasingly in the 1920's.

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Credit became available which ment that Americans were able to buy something even if they didn't have all the money at the moment. This was a problem because people soon to become into debt. But on the other hand it was good because this allowed for people to buy more. With all the consumer society and industries growing it modernized society for the better or worse. This modern era allowed people to drift away from the traditional attitudes of saving money to people spending more-a more modern attitude we can relate to today.

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The Model T was created by Henry Ford. It was the affordable car everyone bought in the 1920's. This allowed people with credit to use it to buy a Model T. There was also a mass production of these cars which made it affordable. The Model T was created based off of a system called assembly line which made the production of the car go quick. This new wave of affordable car contributed to the 1920's because it made it easier for transportation. It allowed more freedom to travel.

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A new industry was born after Charles Lindbergh flew an airplane across the Atlantic. After this successful flight the airplane industry took off and soon began to be an important transportation way to use.

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New machines made manufacturing easier. This increased the supply of goods being produced causing a mass production. Workers were paid more and consumer goods costed less.

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Emergency Quota Act: In 1921 this act restricted annual admission to the United States to only 3% if the total number of people of any ethnic group already living in the nation. Ethnic background and national origin determined admission into the United States.

National Origin Act: In 1924 this act made immigration restriction a permanent policy. This set quotas of 2% of each ethnic group represented in the United States. New Quotas favored immigrants from Northwestern Europe. The origin act set the framework for immigration for the next four decades.

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Nativism is a belief that one's native land should be protected against immigrants. Many of the Americans reacted to all the bombing, strikes, and recession of World War I blaming immigrants. They believed that immigrants took jobs creating competition in the work environment. They saw this as immigrants taking over America's homeland. This belief in Nativism triggered a general rise in racism. People felt under attack because all of a sudden you had a bunch of people from all over the world coming to your home country and starting over his or her life. This worried many people because people of the United States was not ready for this cultural change of diversity. This new wave of pride resulted in the formation of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Prohibition is when they restricted the amount of alcohol use. People were very upset they couldn't drink alcohol. People began to associate themselves with illegal trading of alcohol. The prohibition was repealed later on. This showed much society was changing and how people were willing to break the law for their wants.

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Fundamentalist movement was a religious movement against changing morals. The fundamentalist was most affected during the Scopes trial which was about a women who was arrested for teaching a class about evolution. They really pushed their religion on everyone. The fundamentalist people couldn't keep up with the change. They were one of the groups that didn't want change to happen.

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The Ku Klux Klan began terriozing the immigrants. They mainly targeted African Americans. The Ku Klux Klan believed that their race and religion are superior to those of people of other colors and religions.

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Women who participated in the changes were known as flappers. Women wore short skirts, short haircuts, sheer stockings and, most shockingly make-up.They hung out, danced, smoked and drank bootleg liquor, and partied late into the night.They wore heavy make-up and dresses showing their calves, which back then was really revealing. These girls would kiss men in public,and enjoyed flaunting their irreverent behavior, upsetting many people during this time because it wasn't considered traditional. Many people felt that the girls were being reckless and acting out of line.

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EQ4: How did African Americans influence American society in the 1920's?

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EQ4: How did African Americans influence American society in the 1920's?

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EQ3: How did the popular culture, the arts, and literature change in the 1920's?

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EQ3: How did the popular culture, the arts, and literature change in the 1920's?

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EQ2: How did new industries and a consumer society contribute to the Roaring Twenties?

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EQ2: How did new industries and a consumer society contribute to the Roaring Twenties?

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EQ1: Why did the modern culture of the 1920's cause some people to think that traditional society and morality were under attack?

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EQ1: Why did the modern culture of the 1920's cause some people to think that traditional society and morality were under attack?