David Yu - Roaring Twenties by Le Sen Miao Yu

roaring 20s SOURCES

lyu2020 — 2017-10-18 15:17:20 UTC

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=(roaring+AND+twenties)&cli0=FT1&clv0=Y&type=0&site=eds-live
Specified subjects

Harlem Renaissance (Research Starter Source)

lyu2020 — 2017-10-18 15:34:10 UTC

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ers&AN=89314910&site=eds-live (perma link)

Did the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance affect other groups except for African Americans?

lyu2020 — 2017-10-18 23:33:26 UTC

Yes, it led to the Civil Rights Movement.

No, we cannot see major/visible impacts in the society today.

How did the Roaring Twenties impact the modern American society?

lyu2020 — 2017-10-19 00:10:35 UTC

Though it brought prosperity to the whites, cultural enrichment to the blacks, and rights and protections to women, it triggered many actions that impacted America more in negative yet long-lasting ways: the re-emergence of white supremacists, divided wealth between classes, organized crimes by the speakeasies, and the unoriginality of African American culture(change this a bit - jazz is beneficial).(needs revision, ask nick make sure!!) (make sure they are either all nouns or verbs)

lyu2020 — 2017-10-19 15:40:15 UTC

Prohibition Secondary source

lyu2020 — 2017-10-19 15:57:37 UTC

http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties
history.com explaining what the prohibition is
https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-prohibition-1779250
another

Due dates and stuff to do

lyu2020 — 2017-10-19 16:00:03 UTC

2 Due Dates to keep in mind:

Oct. 27:
Padlet Outline with the following boxes completed

Nov. 3: Final Essay shared with me

Intro

lyu2020 — 2017-10-19 16:03:36 UTC

Impact of WWI, how America was broke. Then the comparison between the growth...

conclusion

lyu2020 — 2017-10-19 16:04:37 UTC

1. restate the benefits of the Roaring Twenties (counterargument sort of)
2. bring in the argument again
3. leave with a controversial question
4. don't forget to cite sources in footnote

Counterargument 1 -white prosperity (probably the one i will write about)

lyu2020 — 2017-10-20 15:16:29 UTC

One can make a valid claim that there are benefits from the white prosperity. ( however, the cons > the pros significantly) need to find a strong argument
WWI after (people put in work, even women. Staying united)
Calvin Coolidge (passed a bill that reduced the tax? Boosted economy greatly)

Calvin Coolidge about savings:
"It is not so much what we earn today as what we save today that determines our position tomorrow . . . No man is so poor that he cannot begin to be thrifty. No man is so rich that he does not need to be thrifty."
Page 7
Calvin Coolidge Papers

Body 1 - Bad influences?

lyu2020 — 2017-10-20 15:21:11 UTC

(main points/topic sentence)
1. white supremacist
2. extreme work
3. divided wealth
no doubt it brought prosperity, and growth to America, it also intrigued radical white supremacists, employment of child labor, and the emergence of divided wealth in the nation

"Spreading far beyond its roots in the Reconstruction South, the resurgent Klan of the 1920s was a short-lived but potent phenomenon. By equating white Anglo-Saxon Protestantism with "true Americanism," it fueled intolerance for blacks, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants."
http://americainclass.org/sources/becomingmodern/divisions/text1/text1.htm

After describing long hours, unsafe working conditions, and other demands of the high-output industry, the report states:

Conditions described in the candy industry are probably more or less typical of those in all low-wage, seasonal industries in which the workers are young and unskilled. Evidently fair wages and fair conditions cannot be left to the altruism of the individual employer where the worker is unable to enforce her own demands. In some cases, fair wages and conditions are granted voluntarily by far-sighted and intelligent owners who realize that such conditions make for greater efficiency and bigger profits in the long run. But on the whole, the young unorganized worker must look to the public for some protection until she is able to protect herself.

Page 60
Behind the Scenes at a Candy Factory
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/prosperity-thrift/file.html

divided wealth
-unevenly divided up
In 1929 the top 0.1% of Americans had a combined income equal to the bottom 42%. That same top 0.1% of Americans in 1929 controlled 34% of all savings, while 80% of Americans had no savings at all.”

Saith, Ashwani,” Inequality, Imbalance, Instability: Reflections on a Structural Crisis.” Vol. 42 Issue 1, Jan (2011) p70-86. 17p.

Counterargument 3 -Harlem Renaissance

lyu2020 — 2017-10-20 15:56:50 UTC

Enriched African American communities culture.
Left legacy for the next generation.

Counterargument 2- prohibition, civil rights...

lyu2020 — 2017-10-21 16:52:32 UTC

Domestic violence and the high crime rate were believed to be tightly associated with alcohol(prohibition).(first source)
Women gained more rights. (promoted the women's movement, then associated with black community - civil rights)

Body 2- organized crimes?

lyu2020 — 2017-10-21 17:30:40 UTC

(main points/topic sentence)
1. the drinking rate didn't go down but the death rate went up
2. the emergence of speakeasies
3. mobs, gangsters, and the necessity for them to survive
Since the prohibition was issued, the drinking rate ironically went up instead going down, as well as death rate of alcohol poisoning. Prohibition also propelled the existence of speakeasies and gangster activities.Not to mention, there were also crimes organized and committed by the government for political purposes.

"The introduction of Prohibition led to the rise of organized crime, speakeasies, gangsters, increased violence and massive political corruption."
http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/impact-ww1-on-america.htm

People were criminals for drinking alcohol when the 18th amendment passed. => depression and the need of money
400% increased death rate!!?
http://www.thefinertimes.com/20th-Century-Crime/organised-crime-in-the-1920s.html

"In the first month of Prohibition, poison alcohol deaths rippled across the country: eight in New York City, four dead in a single day in Hartford, Connecticut, two in Toledo, seven in Washington D.C. Soon the police discovered that murderers had learned to take advantage."
http://blogs.plos.org/speakeasyscience/2010/12/31/at-the-prohibition-bar/

Intro Background- WWI just ended (1920s)

lyu2020 — 2017-10-24 15:36:17 UTC

America suffered greatly from WWI, 320,518* casualties in total. Leads to poorness, then rebuild vigorously. Becoming one of the "world industrial leaders."(1) - normalcy

（both sides - good/bad, however good<<<
* John W. Chambers, II, ed. in chief, The Oxford Companion to American Military History. (Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-507198-0), 849.

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lyu2020 — 2017-10-26 15:30:03 UTC

Harlem Renaissance Criticism (book)

Body 3- Harlem Renaissance Critiques

lyu2020 — 2017-10-26 15:35:31 UTC

(main points/topic sentence)
1. Unoriginal culture
2. the lower class' echo
Although HR might seem to enrich the African American culture, it is essentially an assimilation of the European/white culture. Not only is that, but also the echo of HR was barely heard in the lower classes of the African American community.

"Many critics point out that the Harlem Renaissance could not escape its history and culture in its attempt to create a new one, or sufficiently separate from the foundational elements of White, European culture."
The African culture today is really not the real culture, it is an assimilation of European/American culture
Yayla, Ayşegül. "Harlem Renaissance and its Discontents". Academia. Academia. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

questions whether the Harlem Renaissance has had any lasting impact on the lives of ordinary black Americans. "The legacy of the Harlem Renaissance remains a profoundly romantic one for the black bourgeoisie," Stuart comments. But, "on the streets, where the great majority of black culture is made, its echoes are only faintly heard," she claims.
(BUILD) (let Nick know)
Andrea Stuart, New Statesman

-literature was not real, black literature (employed)
Aptheker, H. ed. (1997), The Correspondence of WEB Dubois: Selections, 1877–1934, Vol. 1, pp. 374–375.

-music was not real, black music (audience need, originality)
lecture

3 question/3 assumptions

lyu2020 — 2017-10-26 23:36:36 UTC

Questions:
1. what are its influences - some visible impact ( in the modern US society)
2. who started the movement? and why? and is it beneficial? how?
3. did it succeed? what were some opposing voices?

Assumptions:
1. Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance are tightly associated.
2. It sparked many new ideas, art, and culture: dance, music, literature.
3. It only impacted the African American community.

not counterargument

lyu2020 — 2017-10-29 18:38:38 UTC

probably useful things to consider while writing the essay

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question

lyu2020 — 2017-10-30 14:30:18 UTC

Was roaring twenties really "roaring" for the middle/lower class citizens?
Was it only roaring for the wealthy white industrialists?(great gatsby)

done

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