The Roaring Twenties by Katie Schroeder

Why did some believe traditional society and morality were under attack in the 1920s?

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The Klu Klux Klan (KKK)

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The KKK used threats to intimidate African Americans, Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and other groups said to be "un-American". The KKK believed they were fighting for Americanism but they were actually hateful killers. The KKK showed the decline of morality in the 1920s. There were approximately 3 to 8 million members of the KKK in the 1920s. These numbers were concerning to many and it was fearful that the whole society lacked compassion and love for each other.

Saco-Vanzetti Case

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This court case reflected prejudices and fears of the 20s. Two men robbed a shoe factory and murdered two employees. Two men were convicted, but there was very little evidence against them. These two men were anarchists and immigrants. Their beliefs had a major effect on their conviction. Many of the public and jurors feared these men's ideals and assumed that because of their values they must have been guilty. Because of the fear that the traditional society and values were declining the jury saw an opportunity to condemn the opposing ideals of these men. It also served as a lesson to others with the same beliefs.

Women and Controversies

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The women won the right to vote and felt a new sense of freedom. The women started to break down more walls that once were in their ways. Women were more sexual in the way they dressed and acted than ever before. They cut their hair short, wore short dresses, danced, and went out with men in automobiles. The older generation looked down upon these young women. These young women were acting too scandulous. Women's attitudes were changing.

Women were also breaking the mold of traditional society. They were staying single longer, getting higher educations, and entering the workforce. The traditional gender roles with a male dominated society and submissive women was no more.

Fundamentalism, Scopes Trial

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Fundamentalism was a religious movement. They believed the Bible was true without error. They rejected evolution. Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson were very nontraditional preachers. They were exciting, theatrical, engaging, and emotional. In Tennessee the teachers were not allowed to teach evolution. John T. Scope, however, taught evolution. He was challenging the traditional culture and his case received a lot of publicity. Fundamentalists felt individuals like Scope were trying to challenge accepted beliefs and could corrupt American society.

Prohibition, Organized Crime

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People supported the prohibition because they thought it would reduce unemployment, domestic violence, and poverty. The eighteenth amendment banned alcohol consumption. It was very difficult to enforce Prohibition. Americans ignored the law and went to speakeasies. Speakeasies showed the 1920s culture. The women would drink and dance in short dresses with the men. Prohibition caused Americans' "wild sides¨ to come out. This scared the older generation because the younger generation was not acting sophisticated or moral. Prohibition also caused organized crime to thrive. The illegal trade of alcohol was a big, ugly business. Individuals would do anything for money. Crime did not decrease, but increase. This was a stand against the law and societal restrictions.

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

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Mass Production

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Mass production is large scale manufacturing done with machinery, increased supply and reduced costs. Mass production made it possible for individuals to buy goods at a low prices. This also increased wages. With added income and lower prices, spending increased. This caused a very materialistic society. Everyone wanted the latest gadget and were never satisfied with what they had.

Model T

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The first automobile. The Model T was made by Henry Ford with the revolutionary idea of the assembly line. The assembly line was when everyone specialized in a certain part of production and repeated their job on the line all day. The Model T was very affordable and changed society. People could move to the suburbs, but not be isolated from the city life. People had more freedom and mobility. The Model T contributed to the baby boom because of this newly found freedom. Mass transportation declined

Airline Industry

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The use of air transportaion also changed society. The first successful flight was in 1903 by the Wright brothers.In 1925 Congress passed the Kelly Act which enabled the post office to use airplanes to carry mail. The airplanes were also used in World War 1. Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-1974), an American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him. But Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop. The airline industry showed society that nothing was impossible and that there wee no boundries.

Radios

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Radios enabled the public to hear musicians, comedians, talk shows, radio shows, sports games and advertisements right from their own homes. 1928 was the first presidential campaign to use radio broadcasts. The radio showed how in he roaring twenties people were more connected and the world was getting smaller. .

Mass Advertising

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To attract customers, manufacturers used advertising. Advertisements linked products with societal norms and trends. Individuals in the 1920s were easily persuaded and influenced. With mass production, disposable incomes, and the advertisements to offer incentives, everyone was spending.

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

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How did African Americans influence society in the 1920s?

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Great Migration

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During WW1 the north needed individuals to replace the workers who left for war. The African Americans in the south came up to the north and started working. By moving north African Americans were able to escape southern segregation, find economic opportunities and live happier lives. The African Americans made the north still dense with workers during the war and made the cities more diverse.

Harlem Renaissance

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The neighborhood of Harlem thrived with African American arts. This was due to the Great Migration. The Harlem Renaissance made jazz and blues music popular. African Americans entertainers reached a wide audience. They preformed in speakeasies and night clubs. Not only did music flourish, but also writers, poets and artists.

Cotton Club

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The most famous nightclub in Harlem was the Cotton Club. It was a club where African American preformed, but only whites were served. Many African American acts got their start at the Cotton Club. African Americans were starting to become more prominent in society, but there was still segregation.

Charles Scheeler

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Charles Scheeler worked for Henry Ford. He was to take photographs for a Model T campaign. Scheeler was very successful. His photographs depicted Ford's plant as beautiful and glorious , not a place of labor. His talent made advertising easier and more effective for Ford.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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He wrote the Great Gatsby in 1925. The Great Gatsby criticized the 1920 materialistic and unruly lifestyle. He believed the people of the roaring twenties lacked morals. He portrayed the lavish lifestyle of the rich and also the lifestyle of the poor. This opened society's eyes to how "the other side lived." He used his beliefs to write an amazing piece of literature.

Babe Ruth

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Babe Ruth changed the game of baseball. He hit a lot of home runs and the fans loved it. The attendance at baseball games greatly increased. With the spending attitude society was willing to spend money on entertainment.

Movies and Radio Shows

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Motion pictures were released in black and white in the 1920s and radios could be bought in almost any store. The easy availability of motion pictures and radio unified the country. Everyone was connected and watched the same movies or listened to the same news. It also changed how Americans spent their free time. Also movie stars started to appear with the release of the motion picture.

Jack Dempsy

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Jack Dempsy was a boxer. His matches were announced live on radio. In fact, before one of his matches 90,000 radios were sold to fans wanting to hear the match. Being "famous" was a new concept in the 1920s. Jack Dempsy was definitely famous and many idolized him

Louis Armstrong

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Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans in 1901. He was an outstanding jazz musician. Armstrong brought fame and recognition to African Americas. His music inspired others. He was a symbol of success despite society's judgments of blacks.

NAACP

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP was an organization against segregation and discrimination of African Americans. The NAACP was a voice for blacks. It spoke out against lynchings and raised a lot of publicity. The NAACP showed America that blacks were no longer going to sit back in society, but were going to take action and demand rights.

Changing Role of women in the 1920s

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Joshua Zeitz

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“(…) the New Woman of the 1920s boldly asserted her right to dance, drink, smoke, and date—to work her own property, to live free of the strictures that governed her mother’s generation. (…) She flouted Victorian-era conventions and scandalized her parents. In many ways, she controlled her own destiny.”

Al Capone- Mafia Leader

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I am like any other man, All I do is supply a demand.

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This quote shown the decline in morality. Al Capone did not believe he was a bad man even though he committed many horrible crimes.

Jello Biafra

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For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground.

Henry Ford

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"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."

Owen Young

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“It] has helped to create a vast new audience of a magnitude which was never

dreamed of… This audience, invisible but attentive, differs not only in size but in kind from any audience the world has ever known. It is in reality a linking-up of millions of homes.”

Richard Bach

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"An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding."

Leo Burnett

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"The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants, dreams and hopes. Its 'product' cannot be turned out on an assembly line."

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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"Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat [and] the redeeming things are not “happiness and pleasure” but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle."

Jack Dempsey

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"A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol."

Babe Ruth

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"I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat."

Nathan Huggins

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"For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro', disassociating oneself from the symbols and legacy of slavery - being urbane, assertive militant."

Cab Calloway

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"Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club."

Louis Armstrong

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"If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know

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