Roaring twenties pp pres
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The document provides an overview of life and culture in America during the 1920s. It describes the rapid urbanization and demographic changes of the period. Women gained new freedoms during the 1920s as flappers challenged traditional roles. Prohibition sparked growth in organized crime as gangsters profited from bootlegging. The arts flourished through new media like radio and movies.
Roaring twenties pp pres
- 1. LIFE & CULTURE IN AMERICA IN THE 1920S THE ROARING TWENTIES
- 2. Americans on the Move Urbanization still accelerating. More Americans lived in cities than in rural areas 1920: New York 5 million Chicago 3 million
- 3. URBAN VS. RURAL Farms started to struggle post-WWI. 6 million moved to urban areas Urban life was considered a world of anonymous crowds, strangers, moneymakers, and pleasure seekers. Rural life was considered to be safe, with close personal ties, hard work and morals. Suburban boom: trolleys, street cars etc. Cities were impersonal Farms were innocent
- 4. Demographical Changes Demographics: statistics that describe a population. Real Time Demographics Migration North African Americans moving north at rapid pace. Why? Jim Crow laws New job opportunities in north 1860 – 93% in south 1930 – 80% in south Struggles: Faced hatred from whites Forced low wages
- 5. Other Migration Post-WWI: European refugees to America Limited immigration in 1920s from Europe and Asia. Employers turned to Mexican and Canadian immigrants to work. As a result: barrios created Spanish speaking neighborhoods.
- 6. THE TWENTIES WOMAN After the tumult of World War I, Americans were looking for a little fun in the 1920s. Women were independent and achieving greater freedoms. ie. right to vote, more employment, freedom of the auto Chicago 1926
- 7. THE FLAPPER Challenged the traditional ways. Revolution of manners and morals. A Flapper was an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes.
- 8. NEW ROLES FOR WOMEN Many women entered the workplace as nurses, teachers, librarians, & secretaries. Earned less than men and were prevented from obtaining certain jobs. Early 20 th Century teachers
- 9. THE CHANGING AMERICAN FAMILY American birthrates declined for several decades before the 1920s. Trend continues in 1920s with development of birth control. Margaret Sanger Birth control activist Founder of American Birth Control League ie. Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger and other founders of the American Birth Control League - 1921
- 10. MODERN FAMILY EMERGES Marriage was based on romantic love . Women managed the household and finances. Children were not considered laborers/ wage earners anymore. Seen as developing children who needed nurturing and education
- 11. PROHIBITION
- 12. PROHIBITION One example of the clash between city & farm was the passage of the 18 th Amendment in 1920. Launched era known as Prohibition Made it illegal to make, distribute, sell, transport or consume liquor. Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933 when it was repealed by the 21 st Amendment
- 13. SUPPORT FOR PROHIBITION Reformers had long believed alcohol led to crime, child & wife abuse, and accidents Supporters were largely from the rural south and west
- 15. SPEAKEASIES AND BOOTLEGGERS Many Americans did not believe drinking was a sin Most immigrant groups were not willing to give up drinking To obtain liquor, drinkers went underground to hidden saloons known as speakeasies People also bought liquor from bootleggers who smuggled it in from Canada, Cuba and the West Indies All of these activities became closely affiliated with … Speakeasies
- 16. ORGANIZED CRIME Prohibition contributed to the growth of organized crime in every major city Al Capone – Chicago, Illinois famous bootlegger “ Scarface” 60 million yr (bootleg alone) Capone took control of the Chicago liquor business by killing off his competition Talent for avoiding jail 1931 sent to prision for tax-evasion. Al Capone was finally convicted on tax evasion charges in 1931
- 17. Racketeering Illegal business scheme to make profit. Gangsters bribed police or gov’t officials. Forced local businesses a fee for “protection”. No fee - gunned down or businesses blown to bits
- 18. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Valentines Day – February 14, 1929 Rival between Al Capone and Bugs Moran Capone – South Side Italian gang Moran – North Side Irish gang Bloody murder of 7 of Moran’s men. Capone’s men dressed as cops
- 19. GOVERNMENT FAILS TO CONTROL LIQUOR Prohibition failed: Why? Government did not budget enough money to enforce the law The task of enforcing Prohibition fell to 1,500 poorly paid federal agents --- clearly an impossible task! Federal agents pour wine down a sewer
- 20. SUPPORT FADES, PROHIBITION REPEALED By the mid-1920s, only 19% of Americans supported Prohibition Many felt Prohibition caused more problems than it solved What problems did it cause? The 21 st Amendment finally repealed Prohibition in 1933
- 21. SCIENCE AND RELIGION CLASH Fundamentalists vs. Secular thinkers The Protestant movement - literal interpretation of the bible is known as fundamentalism Fundamentalists found all truth in the bible – including science & evolution
- 22. SCOPES TRIAL In March 1925, Tennessee passed the nation’s first law that made it a crime to teach evolution The ACLU promised to defend any teacher willing to challenge the law – John Scopes did Scopes was a biology teacher who dared to teach his students that man derived from lower species
- 23. SCOPES TRIAL The ACLU hired Clarence Darrow, the most famous trial lawyer of the era, to defend Scopes The prosecution countered with William Jennings Bryan, the three-time Democratic presidential nominee Darrow Bryan
- 24. SCOPES TRIAL Trial opened on July 10,1925 and became a national sensation In an unusual move, Darrow called Bryan to the stand as an expert on the bible – key question: Should the bible be interpreted literally? Under intense questioning, Darrow got Bryan to admit that the bible can be interpreted in different ways Nonetheless, Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 Bryan Darrow
- 26. EDUCATION AND POPULAR CULTURE During the 1920s, developments in education had a powerful impact on the nation. Enrollment in high schools quadrupled between 1914 and 1926. Public schools met the challenge of educating millions of immigrants
- 27. Mass Media Increases in Mass media during the 1920s Print and broadcast methods of communication. Examples: Newspapers Magazines Radio Movies Newspapers: 27 million to 39 million Increase of 42% Motion Pictures: 40 million to 80 million Increase of 100% Radios: 60,000 to 10.2 million Increase of 16,983%
- 28. EXPANDING NEWS COVERAGE Literacy increased in the 1920s… as a result Newspaper and magazine circulation rose. By the end of the 1920s… 10 American magazines -- including Reader’s Digest, Saturday Evening Post,Time – boasted circulations of over 2 million a year. Tabloids created
- 29. RADIO COMES OF AGE Although print media was popular, radio was the most powerful communications medium to emerge in the 1920s. News was delivered faster and to a larger audience. Americans could hear the voice of the president or listen to the World Series live.
- 30. ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS Even before sound, movies offered a means of escape through romance and comedy ie. talkies First sound movies: Jazz Singer (1927) First animated with sound: Steamboat Willie (1928) By 1930 millions of Americans went to the movies each week Walt Disney's animated Steamboat Willie marked the debut of Mickey Mouse. It was a seven minute long black and white cartoon.
- 31. Icons of 1920s
- 32. LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT Charles Lindbergh Nickname: “Lucky Lindy” May 27, 1927: Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo trans-Atlantic flight. Spirit of St. Louis NYC - Paris 33 ½ hours later – (no auto pilot) $25,000 prize 2yr old Son Charley kidnapped in 1932 $50,000 ransom murdered
- 33. Amelia Earhart 1932: First female to fly solo across the Atlantic 1935: First person to fly from California to Hawaii 1937: Attempt to fly around the world 2/3 completed and went missing, presumed dead.
- 34. AMERICAN HEROES OF THE 20s In 1929, Americans spent $4.5 billion on entertainment. (includes sports) People crowded into baseball games to see their heroes Babe Ruth was a larger than life American hero who played for Yankees He hit 60 homers in 1927.
- 35. MUSIC OF THE 1920s Famed composer George Gershwin merged traditional elements with American Jazz. Someone to Watch Over Me Embraceable You I Got Rhythm Gershwin
- 36. EDWARD KENNEDY “DUKE” ELLINGTON In the late 1920s, Duke Ellington, a jazz pianist and composer, led his ten-piece orchestra at the famous Cotton Club. Band: “The Washingtonians” Ellington won renown as one of America’s greatest composers.
- 37. LOUIS ARMSTRONG Jazz was born in the early 20 th century In 1922, a young trumpet player named Louis Armstrong joined the Creole Jazz Band. Armstrong is considered the most important and influential musician in the history of jazz
- 38. BESSIE SMITH Bessie Smith, blues singer, was perhaps the most outstanding vocalist of the decade She achieved enormous popularity and by 1927 she became the highest- paid black artist in the world
- 39. BILLIE HOLIDAY Born Eleanora Fagan Gough One of the most recognizable voices of the 20s and 30s. Embraceable You God Bless the Child Strange Fruit
- 40. 1920s DANCING Charleston Swing Dancing Dance Marathons
- 41. Walt Disney Walt Disney only attended one year of high school. He was the voice of Mickey Mouse for two decades. As a kid he loved drawing and painting. He won 32 Academy Awards.
- 42. ART OF THE 1920s Georgia O’ Keeffe captured the grandeur of New York using intensely colored canvases Radiator Building, Night, New York , 1927 Georgia O'Keeffe
- 43. WRITERS OF THE 1920s Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald coined the phrase “Jazz Age” to describe the 1920s Fitzgerald wrote Paradise Lost and The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby reflected the emptiness of New York elite society
- 44. WRITERS OF THE 1920 Ernest Hemingway, became one of the best-known authors of the era Wounded in World War I In his novels, The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms , he criticized the glorification of war Moves to Europe to escape the life in the United States. “ Lost Generation” (Gertrude Stein) Group of people disconnected from their country and its values. His simple, straightforward style of writing set the literary standard Hemingway - 1929
- 45. THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE Great Migration saw hundreds of thousands of African Americans move north to big cities 1920: 5 million of the nation’s 12 million blacks (over 40%) lived in cities Migration of the Negro by Jacob Lawrence
- 46. HARLEM, NEW YORK Harlem, NY became the largest black urban community Harlem suffered from overcrowding, unemployment and poverty Home to literary and artistic revival known as the Harlem Renaissance
- 47. LANGSTON HUGHES Missouri-born Langston Hughes was the movement’s best known poet Many of his poems described the difficult lives of working-class blacks “ Thank you Ma’am” Some of his poems were put to music , especially jazz and blues
- 48. Ku Klux Klan Colonel William J Simmons Revived organization in 1915 1922: enrollment 4 million Attacks against: African Americans, Catholics, Jews, immigrants and others. By night, whipped, beat and even killed. By 1927 Klan activity diminished once again.
- 49. AFRICAN AMERICAN GOALS Founded in 1909, the NAACP urged African Americans to protest racial violence W.E.B Dubois , a founding member, led a march of 10,000 black men in NY to protest violence
- 50. MARCUS GARVEY - UNIA Marcus Garvey believed that African Americans should build a separate society (Africa) In 1914, Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association Garvey claimed a million members by the mid-1920s Powerful legacy of black pride, economic independence and Pan-Africanism Garvey represented a more radical approach