Unit 5 The Roaring Twenties
1920’s
Chapter 15 & Chapter 16
1920’s
I. Nativism Resurges
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Immigrants seen as a threat to order and stability
Jobs
Sacco-Vanzetti Case
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Anarchists, Italian immigrants
Eugenics
KKK (not limited just to African Americans)
II. Controlling Immigration
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Emergency Quota Act- limits immigration (discriminates
Southern & Eastern Europeans)
1920’s
III. New Morality
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Loving family & personal satisfaction-romance &
friendship linked successful marriages
Flappers- unconventional woman
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IV. Fundamentalist Movement
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Religious movement
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People feared country losing traditional values
Bible literal
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Evolution & creationism
Scopes Trial
1920’s
V. Prohibition
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Ban alcohol (18th amendment)
Volstead Act (police powers)
Speakeasies, bootleggers, organized crime
VI. Art & Literature
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Challenge traditional ideals
Bohemian: unconventional
1920’s
VII. Popular Culture
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More $ and more time
Sports (Babe Ruth)
Rise of Hollywood
Radio & Music
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Mass media- radio, movies, newspapers and magazines
aimed at large audiences
VIII.Harlem Renaissance
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The Great Migration
Jazz & blues