Chapter 13: Roaring Life
of the 1920s – Part I
Life in the Roaring 1920's
Chapter 13
(section 1 & 2)
Testing Strategies Assessment
Circus freaks of the
1920's & 30's - rarely
covered in US history
classes.
What a time to be alive!
Mr. & Mr. HHS 1924
(it was a tie)
Miss HHS 1924
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MAP
Population Density Map—Multiple Choice
Directions: Use the information shown on the map and your knowledge of U.S.
history to answer the questions.
Population Density, 1930
NEW YORK
MICHIGAN
MASSACHUSETTS
NEVADA
Number of People
per Square Mile,
by County
250 or more
CALIFORNIA
90-250
45-90
TEXAS
18-45
6-18
FLORIDA
2-6
2 or fewer
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1. Based on the map, which of the
following was true?
A The greatest concentration of
urban areas is in the South.
B Population density is highest in the
West.
C Maine is the most sparsely
populated state in New England.
D All of the above
2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A Florida has an area that is sparsely
settled.
B Northern California is less densely
populated than southern California.
C The Atlantic Coast is more densely
populated than the Pacific Coast.
D None of the above
Test Your Knowledge
In what ways were the effects of Prohibition different in urban and
rural areas?
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READING FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
Interpreting Visuals—Multiple Choice
Directions: This photograph, published in 1926, shows two women on the roof of
a Chicago hotel. Use the information in the photograph and your
knowledge of U.S. history to answer the questions.
1. The women in the photograph are
representative of
A suffragettes.
B flappers.
C farm women.
D None of the above
2. Which of the following details from
the photograph indicates changes in
women’s lives that occurred in the
1920s?
A short hair
B short skirts
C daring attitude
D All of the above
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3. The women in the photograph
appear to be
A falling.
B dancing the Charleston.
C working.
D sightseeing.
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4. Which of the following statements
BEST summarizes the message of
the photograph?
A Women lived in fear of public
opinion.
B Women weren’t afraid to take
chances.
C People in Chicago were proud of
their architecture.
D Women were lost in big cities.
Test Your Knowledge
What caused women’s roles to change between 1920 and 1930?
What were the effects of these changes on American society?
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■ Rural and Urban Differences
In 1920, more
Americans lived in
large towns and cities
than small towns and
farms
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Urbanization
increased
Urban values began to
dominate
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Many people found it
hard to adjust to city
life
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Prohibition
Prohibition is the ban on
alcoholic beverages
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18th Amendment
Took effect in 1920
Most support came from
religious, rural Protestants
Speakeasies opened up
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Hidden saloons and nightclubs
serving alcohol illegally
People also bought liquor from
bootleggers
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Smugglers who brought it in
from Canada and the Caribbean
Prohibition Video Clip
Chapter 13: Roaring Life of
the 1920s – Part II
Science vs. Religion
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During the 1920s, the
nation saw the rise of
Christian
Fundamentalism
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Said everything in Bible
was literally true
Fundamentalists
rejected science
■
Also rejected Darwin’s
theory of evolution
Scopes Trial – 3 mins
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The 20’s Woman
Many women demanded same
freedom as men
New urban culture also
influenced women
The flapper was a “free”
young woman
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Held new social attitudes
Wore make-up, short skirts,
short hair, more jewelry
Jobs were mostly in teaching,
nursing, social work,
secretaries
Education & Popular Culture
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Charles Lindbergh
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Georgia O’Keeffe
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First person to fly solo
across the Atlantic
Ocean
Famous painter
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
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Authors
Chapter 13: Roaring Life of the
1920s – Part III
Early African American Civil
Rights
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Between 1910 –
1920, many African
Americans moved
from the South to
the North
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Called the Great
Migration
Racial tensions
increased in
Northern cities
Races riots occurred
NAACP and Marcus Garvey
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NAACP worked to end
violence against
African Americans
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Anti-lynching laws
passed
Marcus Garvey
voiced a message of
black pride
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Thought African
Americans should build
a separate society
Began a “return to
Africa” movement
Marcus Garvey
The Harlem Renaissance
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Harlem
Renaissance was a
literary and artistic
movement,
celebrating AfricanAmerican culture
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Began in Harlem, NY
Took pride in black
culture
Wrote about problems
of being black in white
culture
Important Harlem Renaissance
Figures
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Langston Hughes
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Female writer
Louis Armstrong
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Writer and poet
Jazz trumpet player
“Duke” Ellington
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Jazz piano player
Harlem Renaissance II
Other Notes/Terms You should
Know
• Radio - most powerful communication device of the time
◦NBC
◦CBS
• Mass Culture
• Taxes - schools
• New Heroes (sports)
◦Babe Ruth
•
• Savoy Big Five
• Jim Thorpe
• Most beloved hero of the time - Charles Lindbergh
◦1927 NYC -> Paris
◦CMH (Congressional Medal of Honor)
• Amelia Earhart
• Movie - Nickleodeons
• Jazz and the artists
• George Gershwin - composer
• Authors
• The Great Migration
• The Great Migration
◦The Chicago Riots 1919
• NAACP
◦W.E.B. DuBois
◦The Crisis (magazine)
• Universal Negro Improvement Assoc. (1914)
◦Marcus Garvey
‣ Pan-Africanism
• Liberia
• Black Star Steamship Co.
• Harlem
◦Harlem Renaissance
◦Artists and Authors
‣ Claude McKay
◦Jazz
‣ Duke Ellington
‣ Ella Fitzgerald
‣ "Scat"
UNIT 4 SUGGESTED REVIEW TOPICS
Automobile industry's effect on the US economy
Booker T. Washington
Cab Calloway
Calvin Coolidge
Countee Cullen
Flappers
Farming practices of the 1920s
Fundamentalists
Harlem Renaissance art
Ida B. Wells
Immigration and population
Imperialist practices
Income distribution
Kaiser
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Klu Klux Klan
Langston Hughes
Marcus Garvey
Modern ideals
Muckrakers of Progressive Era
NAACP
Nationalist Woman's Party
Postwar Disillusionment
Progressivism and Prohibition
Radio and mass culture
Sacco and Vanzetti
Scopes trial
Social norms
Tariffs in the relations with income tax
The Great Migration and racial tension in the North
The Palmer Raids
The Red Scare
The Roaring Twenties
Unions effect on wages
Volstead Act
W.E.B. DuBois
Wages and skilled workers
Washington Conference
Women and education
Women during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Income distribution
WWI and individual liberties
Yalta Conference