Changes in Society

The Roaring 20’s (1919-1929)

Chapter 25, Section 2

Essential Questions

• How did young Americans challenge the ways of the past socially?

• How did prohibition lead to the growth of organized crime?

• What opportunities were available to women in the 1920’s that were not available before?

• What caused rising tensions between African Americans and Whites in northern cities?

• What did the Scopes Trial establish about science vs. religion?

3 Ways “Youth” of the 1920’s Expressed

Themselves• Youth (Under 25) of

the 1920’s Rebelled Against Authority

• Youth Rebelled Against the Values of the Past & of their Elders

• Youth Expressed Themselves in Clothing, Songs, Dances, Fads & Attitudes

Today’s Youth?

• How do Youth Express Themselves Today?

• What’s Different? The Same?

• IDK! OMG! LOL! TTYL!

Changes in Life for Youth During the 1920’s

• Youth (Under 25) Stayed in School Longer (College)

• School Became a Place for Socializing as well as Learning

• Expressed New Freedoms Through Clothing, Songs, Dances, & Fads

Men’s Fashion of the 1920’s

• Extra Wide Floppy Pants

• Hair Slicked Down

• “Gangsta” Like

Women’s Fashion in the 1920’s

• Shorter Dresses

• The “Bob” Haircut

• More Skin/ Sleeveless

“The Charleston”• Upbeat Music

• Wild/Flailing Movements

• Any Volunteers?

Other Fads of the 1920’s

Anything Change in 2013?

Flappers• Symbol of a 1920’s

Woman

• Bobbed Haircut, Makeup, Dresses Right Below the Knees

• Eager to Try Something New

• Tried New Fashions, Behaviors, Dances and/or Fads

More Equality for Women• Drove Cars,

Played Sports, Went to College, Got Jobs!

More Equality for Women • EconomicallyEconomically -

Worked in Business Offices, Retail Stores, Factories, Teachers, Nurses, Librarians, Social Workers, Bankers, Typists, Secretaries, Clerks, & Cashiers!

• SociallySocially – Marriage was Now Viewed as an Equal Partnership

• PoliticallyPolitically – 19th Amendment Gave Women Right to Vote!

Prohibition• 1818thth Amendment Amendment:

– Banned the Making, Sale & Consumption of Alcohol

• Supporters Thought Banning Alcohol Would Promote Better Morality & Health

• The Volstead ActThe Volstead Act:– Law to Enforce the

18th Amendment!

The Volstead Act

Prohibition… Really?• Many Americans

Disagreed with Prohibition!

• SpeakeasiesSpeakeasies Opened:– Illegal Nightclubs that

Sold Alcohol

• BootleggersBootleggers :– People Who Transported

& Sold Alcohol Illegally

• MoonshinersMoonshiners::– People Who Made Their

Own Alcohol at Home

Speakeasies

Bootleggers

Moonshiners

Birth of Organized Crime• Organized Crime

(The Mob) Started Because of Prohibition

• Rival Criminal Gangs Fought Each Other For Control (Monopolies) of Bootlegging in Major Cities

• Violence Broke Out!

Al Capone• Most Ruthless Crime

Boss of the 1920’s (Chicago)

• Fought to Gain Control of Over 10,000 Speakeasies in & Outside Chicago Area

• Had a 700 Criminal Army Working For Him

• What Did Al Capone Eventually Go to Jail For?

The Untouchables!

• A MUST SEE A MUST SEE MOVIE!MOVIE!

Prohibition Failed!• Prohibition

Failed

• 21st Amendment Repealed the 18th Amendment

• Alcohol Was Back!

Roaring Twenties for African Americans

• 1 Million+ African Americans Moved North During the Great Migration (WWI) to Work in Factories

• Had Greater Expectations After WWI

• Had Fought to “Make the World Safe for Democracy!”

Problems African Americans Faced During

the “Roaring 20’s”• Still Faced

Discrimination in Jobs & Housing

• 25+ Race Riots in Northern Cities

• 1.5 Million MOREMORE African Americans Moved North During the 1920’s!

• Racial Tensions Continued to Increase!

NAACP• Attempted to

Protect the Constitutional Rights of African Americans

• NAACP Exposed the Crimes Against African Americans

• Failed to Get Congress to Pass Laws Against Discrimination in the 1920’s

Marcus Garvey

• Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

• Advocated for African Americans to Return to Africa & Start a New Country

• A Little Extreme, But a Few African Americans Joined Him

4 Groups Fighting Each Other

During the 1920’s• African Americans

vs. Whites

• Nativists vs. Immigrants

• Urban vs. Rural Communities

• Science vs. Religion

Fundamentalism

• Fundamentalists Believe in a Literal, “Word for Word” Interpretation of the Bible/Torah/Quran/Etc…

• “Eye for an Eye”

• Fundamentalists DO DO NOTNOT Want the Theory of Evolution Taught in Schools!

Islamic Fundamentalism:• Al QaedaAl Qaeda is an Islamic

Fundamentalist Group

• The Quran States that All People Should Believe in Allah & Follow the Teachings of Muhammad

• Al Qaeda Hates the U.S. Because of Our Freedom of Religion (Mosque, Church, Synagogue: All on the Same Street/Tolerance)

• Al Qaeda is to Islam as KKK is to Christianity

Theory of Evolution?• Evolution is the

Scientific Theory That Living Things Developed Over Millions of Years Ago From Simpler Forms of Life

• Theory of EvolutionTheory of Evolution:– Cell to Bacteria to

Organism to Mammal to Reptile to Ape to Man

• If We Come From Animals, Then We Don ’t Come From…

Theory of Evolution

Debate:

• Should the Theory of Evolution Be Taught in Schools?

The Scopes Trial• John Scopes Taught

the Theory of Evolution in His Biology Class in TN: Got Fired!

• Took His Case to the Supreme Court

• What did the Supreme Court Rule About the Teaching of the Theory of Evolution in Public Schools?

Growth of the KKK • KKK Had 5 Million

Members During the 1920’s

• KKK Wanted a “Racially & Pure” America

• Violence Was Used To Influence Town, State, & National Elections

• Voting is Power:– Wanted to Keep African

Americans From Voting

Essential Questions

• How did young Americans challenge the ways of the past socially?

• How did prohibition lead to the growth of organized crime?

• What opportunities were available to women in the 1920’s that were not available before?

• What caused rising tensions between African Americans and Whites in northern cities?

• What did the Scopes Trial establish about science vs. religion?