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*The Roaring
20s
*The 1920s*The Great Migration of African
American increased the visibility of African American culture in the US
*During the 1920s the KKK saw an influx in membership
*The 20s saw a rise in consumer goods and spending on credit
*By the end of the 1920s a radio was in every household
*The most familiar symbol of the era is the flapper: young women who wore bobbed hair, short skirts, they drank, smoked, and swore
*the 1920s saw the rise of the Jazz Age and the older generation hated it
* Prohibition was seen by young people as a way to rebel against the older generation
*The Red Scare
*A small portion of the American Communist party wanted to overthrow the government
*1919 and 1920 anarchists delivered a series of bombs to political officials homes and offices
*The bombings of 1919 and 1920 lead to mass hysteria against communist and radicals
*Soon public support warranted government officials to begin attacking anarchists and foreigners in this country this was the “Red Scare”
*The government in the 1920s began to deport radicals and foreigners out of the country, in what would be known as the “Palmer Raids”
*Teapot Dome Scandal
*Teapot Dome Scandal took place during the Warren Harding Presidency
*Harding was not corrupt but surrounded himself with people who were, some of his Ohio friends
*Harding’s Attorney General would accept bribes and sell favors
* Teapot Dome Scandal involved the Secretary of the Interior illegally leasing the US Naval Reserve for 300,000 dollars worth in bribes
*The scandal was revealed after Harding's death
* The secretary of interior was sentenced to one year in prison and a fined
* The navy recovered 12 million dollars after the cancelation of the Teapot Dome Lease
*19th Amendment
*The movement for suffrage began in 1848 at Seneca Falls
*Almost all women’s rights movements after Seneca Falls made voting a top priority
*It took 70 years for the official right to vote
*Ratified on August 18, 1920
*It gave American women the right to vote
*This is also known as women’s suffrage
*Scopes Trial
*It is also called the “trial of the century”
*Trial revolved around the issue of teaching evolution in school
*Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas had legal regulations on the subject
*John T. Scopes taught evolution in the school in Tennessee and was indicted
*William Jennings Bryan was set to prosecute him and Clarence Darrow offered his service to the defense
*American Civil Liberties Union hoped to use this to test the boundaries of free speech
*The case became a public contest of majority rule
*This case represents traditionalism vs. modernism (the cultural civil war)
*Harlem Renaissance
*Was a celebration of black culture and achievement
*Harlem contained poverty but boomed with talent
*Major leaders were writers, actors, poets, playwrights, musicians
*Harlem is were patrons would go to enjoy jazz at local clubs
*Marcus Garvey preached black pride and urged African Americans to return to Africa
*W.E.B Dubois preached in black pride but also being an American
*In Langston Hughes writings he would talk about racial pride & social justice
*Even though segregation was a big part of the country, clubs in Harlem usually contained all white audiences