The Roaring Twenties

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Chapter 21

• The Roaring Twenties

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Population exploded in the cities

• 2 Million people were leaving small town American
  and moving to the cities every year
• New York - 5.6 Million
• Chicago - 3 Million
• Philadelphia 2 Million

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18th Amendment

• Prohibition
• Selling
• Manufacturing
• Consumption
• Transportation

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Speakeasies

• Dancing
• Drinking
• Women
• Gambling

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Organized Crime

• Al Capone
• Elliot Ness
• Untouchables

PUBLIC ENEMY 1
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Elliot Ness and the Untouchables
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Science and Religion Clash
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Fundamentalism

• Skeptical of scientific knowledge
• Important knowledge found in Bible
• Rejected the theory of evolution
• Believed Gods creation story from Bible

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Scopes Trial

• John T. Scopes Biology teacher in Tennessee
• Clarence Darrow
• William Jennings Bryan
• Evolution vs. Biblical
• Social Darwinism

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Women of the 1920s

• Flappers
• Casual Dating
• Swim Suits changed
• Courtships Changed
• Double Standard

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A Changing Culture

• School enrollments went up
• Mass Media Radio Broadcasts
• News Coverage

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American Heroes and Icons
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Gertrude Ederle
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GeorgeHerman RuthBabeSultan of Swat
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Andrew Rube FosterFounder of the Negro
National League
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Helen WillsLittle Miss Poker Face
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Charles LindbergHFirst nonstop Transatlantic
flightMAY 1927
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George GershwinComposer
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Georgia OKeeffePainter
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Sinclair LewisNobel Peace Prize Winner
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F. Scott FitzgeraldAUTHOROFThe Great Gatsby
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A Literary and Artistic Movement Celebrating
African American Culture
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Harlem was a Bustling Town
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Zora Neale Hurston
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James Weldon Johnson
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Langston Hughes
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Marcus Garvey
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Louis B. Armstrong
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Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington
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Bessie Smith