Traditionalism and Modernism

1
Traditionalism and Modernism

• Chapter 29

2
Country in Contrast

• What does it mean to be a traditionalist?
• What does it mean to be a modernist?
• Culture War
• What were / are the characteristics of the two
  sides?

3
What led to this division in society?

• Americans moved to urban areas in staggering
  numbers
• Wages rose while the cost of living remained the
  same.
• Cities offered new ways of thinking and living
• Europe was dependent on American crops during WWI
  farmers took out loans to meet demand
• Demand fell, farmers had surplus crops, could not
  repay loans
• Many farmers lost their land
• Rural areas looked upon changes in society with
  suspicion
• How ya gonna keep em down on the farm after
  theyve seen Paree?)

4
Mutual Resentment

• Each viewed the other in a negative light
• T viewed M as money grubbing and immoral
• M viewed T as laughably behind the times
• Rise in fundamentalism in rural areas
  especially in the South
• Fast exposure to new ideas through mass media and
  technology

5
Generations Clash

• A new youth emerged in the 1920s
• New courtship patterns (p. 372)
• New fads
• Dance marathons
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?viw1afR4mLvw
• Flagpole sitting
• Young women became flappers
• Youth rebellion was easy due to the increase in
  cars, technology, mass media, and aura of change
  in society
• Censorship abounded! Laws were passed! The
  youth had lost their way!

6
Prohibitionhttp//www.history.com/this-day-in-his
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• Saint Valentines Day Massacre
• http//www.history.com/video.do?nameculturebcpid
  1676043212bclid1672160848bctid8612164001
• http//www.history.com/video.do?nameCities_of_the
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  d1902490139
• What were the pros and cons of prohibition?
• Organized crime evolved why didnt the police
  just shut it down?

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Clash Over Evolution

• What was the difference between the two views
  (traditionalism v. modernism)?
• Darwin v. Creationism
• Eugenics
• Scopes Trial