Name: Date: Period: VUS10a: The Roaring 20s Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 1
Objectives about The Roaring 20s VUS10 The student will demonstrate knowledge of key domestic events of the 1920s and 1930s by a) analyzing how radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines created popular culture and challenged traditional values; Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues Main Idea: A desire for normality after the war and fear of communism and foreigners led to postwar isolationism Why it Matters Now: Americans today continue to debate political isolationism and immigration policy I Postwar Trends A Unemployment 1 Causes a Returning soldiers lost their jobs to b Factory production suffered as Wartime orders diminished 2 Effects a Nativism b Isolationism II Fear of Communism A The Red Scare 1 Causes a The Russian revolution in 1919 led to the rise of the b Called for an end to (a threat to the US way of life) c A communist party formed in the US (still exists today) d encouraged communism Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 2
e violence erupted over a massive 1919 steel strike, with workers demanding the right to unionize Steel makers labeled the workers as Communists and the strike was broken in 1920 2 Effects a (US Attorney General) formed a new agency in the Justice Department to find and punish radicals His agents arrested b Agents often disregarded the rights of the people they arrested Hundreds of radicals were sent out of the country without a trial But Palmer to overthrow the government and the fear passed B Sacco and Vanzetti 1 Two Italian immigrants (both were radicals) who were arrested for a double murder during a robbery in Massachusetts Although the case was not strong, Protests poured in from around the world C Limiting Immigration 1 set up a quota system, which establish the maximum number of people that could enter the US from each country The Business of America Main Idea: Consumer goods fueled the business boom of the 1920s as America s standard of living soared Why it Matters Now: Business, technological, and social developments of the 1920s launched the era of modern consumerism I American Industries Flourish A The Impact of the Automobile 1 By the late 1920s, about of all motor vehicles in the world were in US States and cities built an elaborate network of new roads and highways As cars made it possible for workers to live farther from their homes, 2 Cities in and especially grew as major centers of automobile manufacturing 3 Airplane industry grew as well Planes carried the nation s Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 3
II America s Standard of Living Soars A Modern Advertising 1 Ad agencies made luxury items seem like B New Prosperity Leads to Problems 1 Businesses began 2 was growing 3 were suffering 4 Consumer debt (buying on credit and installment plans) C During the 1920s, Americans felt like prosperity would go on forever Changing Ways of Life Main Idea: America experienced cultural conflicts as customs and values changed in the 1920s Why it Matters Now: The way in which different groups react to change continues to cause conflict today I Prohibition A The 18 th Amendment launched an era known as prohibition, in which B Causes of Prohibition 1 Various religious groups thought 2 Reformers believed that the government should 3 Reformers believed that alcohol led to 4 During WWI, native-born Americans developed a hostility C Effects of Prohibition 1 Consumption of alcohol 2 for the law developed 3 An increase in 4 Criminals found a new 5 Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 4
D Speakeasies and Bootleggers 1 Drinkers went to underground clubs known as Speakeasies 2 Bootleggers were II Science and Religions Clash A Causes 1 American Fundamentalism B Effects 1 Scopes Trial 2 Charles Darwin s theory of evolution was Women of the 20s Main Idea: American women pursued new lifestyles and assumed new jobs and different roles in society during the 1920s Why it Matters Now: Workplace opportunities and trends in family life are still major issues for women today A In the rebellious, pleasure-loving atmosphere of the 20s, many women began asserting their independence and demanded the same freedom as men B Flapper 1 Close-fitting hats, waist-less dresses an inch above the knee, skin toned stockings, boyish bob hairstyles 2 Began smoking cigarettes, drinking in public, talking openly about sex 3 Danced the foxtrot, tango, Charleston Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 5
Education and Pop Culture Main Idea: The Mass Media, movies, and spectator sports played important roles in creating the popular culture of the 1920s a culture that many artist and writers criticized Why it Matters Now: Much of today s popular culture can trace its roots to the popular culture of the 1920s I Pop Culture A More people went to high school taxes to finance schools increased B became the most powerful communication medium 1 Heard news as it happened, sports, radio shows C Spent time working crossword puzzles, playing mahjong, dance marathons, sports 1 Negro National Baseball League 2 Babe Ruth - Yankees II Entertainment and Art A Movies first movies didn t have sound, then with sound called talkies B Jazz music C Literary boom Harlem Renaissance Main Idea: African-American ideas, politics, art, literature, and music flourished in Harlem and elsewhere in the Untied States Why it Matters Now: The Harlem Renaissance provided a foundation of African-American intellectualism to which African-American writers, artists, and musicians contribute today I African-American Voices A Background 1 Literary and artistic movement celebrating 2 brought African-Americans to the north 3 Many moved to Harlem, a neighborhood on the Upper West Side of NYC a Became the b Suffered Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 6
B Authors 1 Harlem renaissance encouraged a new pride in African-American experiences a Wrote about the trials of 2 Claude McKay novelist, poet, urged African-Americans to resist prejudice and discrimination Wrote of the pain of life in the black ghettos 3 poet, described difficult lives of working-class African-Americans 4 Zora Neale Hurston portrayed the lives of poor Southern blacks C Jazz 1 Born in the early 20 th century in New Orleans 2 Blended instrumental ragtime and vocal blues 3 Joe King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band brought it north 4 Famous jazz musicians: Glossary VUS 10 Directions: Fill in the definition for the term listed Then, in the box on the right, you have to draw a picture OR write the definition in your own words OR write a sentence using the word that demonstrates its meeting Nativism Isolationism Sacco and Vanzetti Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 7
Glossary VUS 10 Directions: Fill in the definition for the term listed Then, in the box on the right, you have to draw a picture OR write the definition in your own words OR write a sentence using the word that demonstrates its meeting Prohibition Speakeasy Bootlegger Scopes Trial Flapper Harlem Renaissance Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 8
Summary DIRECTIONS: Choose only one of the following: a) write a summary (25-75 words) of what you believe was the most important aspect of the notes/lecture b) write what you believe to be the most interesting or memorable part of the notes/lecture (25-75 words) c) draw something that symbolizes the notes/lecture to you (has to be different than your title page) Notes VUS10: The 20s and the 30s 9