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The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties. Nativism. Prejudice  Germans, Communists Eugenics- science of improving heredity Brief return of KKK. Women in the 1920s. Post-suffrage Flappers- young, stylish, partiers Charleston dance Educated. Fundamentalists. Evolution vs. Creation

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The Roaring Twenties

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  1. The Roaring Twenties

  2. Nativism • Prejudice  Germans, Communists • Eugenics- science of improving heredity • Brief return of KKK

  3. Women in the 1920s • Post-suffrage • Flappers- young, stylish, partiers • Charleston dance • Educated

  4. Fundamentalists • Evolution vs. Creation • 1925- Scopes Trial (taught evolution) • Clarence Darrow- defended Scopes, fund. no place in classroom

  5. Prohibition • 18th Amend. • Speakeasies- bars sold illegal alcohol • Bootlegging- illegal production • Organized crime

  6. The Harlem Renaissance • Great Migration- blacks move North • Louis Armstrong- created jazz • Writings- search for identity • Increased voting power • Access to education

  7. Normalcy • Return to “normal” life after WWI • Pres. Warren G. Harding • Teapot Dome Scandal- distrust elected officials • Isolationism- leave U.S. alone

  8. Economic Prosperity • Mass production: large-scale manufacturing • Henry Ford- assembly line (divided tasks) • 1908: Model-T • Electricity  appliances

  9. Eco. Prosperity (cont.) • Wright bros  development of air travel • Medical vaccines  worker productivity • Food spoiling prevention • Radio, advertising • Gov’t broke up strikes

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