Changes in Society The Roaring 20s 1919 1929

Changes in Society The Roaring 20’s (1919 -1929) Chapter 25, Section 2

Essential Questions • Is “change” a good thing? • Should “youth” challenge the ways of the “past? ”

3 Ways “Youth” of the 1920’s Expressed Themselves • Youth (Under 25) of the 1920’s Rebelled Against Authority • Youth Rebelled Against the Values of the Past & of their Elders • Youth Expressed Themselves in Clothing, Songs, Dances, Fads & Attitudes

2011 Youth? • How do the Youth of 2011 Express Themselves? • What’s Different? • What’s the Same? • IDK! OMG! LOL! TTYL! TISUF!

The Hippies (1960’s)

Changes in Life for Youth During the 1920’s • Youth (Under 25) Stayed in School Longer (College) • School Became a Place for Socializing as well as Learning • Expressed New Freedoms Through Clothing, Songs, Dances, and Fads

Men’s Fashion of the 1920’s • Extra Wide Floppy Pants • Hair Slicked Down • “Gangsta” Like

Women’s Fashion in the 1920’s • Shorter Dresses • The “Bob” Haircut • More Skin/ Sleeveless

“The Charleston” • Upbeat Music • Wild/Flailing Movements • Any Volunteers?

Play the Charleston in Class! Any Volunteers?

Other Fads of the 1920’s

Anything Change in 2011?

Flappers • Symbol of a 1920’s Woman • Bobbed Haircut, Makeup, Dresses Right Below the Knees • Eager to Try Something New • Tried New Fashions, Behaviors, Dances and/or Fads

More Equality for Women • Drove Cars, Played Sports, Went to College, Got Jobs!

More Equality for Women • Economically -Worked in Business Offices, Retail Stores, Factories, Teachers, Nurses, Librarians, Social Workers, Bankers, Typists, Secretaries, Clerks, & Cashiers! • Socially – Marriage was Now Viewed as an Equal Partnership • Politically – 19 th Amendment Gave Women Right to Vote!

Prohibition • 18 th Amendment: Amendment – Banned the Making, Sale & Consumption of Alcohol • Supporters Thought Banning Alcohol Would Promote Better Morality & Health • The Volstead Act: Act – Law to Enforce the 18 th Amendment!

The Volstead Act

Prohibition? Really? • Many Americans Disagreed with Prohibition! • Speakeasies Opened: – Illegal Nightclubs that Sold Alcohol • Bootleggers : – People Who Transported & Sold Alcohol Illegally • Moonshiners: – People Who Made Their Own Alcohol at Home

Speakeasies

Bootleggers

Moonshiners

Birth of Organized Crime • Organized Crime (The Mob) Started Because of Prohibition • Rival Criminal Gangs Fought Each Other For Control (Monopolies) of Bootlegging in Major Cities • Violence Broke Out!

Al Capone • Most Ruthless Crime Boss of the 1920’s (Chicago) • Fought to Gain Control of Over 10, 000 Speakeasies in & Outside Chicago Area • Had a 700 Criminal Army Working For Him • What Did Al Capone Eventually Go to Jail For?

The Untouchables! • A MUST SEE MOVIE! • Show Opening Clip (Briefcase)

Prohibition Failed! • Prohibition Failed • 21 st Amendment Repealed the 18 th Amendment • Alcohol Was Back!

Roaring Twenties for African Americans • 1 Million+ African Americans Moved North During the Great Migration (WWI) to Work in Factories • Had Greater Expectations After WWI • Had Fought to “Make the World Safe for Democracy!”

Problems African Americans Faced During the “Roaring 20’s” • Still Faced Discrimination in Jobs & Housing • 25+ Race Riots in Northern Cities • 1. 5 Million MORE African Americans Moved North During the 1920’s! • Racial Tensions Continued to Increase!

NAACP • Attempted to Protect the Constitutional Rights of African Americans • NAACP Exposed the Crimes Against African Americans • Failed in the 1920’s to Get Congress to Pass Laws Against Discrimination

Marcus Garvey • Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association • Advocated for African Americans to Return to Africa & Start a New Country • A Little Bit Extreme For Me, But a Few African Americans Joined Him

4 Groups Fighting Each Other During the 1920’s • African Americans vs. Whites • Nativists vs. Immigrants • Urban vs. Rural Communities • Science vs. Religion

Fundamentalism • Fundamentalists Believe in a Literal, “Word for Word” Interpretation of the Bible • “Eye for an Eye” • Fundamentalists DO NOT Want the Theory of Evolution Taught in Schools! • Why Not?

Islamic Fundamentalism: • Al Qaeda is an Islamic Fundamentalist Group • The Quran States that All People Should Believe in Allah & Follow the Teachings of Muhammad • Al Qaeda Hates the U. S. Because of Our Freedom of Religion (Mosque, Church, Synagogue: All on the Same Street/Tolerance) • Al Qaeda is to Islam as KKK is to Christianity

Theory of Evolution? • Evolution is the Scientific Theory That Living Things Developed Over Millions of Years Ago From Simpler Forms of Life • Theory of Evolution: Evolution – Cell to Bacteria to Organism to Mammal to Reptile to Ape to Man • If We Come From Animals, Then We Don’t Come From…

Theory of Evolution

Debate: • Should the Theory of Evolution Be Taught in Schools?

The Scopes Trial • #6 of the 7 Supreme Court Cases YOU NEED TO KNOW! • John Scopes Taught the Theory of Evolution in His Biology Class in TN = Fired! • Took His Case to the Supreme Court • What did the Supreme Court Rule About the Teaching of the Theory of Evolution in Public Schools?

Growth of the KKK • KKK Had 5 Million Members During the 1920’s • KKK Wanted a “Racially & Pure” America • Violence Was Used To Influence Town, State, & National Elections • Voting is Power: – Wanted to Keep African Americans From Voting

Essential Questions • Is “change” a good thing? • Should “youth” challenge the ways of the “past? ”