The Roaring 20 s Pg 22 Calvin Coolidge

The Roaring 20 s Pg- 22

Calvin Coolidge 30 th president 1923 -1928 Republican 4/5 ths of all of our problems will go away if you stop talking about them

I. Lives of the People change! 1. -once isolated rural communities tightly controlled values high standards of religious morality 2. -migration of more people to urban areas changed moral values less control over the whole community 3. -fast paced city life often intimidated or changed people

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Income rises by 35% More money to spend on leisure things.

II. Standard of Living : -”business of America is business”Americans owned 40% of the World’s Wealth Pres. Calvin Coolidge -effects of the automobile freedom to travel w/Paved roads, Liberated the rural fam. *urban sprawl: allowed workers to live away from work * Famous Route 66, Launched gas Stations & shopping centers, 1/5 -airlines develop 1927 Pan AM

II. Standard of Living -electricity lights the whole nation alternating current (Tesla) -growth of the radio industry

• Times focus on the Present- NOT the future • What could go wrong w/the 20 s? – Throw your cares to the Wind

III. Prosperity -growth of advertising industry: hiring psychologist to study how to appeal to people’s desire for youthfulness, beauty & health -productivity increases by 50% -buying on the installment plan increases consumption (enabled people an extended period to buy goods, w/o having to put much $ down) -Ford and Prosperity -assembly line production -workers as consumers -$5 day plan

IV. New Role of Independent Women *-Victorian Age view of women 1. -flapper was a young emancipated women of modern times hair styles, dress, attitudes, behavior -double standard of behavior -clash of conservative values *-moved to the cites where drinking, gambling & casual dating was considered -Opportunities increase

New Role of Women families change: marriage was considered an equal partnership Margaret Sanger and birth control 1921

Margaret Sanger (1879 -1966) was the nation's most important birth control advocate in the early twentieth century. At a time when basic information about sex, sexuality, and even anatomy was often outlawed as obscene, Sanger worked to educate women about the reproductive process to allow them to choose when and whether to bear children. She was convinced that society could not evolve unless people practiced family planning, especially among the poor. In 1921, Sanger founded the American Birth Control League (now known as Planned Parenthood) to advocate for birth control rights. Though she faced much criticism for her work, Sanger also spurred young women all over the country to look beyond traditional social mores. Throughout the 1920 s, Sanger answered millions of letters sent by women asking questions about birth control, and also lectured on the topic throughout the country.

V. Prohibition Volstead Act -banned alcohol Jan 1920 -many people resented the new law that regulated behavior -gov’t never tried to really enforce the law -speakeasies drinking clubs: hidden night clubsspoke easily -bootleggers : people that smuggled liquor -

Prohibition -speakeasies drinking clubs -bootleggers -growth of organized crime Al Capone: Notorious by Chicago’s standards, by 26 ran a network of 10, 000 speakeasies, made over 60 million in 1 yr

Science and Religion Fundamentalism religious movement focusing on the truth/ literal meaning of the Biblerejected evolution -Billy Sunday preached against the evils of drinking -Aimee Semple Mc. Pherson : used Hollywood showmanship to preach the word

VI. Science and Religion -Darwin’s Theory of Evolution : we evolved from same common anecestor -Scopes Trial John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution Tenn. 1925 Clarence Darrow : defend Scopes William J. Bryan: Lawyer against Scopes Trial : fight over Evolution & the role of science & religion in Public schools

Science and Religion -Fundamentalism religious movement focusing on the truth of the Bible -Billy Sunday -Aimee Semple Mc. Pherson -Darwin’s Theory of Evolution -Scopes Trial John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution Clarence Darrow William J. Bryan

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