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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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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 • 1925- Scopes Trial (taught evolution) • Clarence Darrow- defended Scopes, fund. no place in classroom
Prohibition • 18th Amend. • Speakeasies- bars sold illegal alcohol • Bootlegging- illegal production • Organized crime
The Harlem Renaissance • Great Migration- blacks move North • Louis Armstrong- created jazz • Writings- search for identity • Increased voting power • Access to education
Normalcy • Return to “normal” life after WWI • Pres. Warren G. Harding • Teapot Dome Scandal- distrust elected officials • Isolationism- leave U.S. alone
Economic Prosperity • Mass production: large-scale manufacturing • Henry Ford- assembly line (divided tasks) • 1908: Model-T • Electricity appliances
Eco. Prosperity (cont.) • Wright bros development of air travel • Medical vaccines worker productivity • Food spoiling prevention • Radio, advertising • Gov’t broke up strikes