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Shoter work days and time-saving appliances led to more time for leisurely activities.
The Jazz Singer was one of the first successful "talkies"-a movie with sound- of the decade, it portrayed the identity crisis that immigrants faced in the 1920s
Now with more leisure time, Americans needed something to do. Movie theatres soon bcame popular.
Movies began to transitiom from silent , short films to talkies, full feature films.
The Lost Generation was a title given to writers who were raised in World War 1 and who protested mass culture and mass consumerism.
Art Deco is a style of visual arts and design that first appeared in France before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, and more.
N. unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.
The Ku Klux Klan had a rebirth in the Roaring Twenties with over 5 million members by 1925. They targeted "un-Americans" -Catholics, Jews, Asians, Blacks, etc,- and used political influence and violence to terrorize. It soon declined from fraud, corruption, and vice.
Scopes Trial, also called the "Monkey Trial," trial that took place July 10–21, 1925, during which a Tennessee high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was charged with violating state law by teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the April 15, 1920 armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. They were executed in the electric chair seven years later at Charlestown State Prison.
After World War 1, the fear of change led to a more nativist sentiment from the people.
Nativism-a return to or emphasis on traditional or local customs, in opposition to outside influences.
The Quota System was installed as a result to keep out Southern and Eastern Europeans.
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
The segregation principle was extended to parks, cemeteries, theatres, and restaurants in an effort to prevent any contact between blacks and whites. It was on local and state levels and came to be with the “separate but equal” decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson
African Americans gained more racial pride, freedom, and job oppertunities during the decade.
Originally called the New Negro Movement, the Harlem Renaissance was a literary and intellectual blossoming that grew a new black cultural identity in the 1920s.
The Back-to-Africa movement, also known as the Colonization movement or Black Zionism, originated in the United States in the 19th century and was created by Marcus Garvey. It encouraged those of African descent to return to the African homelands of their ancestors.
It didn't work out well due to the fact that very few people wanted to go back to Africa.
During the 1920's more then 6 million African Americans moved to big cities in the north in the hope of finding new jobs and escaping rough segregation laws.
The big move led to hightened tensions and riots.
Calvin Coolidge was president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Coolidge was known for his quiet demeanor, which earned him the nickname "Silent Cal."
He cut spending, gave bonuses to veterans, and helped farmers as crop prices fell.
There was little government regulation of business in the 1920s. This meant that government was not involved in businesses and they had no control over them.
US domestic policy in the 1920s was focused on returning to normalcy in the aftermath of WWI. To achieve this goal, laws like prohibition and limiting immigration were implemented.
It also includes:
Reduced income tax
increased tariff
Bureau of the Budget
and pardon of Eugene Debs
Prohibition made the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States illegal from 1920 to 1933 under the Eighteenth Amendment. Despite this legislation, millions of Americans drank liquor illegally, giving rise to bootlegging, speakeasies, and a period of gangsterism.
Women began to gain more equality in the 1920s-getting jobs, higher education, more independence- but were still seen as subservient to men.
Margaret Sanger was an early feminist and women's rights activist who coined the term "birth control" and worked towards its legalization. Sanger founded the Birth Control League, the parent organization of the Birth Control Federation of America, later renamed the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
During World War I, the number of women in industry increased greatly and the range of occupations open to them had grown, even though they remained mostly stayed in occupations such as domestic and personal service, clerical occupation, and factory work. In 1920, women were about 20% of all people in the labor force.
They still earned less than men with the same job.
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote and was ratified on August 18, 1920.
On November 2, 1920, women were legally permitted to vote in the presidential election for the first time.
The roles of American Women in the 1920s varied considerably between the 'New Woman', the Traditionalists and the older generation. The 'New Woman', including the young Flappers, embraced new fashions, personal freedom and new ideas that challenged the traditional role of women. The Traditionalists feared that the ' New Morality' of the era was threatening family values and the conventional role of women in the home.
The American foreign policy of Isolationism in the 1920's was a diplomatic doctrine that aimed at self-advancement to make the United States economically self-reliant and hold peace with other nations.
The Jazz Age started in 1920's ending the great depression. Jazz music and dancing became popular. The Jazz age played a significant part in wilder cultural changes during the period. This occurred in the United States, but also in Britain and France and elsewhere. The birth of jazz music is generally credited to african americans.