U.S.

History

Chapter 13 Notes Outlines

Mr. Mooney

THE ROARING LIFE OF THE TWENTIES

Changing Ways of Life p. 434-439

Due:____________________

Objectives:
o Explain how urbanization created a new way of life that often clashed with the values of traditional rural society
o Describe the controversy over the role of science and religion in American education and society in the 1920s
Rural and Urban Difference
The New Urban Scene
The Prohibition Experiment
Speakeasies and Bootleggers
Organized Crime
Science and Religion Clash
American Fundamentalism
The Scopes Trial

The Twenties Woman p. 440-443

Due:____________________

Objectives:
o Explain how the image of the flapper embodied the changing values and attitudes of young women in the
1920s
o Identify the causes and results of the changing roles of women in the 1920s
Young Women Change the Rules
The Flapper
The Double Standard
Women Shed Old Roles at Home and at Work
New Work Opportunities
The Changing Family

Education and Popular Culture p. 446-451

Due:____________________

Objectives:
o Describe the popular culture of the 1920s
o Explain why the youth-dominated decade came to be called the Roaring Twenties
Schools and the Mass Media Shape Culture
School Enrollments
Expanding New Coverage
Radio Come of Age
America Chases New Heroes and Old Dreams
Lindberghs Flight
Entertainment and the Arts
Writers of the 1920s

The Harlem Renaissance p. 452-457

Due:____________________

Objectives:
o Identify the causes and results of the migration of African Americans to Northern cities in the early 1920s
o Describe the prolific African-American artistic activity that become known as the Harlem Renaissance
African-American Voices in the 1920s
The Move North
African-American Goals
Marcus Garvey and the UNIA
The Harlem Renaissance Flowers in New York
African American Writers
African American Performers
African Americans and Jazz