This discussest the inter-war period for the United States, which we call ther Roaring 20s. It covers important social, political, and economic topics associated with the 1920s.

2. *The
Roaring 20s

3. *
* The Great Migration of African
American increased the visibility of
African American culture in the US
* During the 1920s the KKK saw an
influx in membership
* The 20s saw a rise in consumer goods
and spending on credit
* By the end of the 1920s a radio was
in every household

4. * The most familiar symbol of the era is
the flapper: young women who wore
bobbed hair, short skirts, they drank,
smoked, and swore
* the 1920s saw the rise of the Jazz Age
and the older generation hated it
* Prohibition
was seen by young people
as a way to rebel against the older
generation

5. *
* A small portion of the American
Communist party wanted to overthrow
the government
* 1919 and 1920 anarchists delivered a
series of bombs to political officials
homes and offices
* The bombings of 1919 and 1920 lead
to mass hysteria against communist
and radicals

6. * Soon
public support warranted government officials to begin
attacking anarchists and foreigners in this country this was the “Red
Scare”
* The government in the 1920s began to deport radicals and foreigners
out of the country, in what would be known as the “Palmer Raids”

7. *
*Teapot Dome Scandal took place
during the Warren Harding
Presidency
*Harding was not corrupt but
surrounded himself with people
who were, some of his Ohio
friends
*Harding’s Attorney General would
accept bribes and sell favors

8. * Teapot Dome Scandal involved the Secretary of the Interior illegally
leasing the US Naval Reserve for 300,000 dollars worth in bribes
* The scandal was revealed after Harding's death
* The secretary of interior was sentenced to one year in prison and a
fined
* The navy recovered 12 million dollars after the cancelation of the
Teapot Dome Lease

9. *
* The movement for suffrage began in
1848 at Seneca Falls
* Almost all women’s rights
movements after Seneca Falls made
voting a top priority
* It took 70 years for the official right
to vote
* Ratified on August 18, 1920
* It gave American women the right to
vote
* This is also known as women’s
suffrage

10. *
* It is also called the “trial of the
century”
* Trial revolved around the issue of
teaching evolution in school
* Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee,
and Texas had legal regulations on
the subject
* John T. Scopes taught evolution in
the school in Tennessee and was
indicted

11. * William Jennings Bryan was set to prosecute him and Clarence
Darrow offered his service to the defense
* American Civil Liberties Union hoped to use this to test the
boundaries of free speech
* The case became a public contest of majority rule
* This case represents traditionalism vs. modernism (the cultural civil
war)

12. *
* Was a celebration of black culture and
achievement
* Harlem contained poverty but boomed
with talent
* Major leaders
were writers, actors,
poets, playwrights, musicians
* Harlem is were patrons would go to
enjoy jazz at local clubs

13. * Marcus Garvey preached black pride and urged African Americans to
return to Africa
* W.E.B Dubois preached in black pride but also being an American
* In Langston Hughes writings he would talk about racial pride & social
justice
* Even though segregation was a big part of the country, clubs in
Harlem usually contained all white audiences