The 1920s, known as the Roaring Twenties, saw the rise of African American culture, reflected in the Harlem Renaissance, and a significant increase in consumerism and credit use. The era was marked by societal tensions, including the Red Scare and the Teapot Dome scandal, while Prohibition sparked youth rebellion against traditional values. Additionally, the decade culminated in women's suffrage, granting American women the right to vote, and significant cultural conflicts illustrated by the Scopes Trial over teaching evolution in schools.

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