The Roaring The Roaring TwentiesTwenties

What four types of mass What four types of mass media and media and

communications communications challenged traditional challenged traditional

values during the values during the 1920s?1920s?

• 1) Radio1) Radio

• 2) Movies2) Movies

• 3) Newspapers3) Newspapers

• 4) Magazines4) Magazines

What two effects did mass What two effects did mass media and communications media and communications have on American society have on American society

during the twenties?during the twenties?

• Created popular cultureCreated popular culture

• Challenged traditional Challenged traditional valuesvalues

What new type of What new type of American music did American music did radio make popular radio make popular during the 1920s?during the 1920s?

• JazzJazz

Define Fireside Chats?Define Fireside Chats?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio talks to the American radio talks to the American people during the Great people during the Great Depression and World War Depression and World War II?II?

How did movies help the How did movies help the American people during American people during

the thirties?the thirties?

• Provided escape from Provided escape from Depression-era Depression-era realitiesrealities

How did newspapers and How did newspapers and magazines affect American magazines affect American

society during the society during the twenties?twenties?

• Shaped cultural normsShaped cultural norms

• Sparked fadsSparked fads

What scientific theory What scientific theory challenged traditional challenged traditional

religion?religion?

• Darwin’s Theory of Darwin’s Theory of EvolutionEvolution

How did Darwin’s How did Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Theory of Evolution

contradict (go against) contradict (go against) traditional Christian traditional Christian

beliefs?beliefs?

• Conflicted with the Conflicted with the Bible’s account of the Bible’s account of the creation and the story creation and the story of Adam and Eve in the of Adam and Eve in the Garden of EdenGarden of Eden

What trial, covered by What trial, covered by the media during the the media during the

1920s, made traditional 1920s, made traditional religious values look religious values look

old-fashioned and silly?old-fashioned and silly?

• The Scopes TrialThe Scopes Trial

What two developments in What two developments in the twenties challenged the the twenties challenged the traditional role of women?traditional role of women?

• FlappersFlappers

• 1919thth Amendment Amendment

What resulted from the What resulted from the challenge of open challenge of open

immigration to traditional immigration to traditional American values?American values?

• Rise of a new Ku Klux Rise of a new Ku Klux Klan (KKK)Klan (KKK)

What resulted from the What resulted from the challenge of Prohibition to challenge of Prohibition to

traditional American traditional American values?values?

• Smuggling alcoholSmuggling alcohol

• SpeakeasiesSpeakeasies

What were What were speakeasies?speakeasies?

• Illegal bars during Illegal bars during ProhibitionProhibition

Why was radio Why was radio advertising important advertising important

during the 1920s?during the 1920s?

• Created national Created national markets for consumer markets for consumer goodsgoods

What became a major new What became a major new form of entertainment form of entertainment

during the 1920s?during the 1920s?

• Silent FilmsSilent Films

What was the first What was the first talking picture?talking picture?

• The Jazz Singer (1927)The Jazz Singer (1927)

Name four movie stars in Name four movie stars in the 1920s.the 1920s.

• 1) Rudolph Valentino1) Rudolph Valentino

• 2) Mary Pickford2) Mary Pickford

• 3) Clara Bow3) Clara Bow

• 4) Charlie Chaplin4) Charlie Chaplin

What were two fads in What were two fads in the twenties?the twenties?

• Crossword puzzlesCrossword puzzles

• Chinese game of Mah Chinese game of Mah JongJong

Who was John Scopes?Who was John Scopes?

• A high school biology A high school biology teacher in Tennessee who teacher in Tennessee who taught Darwin’s theory of taught Darwin’s theory of evolutionevolution

What was the result of the What was the result of the Scopes trial?Scopes trial?

• Scopes was found guilty of Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee law.violating Tennessee law.

• Darwin’s Theory appeared to Darwin’s Theory appeared to represent modern America represent modern America and the future.and the future.

• Tennessee law and the Tennessee law and the BibleBible’s account of creation ’s account of creation appeared backwardappeared backward.

What did the 19What did the 19thth Amendment do?Amendment do?

• Gave women the right Gave women the right to voteto vote

What had been the What had been the traditional role of women in traditional role of women in

1919thth century Victorian century Victorian America?America?

• Wives and mothersWives and mothers

For what did the flappers For what did the flappers become a symbol?become a symbol?

• For young, middle class For young, middle class women of the twenties who women of the twenties who were rebelling against the were rebelling against the traditional role of womentraditional role of women

Describe the flapper.Describe the flapper.

• Bobbed hairBobbed hair

• MakeupMakeup

• Short skirtsShort skirts

• Smoked cigarettesSmoked cigarettes

• Drank alcoholDrank alcohol

What did the 18What did the 18thth Amendment do?Amendment do?

• Prohibited the Prohibited the manufacture and sale of manufacture and sale of alcoholic beveragesalcoholic beverages

What were three What were three unintended consequences unintended consequences

of Prohibition?of Prohibition?

• Gangsters smuggled liquor Gangsters smuggled liquor into the United Statesinto the United States

• SpeakeasiesSpeakeasies

• Attacked traditional valuesAttacked traditional values

What were speakeasies?What were speakeasies?

• Illegal bars during Illegal bars during ProhibitionProhibition

What feeling developed What feeling developed among native-born among native-born

Americans during the Americans during the 1920s?1920s?

• Anti-immigrant feelingAnti-immigrant feeling

What organization grew What organization grew rapidly after World War I rapidly after World War I

because of anti-immigrant because of anti-immigrant feeling?feeling?

• Ku Klux KlanKu Klux Klan

During the twenties, where During the twenties, where was the KKK popular?was the KKK popular?

• In different parts of the In different parts of the entire nation, instead of entire nation, instead of just in the Southjust in the South

What groups did the KKK hate What groups did the KKK hate during the twenties?during the twenties?

• Roman CatholicsRoman Catholics

• JewsJews

• African-AmericansAfrican-Americans

In the twenties who did the In the twenties who did the Klan blame for many of Klan blame for many of America’s problems?America’s problems?

• Roman Catholic Roman Catholic immigrantsimmigrants

• Jewish immigrantsJewish immigrants

How did Congress give in How did Congress give in to anti-immigrant feeling to anti-immigrant feeling

during the twenties?during the twenties?

• Limited immigration, Limited immigration, especially from southern especially from southern and eastern Europeand eastern Europe

What did the Immigration What did the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921 do?Restriction Act of 1921 do?

• Placed quotas on Placed quotas on immigration from most immigration from most countriescountries

What are quotas?What are quotas?

• Numerical limitsNumerical limits