Culturally, the 1920’s was a decade of great contrasts.

Modernism

“Modern” sensibility

Materialism

Scientific View

Urban / Cosmopolitan

Traditionalism

“Traditional values”

Idealism

Religious View of the World

Rural / Provincial

Modernity

1) Urbanity

2) Mass Culture

3) Sexual Revolution

4) Scientific Revolutions

Traditionalism

1) Nativism

2) Rise of the Klan

3) Prohibition

4) Fundamentalism

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FundamentalismVersus

Evolutionism