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The Roaring
Twenties
Chapter 24, Section 4
Charles Lindbergh
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first person to fly alone across the Atlantic
Ocean
Bessie Smith
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well-known African American jazz singer
Langston Hughes
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accomplished African American writer who
wrote during the Harlem Renaissance
Ernest Hemingway
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famous writer whose works reflected the
mood of Americans in postwar Europe
Values and Beliefs
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Nativism
Prohibition
Scopes trial
Intolerance/prejudices
Women’s Roles
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Right to vote
College and careers
Liberated attitudes
Culture
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Expatriates
African American jazz music
African American writers and poets
Entertainment
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Radio
Movies
Sporting events
Fads
Evolution
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the role of religion in society
Two famous lawyers took opposing sides in
the trial, and more than a hundred
journalists covered it.
It continued to rise.
Coolidge and Hoover
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by announcing he would not run for
reelection
He had provided food relief for Europe after
World War I and had served Presidents
Harding and Coolidge as secretary of
commerce.
1920s Lifestyles
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More women worked outside the home
Many women adopted new “liberated”
lifestyles.
Movies and radio became popular pastimes
People enjoyed different fads.
Cultural Clashes
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Cultural clashes in the 1920s included:
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the fight over Prohibition
the clash between nativists and immigrants
conflict between the Ku Klux Klan and African
Americans
the religious controversies highlighted by the
Scopes trial.
Entertainment
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radio shows
sporting events
mah–jongg
crossword puzzles
dance marathons contests
Miss America Pageant
Harlem Renaissance
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a surge in African American culture and
pride led by African American jazz
musicians and writers
Prohibition
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Religious objections to drinking alcohol
Fear of declining morals and values
Crime and corruption in cities
Quota System
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The number of immigrants allowed from
each country was based on a percentage
of immigrants who came before them from
that country.