9.1: The 1920's

widespread fear of communism and socialism after WWI

Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, increase of strikes by labor unions in the US, bombings on public buildings/officials by anarchists

anti-immigrant, anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, anti-Black, pro-Prohibition; believed that America should keep its traditional culture intact

fear of communism and immigrants led to its passage; established the Quota System, which put limits on the number of immigrants coming into U.S.

Prohibition of Alcohol

increase in organized crime, bootlegging, and speakeasies; decrease in tax revenue for the federal government

Gave women the right to vote

to reward women for their contributions in WWI

young women characterized by short hair, shorter hemlines, smoked, drank alcohol

growth of the suburbs, need for roads/highways, increase in travel/vacations, need for new businesses (ex. gas stations, motels, roadside restaurants)

helped create a national American identity as the entire country listened to and watched the same broadcasts and shows

a period in the 1920's when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

the Great Migration, political awareness brought about by the NAACP, a desire to explore African-American identities/culture

first true jazz superstar, developed the jazz forms of swing and scat

part of the Harlem Renaissance - wrote poems and novels about black pride