Chapter 23: The Age of Jazz and Mass Culture
1921-1927

     I. Aftermath of the War
          A. Nation Becomes More Urban
          B. Immigration Restricted
          C. Prohibition Enforced

     II. President Harding
          A. Return to Protective Tariff
          B. Foreign Affairs
          C. Scandals

     III. The Roaring 20s
          A. Economic Prosperity
               1. cars *drive* the economy
               2. advertising
               3. prosperity eludes some
          B. Art and Literature Flourish
               1. Harlem Renaissance
               2. jazz
          C. Fundamentalism and Traditional Values
               1. KKK
               2. Bbias against foreigners (Sacco and Vanzetti)
               3. Fundamentalist Movement (Scopes Monkey Trial)
          D. Changing Role of Women
               1. in politics
               2. in the workplace
               3. Flappers

     III. President Coolidge
          A. McNary-Haugen Plan
          B. 1927
               1. Lindbergh
               2. Babe Ruth
               3. Model A

Key Terms

     National Origins Act
     bootleggers
     speakeasies
     Al Capone
     Fordney-McCumber Tariff
     General Motors
     Teapot Dome
     Harlem Renaissance
     Louis Armstrong
     Duke Ellington
     Ernest Hemingway
     F. Scott Fitzgerald
     Sacco and Vanzetti
     Fundamentalism
     Scopes Trial
     Red Grange
     Jack Dempsey
     Babe Ruth
     ERA
     flappers
     Margaret Sanger
     Kellogg-Briand Pact

Essay/Study Questions

     1. What effect did Prohibition have on the United States?  Do you think it was successful or not?

     2. Evaluate the successes of women in the 1920s in terms of lifestyle, employment and civil rights.

     3. What were some of the successes and failures of the Harding Administration?

     4. Describe the Harlem Renaissance, showing where it occurred and why, and who was important to its development.

     5. Discuss some of the technological developments that shaped society and the economy in the postwar period.