FOCUS

•During the 1920s, American culture flourished. Big changes took place, such as the Harlem Renaissance, the flappers, and the Scopes Trial.

DO NOW

1.Give some examples of nativism in the United States during the 1920s.

2. Why do you think there was a rise in nativism during this time?

CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE 1920S

• Changing Role of Women• 19th Amendment

(1920)– Women’s Suffrage • Gaining more

independence• Flappers

independent women of the 20s

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

• Cultural movement in the 1920s • African-

American culture• Jazz• Poetry• Literature

• Important Figures• Langston Hughes

(poet)• Duke Ellington

(musician)

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

• Inspired by the Great Migration during and after World War I• 100,000’s of

African-Americans left the south for the north • More jobs and

less oppression

• More independence led to a flourishing of culture

SCOPES TRIAL

• 1925, Tennessee• John Scopes is

arrested for teaching evolution in school

• Illegal to teach evolution• Only creationism

(the Bible)

SCOPES TRIAL

• Scopes was found guilty

• Conflict between science (newer generation) vs. fundamentalism/Bible (older generaton)