The Roaring Twenties

Technology and inventions

• Radios
• Vacuums 
• Washing machines 
• Automobiles 
• Water and Sanitation Systems 

Prohibition

• Time when selling, making and drinking intoxicated liquids was illegal
• This is where bootleggers and racketeers came into play
• Prohibition was intended to bring back safer times for citizens
• Drinking and the number of crimes increased 
• Blue Laws- restricted certain things on Sundays 

Southern Literary Renaissance

• Artists wrote about African Americans 
• Julia Peterkin & DuBose Heyward 
• Called for better jobs and opportunities 
• Resulted in violence and discrimination 

Harlem Renaissance

• Increased black pride by migrating because of racial tensions 
• Culture 
• Artistic expressions 
• Jazz music became very popular 
• Leader: Langston Hughes 

Flapper

• Young female with short bobbed hair 
• Wore unusual clothing 
• Did things and said things that were not lady-like 
• "New Women" 

19th Amendment

• Gave women the right to vote 
• Beginning of giving equal rights to women 

entertainment

• Radios, jazz music, and dance
• Youth preferred to listen to the jazz bands that played
• In addition to music, they LOVED to dance
• The movie theaters were popular 
• The Big Apple was a popular S.C. night club

Tourism

• Hotels were built and opened 
• The coast became more popular 
• National Historic Movement began  

K.K.K

• Discriminated against blacks, immigrants, Roman Catholics
• Burned schools, houses, churches, and crosses 
• Weakened but then brought back during the Civil Rights Era 
• Still continues today to demonstrate white supremacy
• Wanted to return to the Antebellum period

The 1920's was different because...

• During war time people were rational
• They were worried about war effects
• The 1920's was a time which was enjoyed
• New technology was invented or brought up
• Generations had changed