The Roaring Twenties DBQ Following World War 1, a new era of America formed known as the “Roaring Twenties”. This period in American history is a time of great change, but with great change conflict between two parties will always arise. The Roaring Twenties came with major conflicts stemming from nativism, social issues dealing with racial and gender, and economics in transportation and industry; yet all can be categorized as the battle between values of modernization in cities and the traditional values of rural areas. Nativism was at its peak by the end of World War 1. This mostly resulted in fear of the rising Communist party, started in 1917. Many believed this Bolshevik revolution would not stop itself in Russia but spread throughout
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Labor saving devices such as vacuum cleaners and dishwashers changed the role of women at home. Those who had the money could buy the appliances and give them more free time from cooking and cleaning. These women revolutionaries of an independent lifestyle were known as flappers. Doc G depicts a young flapper saying “Mother, when you were a girl, didn’t you find it a bore to be a virgin?”(Doc G). This political cartoon helps depict how women became more promiscuous and spent more time than ever out of the house dancing to jazz music, drinking, and other activities that were viewed as immoral to older more traditional Americans. Revolutionaries such as Margaret Sager also challenged the social norm for women in advocating birth control for all women. The Roaring Twenties not only resulted in women empowerment, it also was a time of black pride. With an increase in the number of African Americans in the north, Harlem became the cultural center of black America and sparked the Harlem Renaissance. Led by writers such as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hunston, this renaissance spread the idea of the “New Negro”. This movement promoted black pride, black owned business, and black self-sufficiency. Despite black empowerment during this time period, the African American community did not gain much momentum in equality. The resurgence of the KKK resulted in the continual racism of white Americans at the time. Pro KKK propaganda such as the film “Birth of a Nation” was popular among many and helped broaden the Klan as a patriotic organizer as seen in the large parade depicted in Doc A. The Klan gained most of its support amongst white Protestants in small cities and by 1925 had up to five million members across the country. Because of this, the KKK was a tremendous political influence. Fundamentalism was also a social movement that gained momentum during the
Labor saving devices such as vacuum cleaners and dishwashers changed the role of women at home. Those who had the money could buy the appliances and give them more free time from cooking and cleaning. These women revolutionaries of an independent lifestyle were known as flappers. Doc G depicts a young flapper saying “Mother, when you were a girl, didn’t you find it a bore to be a virgin?”(Doc G). This political cartoon helps depict how women became more promiscuous and spent more time than ever out of the house dancing to jazz music, drinking, and other activities that were viewed as immoral to older more traditional Americans. Revolutionaries such as Margaret Sager also challenged the social norm for women in advocating birth control for all women. The Roaring Twenties not only resulted in women empowerment, it also was a time of black pride. With an increase in the number of African Americans in the north, Harlem became the cultural center of black America and sparked the Harlem Renaissance. Led by writers such as Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hunston, this renaissance spread the idea of the “New Negro”. This movement promoted black pride, black owned business, and black self-sufficiency. Despite black empowerment during this time period, the African American community did not gain much momentum in equality. The resurgence of the KKK resulted in the continual racism of white Americans at the time. Pro KKK propaganda such as the film “Birth of a Nation” was popular among many and helped broaden the Klan as a patriotic organizer as seen in the large parade depicted in Doc A. The Klan gained most of its support amongst white Protestants in small cities and by 1925 had up to five million members across the country. Because of this, the KKK was a tremendous political influence. Fundamentalism was also a social movement that gained momentum during the