Warm-up: pages 450-451

• 1. What spurred the nationwide popularity of jazz?• 2. What famous discovery of this era changed the

way we look at the ancient past?• 3. What achievement combined bravery and

technology to enthrall the world?Map:• 4. Where were more people per square mile

concentrated, in the eastern or western part of the U.S.?• 5. Between 1900-1920, there were changes

regarding the places people chose to live. Looking at the map, find one such change that took place.

What was so roaring about the 1920s?

Society in the 1920s

Lesson Concepts: 1) Describe the changing character of American society and culture

during the 1920s.2) Summarize how roles of class, ethnic, gender and age groups

have changed in 1920’s society, including the causes and effects.

Women• Flapper

• Independence• Economic• Intellectual• Break from old, traditional values

• Convenience• Hair/shorter/carefree• Fashion/shorter skirts/pants

• Public Image• Smoking, drinking, profanity

Changing Demographics• Economic stresses on farmers caused drop in

rural populations• 6 million people moved from rural areas to

urban areas during 1920s decade•Many African Americans moved North because

of Jim Crow laws in South and job opportunities in North• Still encountered hatred and racism• Found themselves living in urban segregated

neighborhoods

Changing Demographics

St. Louis April 2011

Changing Demographics• 1920 immigration restrictions left

employers looking for workers•Mexicans and Canadians filled the low-

paying jobs•Mexicans filled jobs in West, esp. Los

Angeles barrios•Migrations also caused suburbs to grow•Changes in transportation also helped

(autos & busses)

Los Angeles April 2011

Activity:

•Mexican immigration primary documents & questions