Transcript Standard of Living

Lives of the People
-once isolated rural communities
tightly controlled values
high standards of religious
morality
-migration of more people to
urban areas changed moral
values
less control over the whole
community
-fast paced city life often
intimidated or changed people
– young people start rebelling
more
Standard of Living
-”business of America is
business”
-effects of the automobile
freedom to travel
urban sprawl – neighborhoods,
form, “cookie cutter” homes
-airlines develop
--electricity lights the whole
nation
alternating current (Tesla)
Electricity replaces steam as
major form of energy
-growth of the radio industry
Standard of Living
-”business of America is
business”
-effects of the automobile
freedom to travel
urban sprawl
-airlines develop
-electricity lights the whole
nation
alternating current (Tesla)
-growth of the radio industry
Prosperity
-growth of advertising industry
-productivity increases
-buying on the installment plan
increases consumption
-Ford and Prosperity
-assembly line production
-workers as consumers
-$5 day plan
New Role of Women
-Victorian Age view of women
-flapper was a young women of
modern times
hair styles, dress, attitudes,
behavior
-double standard of behavior
-clash of conservative values
-Opportunities increase
-families change
Margaret Sanger and birth
control – family size decreases,
divorce increases
New Role of Women
-Victorian Age view of women
-flapper was a young women of
modern times
hair styles, dress, attitudes,
behavior
-double standard of behavior
-clash of conservative values
-Opportunities increase
-families change
Margaret Sanger and birth
control
Prohibition
-banned alcohol (Volstead Act,
aka the 18th Amendment)
-many people resented the new
law that regulated behavior
-gov’t never tried to really
enforce the law – drinking
alcohol increased; crime went
up almost 300%
-speakeasies
drinking clubs
-bootleggers
-growth of organized crime
Al Capone
Prohibition
-banned alcohol
-many people resented the new
law that regulated behavior
-gov’t never tried to really
enforce the law
-speakeasies
drinking clubs
-bootleggers
-growth of organized crime
Al Capone
Science and Religion
-Fundamentalism
religious movement focusing on
the truth of the Bible
-Billy Sunday - evangelist
-Aimee Semple McPherson
“Sister Aimee”
-Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
-Scopes Trial
John Scopes arrested for
teaching evolution
Purpose was to enforce the
concept of separation of Church
and State
Clarence Darrow - Defense
William J. Bryan - prosecutor
Science and Religion
-Fundamentalism
religious movement focusing on
the truth of the Bible
-Billy Sunday
-Aimee Semple McPherson
-Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
-Scopes Trial
John Scopes arrested for
teaching evolution
Clarence Darrow
William J. Bryan
Science and Religion
-Fundamentalism
religious movement focusing on
the truth of the Bible
-Billy Sunday
-Aimee Semple McPherson
-Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
-Scopes Trial
John Scopes arrested for
teaching evolution
Clarence Darrow
William J. Bryan