Module 5: Roaring 20s and Great Migration

What cultural shift occurred after WW1?

Americans are done with the progressive era, they turn to business, exploiting natural resources, growth of cars and technology, getting rich and enjoying themselves.

What is consumerism?

people that people buy thats not a necessity

• special food that isn’t necessary

What were the characteristics of the US population in the 1920s?

• young

• mostly white

• immigrant associated

• more urban societies, less rural

• south most rural

What was consumer culture like?

• explosion of new consumer goods

• converting frugal shoppers to enthusiastic shoppers

• businesses developed buy now pay later (installment plans)

• advertisement

• women-targeted advertisement

• electricity boom

What was the impact of advertising?

• Changes what Americans saw and how it affected their lives

  • magazines

  • radios

  • newspapers

Describe the impact of automobiles from getting one place to another.

Dramatic increase in consumerism on cars, families going on vacation to national parks, leading to hotels, diners, motels, gas stations, more roads, more infrastructure.

With the boom of automobiles, how did that shape dating life?

introducing the idea of a guy picking a girl up to go on a date, outside of their home. Getaway vehicle from parental supervision, introducing the idea of dating

Describe courtship or calling?

A middle-class practice centered around the home

Describe the relationship between advertising and women?

Establishing a beauty industry, linking makeup and hair to sexual intentions and motherhood. Establishing the idea of beauty

Describe the increased popularity of the radio.

more-so used as a form of entertainment, directed towards women working in their households. Radio becomes key to American life, family dynamics, bringing in sports to households.

What caused the Great Migration?

Black southeners moved north because they saw potential opportunity to improve their lives. Ideas that continues from WW1.

What was the experience of those in the Great Migration?

Chain migration: people following other people

sister cities: two cities that are connected to people following others

Leaderless/grassroots: people just came individually

What was the cultural movements of the Great Migration?

Due to the increase in African Americans moving North, there was an increase in lynching, Growth in the Klu Klux Klan, Racial Violence in North and South. Led to a silent riot for African American rights

What were the religious and cultural impacts of the Great Migration

• Establishing the African Orthodox Church

  • Kinda like Catholic with Black recognition

• Moorish Science Temple

  • Christianity and Islam, being black is important and special and have their own cultural identity

• Father Divine

  • This man who names himself this and that race didn’t exist

Describe the development of Music

Jazz

• “New Orleans’ Sound”

• Music from New Orleans going with the people migrating to places like New York

• “Slumming” - racial prejudice

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

Cultural development of the Great Migration, includes art, music, writing, created by black migrants in Harlem New York

Which option best describes how the automobile impacted young people in the 1920s?

It helped create a culture of dating.

Which option best describes consumerism in the 1920s?

It grew with the availability of new consumer goods.

During the Great Migration new religious movement developed, such as the Moorish Science Temple and the followers of Father Divine. Which of the following best describes the larger question that the movements were wrestling with?

They wrestled with what it meant to be black in a new place.

Which hypothetical scenario most accurately fits with the Great Migration?

A woman from New Orleans moves to New York City for a domestic service job.

The Great Migration involved black southerners moving north. Which one of the following is an example of a characteristic of the experience of the Great Migration?

The Great Migration was a grassroots and leaderless movement.

Which of the following best describes the origins of the Great Migration.

The Great Migration began with jobs created by World War 1.