History 17B Lecture 8

The Roaring Twenties

I.  Introduction:  The New Era

II.  The Roaring Twenties

A.  Politics
B.   Prosperity
C.  Consumerism and Advertising

III.  Revolution in Manners and Morals

A.  The "New Woman"
B.  Youth Culture
C.  Prohibition and crime

IV.  Defenders of the Faith

A.  Fundamentalism and the "Monkey Trial"
B.  The Red Scare
        1.  Mob Violence
        2.  Palmer Raids
        3.  Backlash
C.  Nativism
        1.  Definition
        2.  Reasons for Exclusion
        3.  Psychic Crisis
        4.  Nativist Successes
D.  Ku Klux Klan

V.  Conclusion