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The Great Migration
Thousands of African Americans relocate to large cities. -
Harlem Renaissance
A cultural uprising in which the African American people strived to establish their place in society. -
Cultural Civil War
A cultural divide between city people, small town residents, protestants, catholics, blacks, and whites. -
Harlem Renaissance
Black poets, playwrights, and novelists emerge. Black literature becomes more prevalent. -
Harlem Renaissance
African American art and intellect movement. -
Prohibition opens Speakeasies
Speakeasies illegally sold alcohol. They were run by bootleggers, hacketlers, and mobs. -
Modernism
Modernists took a view at changing times and believed that they could fit in Darwin’s evolution theory without any conflict of their faith. -
Fundamentalism
Protestant preachers condemned modernists and taught that every word in the Bible must be taught. Fundamentalists blamed modernist liberal views as the reason for decline in morals. -
Standards of Living
During the 1920’s, it became common for houses to have indoor plumbing and central heating.
