Y Yannick Academy | The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929

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Objectives

1 Understand the contrasts of the 1920s: economic prosperity and vibrant culture, but also social tensions (Prohibition, racial inequality).2 Analyze how new technologies and credit transformed American society into a consumer culture.3 Explain the cultural and artistic impact of the Harlem Renaissance on American music and art.4 Identify the unintended consequences of Prohibition, including the rise of organized crime.5 Recognize the changing role of women in the 1920s, symbolized by flappers and the right to vote (19th Amendment).

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Analyze how new technologies and credit transformed American society into a consumer culture.

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