How Did The Dramatic Change In The 1920's

During the 1920’s there was a dramatic change in social and political views. The 1920’s was a period known as the “Roaring Twenties” because of rapidly changing lifestyles, financial excess, and the rapid growth of technology. Movies and radio seemed to have a major impact and influenced how people dressed, thought and behaved. However, this change did not go well with some Americans. Many Americans were not happy with the new “secular and commercial culture” and feared “ethnic and racial diversity of American cities”. (Foner781)
Italian immigrants and anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were accused of robbing a factory in Massachusetts and murdering the security guard. Very little evidence indicated that it was these men who committed the crime. Authorities never found the money nor did the fingerprints match the

Many women cut their hair in a bob, wore short skirts, drank and smoked and said to do things that a traditional woman wouldn’t do. A number of women started using birth control, which allowed them to have sexual freedom and lowered the amount of unwanted pregnancies. Woman became a “marketing device” to sell things. Women that were married also wanted liberation but in a different way. They looked for freedom from the “confines of the home”, so they used technology, like the washing machine and the vacuum to help reduce their labor. (Foner788)
The Fundamentalism movement was started by evangelical Protestants who felt threatened by the drop of traditional values. The fundamentalist wanted to bring back old morals and revive protestant values. They also supported the prohibition, which reduced the amount of people under the influence on the streets. Some people during the prohibition era made lots of money owning illegal “speakeasies” and it also created widespread corruption as police men to bribes to look the other way.