Enforcing loyalty The government feared that spies would try to undermine the war effort so Congress passed the Espionage Act in 1917 which made it illegal to interfere with the draft. Then it passed the Sedition Act, which made it illegal to obstruct the sale of liberty bonds or to discuss anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the American form of Government, the Constitution, or the military. War and its effects on Minorities and The war provided social mobility for African-American by allowing them to enter into jobs that normally would not be available to them. Women also enter the work place in large numbers and were performing jobs that they normally were not allowed to do or thought that women could not do. At the end of the war African-Americans and women lost their jobs so that the returning soldiers would have their jobs back The 1920s The Changing Roles of Women During the women begin to enter the work place. The war had proven that women were more qualified than many had thought. The Flapper is the common image for women of this period even though most women were not flappers. The war had caused many youth to questions the morals and values that caused War World I. Women began to wear their hair shorter and their hems higher. Shorter hair made it more manageable and higher hem lengths were made more sense in the work place. Also in the 1920s women won the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The Great Migration In the 1920s there is seen a great movement of African-Americans from the south to the north. During the war left the south to go to work in the war industries and after the war many more moved to the north to cities like Detroit and Chicago. They were moving in search of better jobs and to escape the Jim Crow laws of the south. Once they arrived in the north they found that segregation was also in the north. There were certain jobs not available to them and there were certain areas where they could not go. But the north provided a better life from many than the south. Looking for American Heroes Also in the 1920s American began to look for the American hero that exemplified the values and morals of America. People like Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and sport heroes like Babe Ruth gained popularity. They seemed bigger than life and the American public loved them. Mass Media and the Jazz Age
Enforcing loyalty The government feared that spies would try to undermine the war effort so Congress passed the Espionage Act in 1917 which made it illegal to interfere with the draft. Then it passed the Sedition Act, which made it illegal to obstruct the sale of liberty bonds or to discuss anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the American form of Government, the Constitution, or the military. War and its effects on Minorities and The war provided social mobility for African-American by allowing them to enter into jobs that normally would not be available to them. Women also enter the work place in large numbers and were performing jobs that they normally were not allowed to do or thought that women could not do. At the end of the war African-Americans and women lost their jobs so that the returning soldiers would have their jobs back The 1920s The Changing Roles of Women During the women begin to enter the work place. The war had proven that women were more qualified than many had thought. The Flapper is the common image for women of this period even though most women were not flappers. The war had caused many youth to questions the morals and values that caused War World I. Women began to wear their hair shorter and their hems higher. Shorter hair made it more manageable and higher hem lengths were made more sense in the work place. Also in the 1920s women won the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The Great Migration In the 1920s there is seen a great movement of African-Americans from the south to the north. During the war left the south to go to work in the war industries and after the war many more moved to the north to cities like Detroit and Chicago. They were moving in search of better jobs and to escape the Jim Crow laws of the south. Once they arrived in the north they found that segregation was also in the north. There were certain jobs not available to them and there were certain areas where they could not go. But the north provided a better life from many than the south. Looking for American Heroes Also in the 1920s American began to look for the American hero that exemplified the values and morals of America. People like Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and sport heroes like Babe Ruth gained popularity. They seemed bigger than life and the American public loved them. Mass Media and the Jazz Age