United States in the 1920s

1. Cultural civil war

1.1. the Harlem Renaissance led to a great migration of African Americans to the North

1.1.1. the Ku Klux Klan was created to put fear into the African Americans

2. Women

2.1. 19th amendment giving women the right to vote

2.1.1. women began to work jobs that men would usually do and they would dress differently and drink in public

3. Prohibition

3.1. led to organized crime throughout the United States. EX: Al Capone

3.1.1. middle class Americans saw this as an opportunity to get rid of immigrants