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The Roaring Twenties were marked by economic prosperity, urbanization, modern technology, and mass production. Roaring Twenties' antitraditionalism challenged conventions in social behavior, morality, and the arts. The 1919 Red Scare was a xenophobic period marked by fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and radicals. During the 1919 Red Scare, suspicion was strong that a Bolshevik revolt was being planned on native soil. The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial of 1921 was infamous for its violation of civil liberties. Sacco and Vanzetti, Italian immigrant anarchists, were believed to have been tried for political rather than criminal reasons. Pioneers in the cause for Women's Suffrage, American women were active beginning in 1826. Early years of the Women's Suffrage campaign had only a handful of vocal advocates. As a group, white women were ambivalent about the franchise. 1920s' Prohibition restricted the production, sale, transportation, importation, and exportation of alcoholic beverages. 1920s' Prohibition was a reform measure of the Progressive social causes' movement. 1920s' Jazz was primarily New Orleans (Dixieland) style. The greatest representation of 1920s' Jazz sound was "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. Louis Armstrong was the first important soloist to emerge in the history of jazz. The Charleston Dance is best accompanied by Ragtime or Dixieland Jazz, written in 4/4 time with syncopated rhythms. Charleston Dance has a breakneck pace and rapidly shifting rhythms which make it challenging. 1920s' Flappers found Victorian/Edwardian standards of propriety and morality hypocritical. Flappers' conduct and clothing was nonconformist; women presented themselves as sexual beings for the first time. Colorful Jack Dempsey was dubbed the "Manassa Mauler" by writer Damon Runyon. 50 of Jack Dempsey's 60 wins were by KO (knockout). Former hobo and saloon fighter, Dempsey's ascent from poverty was phenomenal. Babe Ruth was the most famous player in baseball history and the only one who mastered both hitting and pitching. Babe Ruth’s rise from humble beginnings, along with his warmth, exuberance, and generosity, endeared him to baseball lovers. The Harlem Renaissance, while primarily literary, involved art, music, dance, and theater. Blacks of the Harlem Renaissance used intellectual and artistic talents to challenge racial stereotypes and help promote integration. The movement encompassing Surrealist Art was founded in Paris in 1924 by poet André Breton. Surrealist Art is often regarded as a mere by-product of the process utilized for a much more important journey---social revolution. Art Deco Design, which originated in France in 1925, was an antitraditional, modern style. The Machine Age was celebrated in Art Deco Design in its simplicity, symmetry, planarity, and elemental repetition. F. Scott Fitzgerald dubbed the Roaring Twenties the "Jazz Age." Even though F. Scott Fitzgerald was impressed with the courage, ebullience, and extravagance of the age, he was always bothered by the immorality that accompanied it. Zelda Fitzgerald was the wife and muse of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The artistic Scott and the audacious Zelda Fitzgerald posessed the fame quotient of 1920s' movie stars. Zelda penned an autobiographical novel, Save Me the Waltz. The Scopes' Monkey Trial debated public school teaching of evolutionary theory. Scopes' Monkey Trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, were considered the best legal minds and greatest orators of their time.
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