American Studies 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Socialist Mode Of Production, Immorality, American Birth Control League
9 Feb 2016
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Charles ruthenberg and the may day riots of 1919: according to f. scott fitzgerald, the jazz age began in 1919 with the may. Manifesto and learning about marxist socialism: the people in power, the robber barons in particular, were concerned for their personal wealth and power. The african americans took the brunt of the backlash of this new interest in socialism: when white servicemen came home from the first world war, there were. African americans working their jobs, which led to a notion of resentment and growing tension. Many people were waving socialist flags during a parade, and veterans watching the parade were outraged and initiated a riot: f. Scott fitzgerald characterized the 1920"s as an age of miracles, art, Prohibition: ironically, this was the age of prohibition in america, while it did reduce the amount of alcohol consumed in america, it really only glamorized drinking, the mobs and mafia made.
