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Thousands of African Americans relocate to large cities.
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A cultural uprising in which the African American people strived to establish their place in society.
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A cultural divide between city people, small town residents, protestants, catholics, blacks, and whites.
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Black poets, playwrights, and novelists emerge. Black literature becomes more prevalent.
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African American art and intellect movement.
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Speakeasies illegally sold alcohol. They were run by bootleggers, hacketlers, and mobs.
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Modernists took a view at changing times and believed that they could fit in Darwin’s evolution theory without any conflict of their faith.
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Protestant preachers condemned modernists and taught that every word in the Bible must be taught. Fundamentalists blamed modernist liberal views as the reason for decline in morals.
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During the 1920’s, it became common for houses to have indoor plumbing and central heating.
