You,+Me,+and+Louis

New Perspectives: How the US Changed in the 1920s**
 * You, Me, and Louis

Main Idea Incredible People: Louis Armstrong, Amelia Earhart, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, W.E.B Dubois…these are all great people who made important contributions to a changing society in the 1920s. Changing Times: While America faced many new exciting changes there was also a dark side to change in America. The contributions of these incredible people were made during times when hate crimes were getting worse, poor people got poorer, rich got richer, alcohol was banned, factory jobs were spreading, people could escape terrible conditions in the South, youth could be freer to express themselves and technology made many people’s lives easier. New Perspectives: There were influential leaders, athletes, artists, inventors and writers who emerged in the 1920s. These people expressed new perspectives about women, African Americans, technology and the youth of the time period.