Roaring Twenties | The Age of Jazz | 2

<p>In the 1920s, Americans moved to the city in droves, and a new, diverse generation sparked an era of dizzying social change. It was the Age of Jazz, a time when Black Americans brought a revolutionary new musical style to northern cities. Free-spirited flappers haunted urban nightclubs. And Harlem, New York became the epicenter of a renaissance in Black artistic and political expression.</p><p><br></p><p>But rapid changes in the city sparked fear and backlash in the countryside. Rural white Americans vigorously defended traditional religious values, and fundamentalist preachers drew massive audiences. Meanwhile, a resurgent Ku Klux Klan drew millions of new members by targeting not just Black Americans, but also Jews, Catholics, and recent immigrants.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In 1925, the divide between urban and rural America came to a head in a sleepy town in eastern Tennessee, where the sensational “Scopes Monkey Trial” pitted the forces of science and religion against each other.</p><p>Support us by supporting our sponsors!</p><p><strong>SimpliSafe - </strong>Get 20% off your entire system and your first month of monitoring service free when you enroll in interactive monitoring<strong> </strong><a href="http://simplisafe.com/tellers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>simplisafe.com/tellers</strong></a></p><p><strong>Sleep Number - </strong>Special offers for a limited time at <a href="http://sleepnumber.com/tellers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>sleepnumber.com/tellers</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>