CITY
Cinema
- new way of entertainment for young people
- new jobs for men and women
- Jazz music becoming very popular for African Americans and White people
- Dancing to the fast paced music caused controversy
- women could own cars and drive them
- auto-mobiles became largely important to many people living in large cities
- women wore less clothing (shorter dresses)
- smoked in public places
- drank with men in public
- started wearing a lot of make-up
- most things stayed the same for country life
- people were disgraced by the behavior of women living in cities
- thought people were losing self-respect and religion
- thought America was going down the drain
- city became more populated than country which was never seen in America
YOUNG
- living life with less care (especially about what elders thought)
- having more fun than before
- being entertained by new luxuries
- reckless and wild
- listening to the "scandalous" jazz music
- sex becoming bigger and less quiet subject for youth
- outraged and purely disgusted by the way young people were acting
- disliked the images new Hollywood movies were creating
- believed America was becoming something not good
- believed the youth were heading into something terrible
- differed greatly from the country to the city
- in the city women behavior was less looked upon
- in the city it was easier for women to find jobs
- in rural USA women did not have jobs and were expected to be housewives and follow regular chores
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