Urban Vs Rural America
Rural Americans perceived cities as sources of vice, religious threats, and other beatings on old-style principles. The 1920s was a time within the United States in which a vast transformation happened in the country. After the war, many advancements were maid such as mass production, machinery, transportation, etc. During this time, there were many criticizers whom disregarded the numerous blacks in the South and the Mexican Americans and Asian Americans in the West while many others actually looked to them as opponents for leading manufacturing jobs because a lot of blacks had moved North during war time to take up urban jobs working in factories and within newer facilities. They contended that rural America was built upon a consistent heritage. Rural Americans were known to be wardens of old-fashioned moral values and often claimed that cities were ran by
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immigrant urban people who were soiled by corruption and extremism. They supposed the new city focused culture was shattered by immorality and materialism because it pretty much went against everything those in rural America braced.
Rural America pushed for prohibition which was an area where the urban and rural folks clashed. The cities were seen as just too conspicuous from those in the country. Also, views on the subjects of religion and Darwin’s scientific evolution differed between urban and rural populations. Many of the urban population felt indefinitely vulnerable by the new changes and ideas that science began to offer and referred to the Bible as a defense and refutation. However, all though there was a lot of difference over all, some of the rural Americans actually regarded the big cities as relaxing places they could visit to enjoy amenities such as restaurants, movies, galleries, institutions, and other sources of entertainment. All in all, I think it’s fair to say that in the 1920s there was a great division between rural and urban America. The advancing urbanization after the war was shocking and hard to take in for many of the old-fashioned small-town
folks.
immigrant urban people who were soiled by corruption and extremism. They supposed the new city focused culture was shattered by immorality and materialism because it pretty much went against everything those in rural America braced.
Rural America pushed for prohibition which was an area where the urban and rural folks clashed. The cities were seen as just too conspicuous from those in the country. Also, views on the subjects of religion and Darwin’s scientific evolution differed between urban and rural populations. Many of the urban population felt indefinitely vulnerable by the new changes and ideas that science began to offer and referred to the Bible as a defense and refutation. However, all though there was a lot of difference over all, some of the rural Americans actually regarded the big cities as relaxing places they could visit to enjoy amenities such as restaurants, movies, galleries, institutions, and other sources of entertainment. All in all, I think it’s fair to say that in the 1920s there was a great division between rural and urban America. The advancing urbanization after the war was shocking and hard to take in for many of the old-fashioned small-town
folks.