How did the new films literature and music of the 1920s affect American' values in the areas of religion sexuality and family life?

- A new generation of writers rose up from all ethical and regional backgrounds; they were not like the Protestant New Englanders that had dominated the American cultural life.

- The sports were kept afloat by people like home-run hero Babe Ruth and boxers Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier.

- The Ford Model T became cheap and easy to own.Cars brought a sense of adventure and excitement.

- The automobile seemed lured Americans away from home, but the radio lured them back. Millions tuned home to hear their favorites like Amos 'n' Andy and listen to the Eveready Hour.

- Thomas Edison was one of those who invented the movie, but in 1903, the real birth of the movie came with The Great Train Robbery. Hollywood, California, quickly became a hot spot for movie production, due to its favorable climate and landscape. The first movies featured nudity and female vampires. These new mediums led to the loss of old family and oral traditions.

- Young teenage Americans were the pioneers to the sexual frontiers. They started to reject traditional social morals by embracing a modern urban culture of freedom. There was a demand in sexual gratification and liberation. If the flapper was the goddess of the "era of wonderful nonsense" jazz was its sacred music.

- There was a new racial pride between the black communities and they sustained a vibrant and creative culture. It seems as if they also were going through the same cultural movement as the whites.