Question

Along what lines did Americans find themselves divided in the 1920s? How were those conflicts expressed in politics? In culture and intellectual life?

Answer 1

This division of the American population happened because of the Prohibition

Instead of ending addiction, poverty and corruption, as its supporters wanted, the Prohibition that was in force in the 1920s in the country led to an increase in drunkenness and crime rates. The consumption of alcohol purchased on the black market, which is stronger and of lower quality, has led to thousands of deaths and problems such as blindness or paralysis.

In general the Americans met on opposite sides, both politically and socially at that time because of the law, which lasted for a time until after many protests the law ended.

Answer 2

Profound social lines

Step-by-step explanation:

The Roaring Twenties witnessed a social and cultural clash. There were many people who defied Prohibition (a political decision that divided the country) , indulged in new styles of dancing/dressing and rejected traditional moral standards. All over the globe the liberal-bourgeois society was under pressure - not very surprising after the First World War - but the social divisions in the U.S.A were painstakingly clear. Inmigration, race, alcohol, evolution, gender politics and sexual morality all became cultural battlefields where you had to choose sides.

On one side was the cosmopolitan, modernist and urban culture; on the other side the more provincial, traditional and rural culture.