How might the 1920s conflict between traditional and

more modern values affect decades to come?

Modernists were people who embraced new ideas, styles, and social trends. For them, traditional values were chains that restricted both individual freedom and the pursuit of happiness. As these groups clashed in the 1920s, American society became deeply divided.

The 1920s was a decade of deep cultural conflict ... Immigration, race, alcohol, evolution, gender politics, and sexual morality all became major cultural battlefields during the 1920s. Wets battled drys, religious modernists battled religious fundamentalists, and urban ethnics battled the Ku Klux Klan.