The 1920s was a decade named by F. Scott Fitzgerald's term of the "Jazz Age." This era consisted of the quest for personal gratification over the quest for public welfare. This modernist impulse clashed with the traditionalist desire for "normalcy" of the past, the term associated to Harding, and caused cultural, social, and religious tensions for the public of the United States.

The new views of the American public were quite contrasting to the thoughts of the past. Some cultural views brought the appreciation and funding of art. This newfound admiration of culture brought about the Harlem Renaissance that celebrated poets such as Langston Hughes who wrote about "Negro life in America" and how they are "beautiful." This uprising was also the emergence of the `new negro' and his black literature, along with music like Jazz. The art that came out of the period displayed modern things such...