Were the 1920s a decade of conformity, intolerance and conservatism?

... How accurate is it to describe the 1920s as a decade of conformity, intolerance and conservatism? The 1920s of America symbolised the struggle between the rural traditionalists who echoed policies of conformity and intolerance, with the youth and immigrant class of urban areas striving for freedom and looser morals. Hence the conservative policies of the federal government and fundamentalists were bound to conflict with the progressive ideas of modernists and the rise of consumerism. The decade after WWI was characterised by many older Americans suffering a fear of their society being undermined. Their yearn to return to the perceived "nomalcy" of pre-war years embodied itself in policies of immigration restriction, prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan. WASP intolerance led to the rise of the Klan, which was anti-African American, anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic. The popularity of the "invisible empire," which grew to over 2 million members in 1925 showed the growing

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