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Roaring ‘20s

Roaring ‘20s. Prohibition Speakeasy Bootlegger Scopes “Monkey” Trial Clarence Darrow. Prohibition. Progressives won out that alcohol was wicked and should be banned Volstead Act 1919 Established Prohibition Bureau in Treasury Dept. Underfunded. 18 th Amendment

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Roaring ‘20s

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  1. Roaring ‘20s • Prohibition • Speakeasy • Bootlegger • Scopes “Monkey” Trial • Clarence Darrow

  2. Prohibition • Progressives won out that alcohol was wicked and should be banned • Volstead Act • 1919 • Established Prohibition Bureau in Treasury Dept. • Underfunded

  3. 18th Amendment Banned the sale, manufacturing, or transportation of liquor People still wanted alcohol and they got it Went to speakeasies Underground saloons Bootleggers illegally transported or sold alcohol Prohibition cont.

  4. Bootleggers • Bootleggers illegally transported or sold alcohol • Smuggled alcohol in from Canada, Cuba, or the West Indies

  5. Mafia • Organized crime grew during prohibition • Al Capone • Mob boss • Controlled the sale of alcohol in Chicago • $60 million/year business • Killed off competition

  6. Public Opinion • By the mid-1920s 19% of Americans supported prohibition • Repealed prohibition in 1933 with the 21st amendment

  7. Divided Morals • Americans were divided by moralist traditions and modern ideas • Protestant Fundamentalists believed the Bible should be interpreted literally • Rejected the idea of evolution • Fundamentalist preachers were popular • Both in person and on the radio • Billy Sunday

  8. Scopes “Monkey” Trial • Fundamentalists gained followers and began to work to ban the teaching of evolution • 1925 • Tennessee passed a law making it illegal to teach evolution • ACLU challenged the law

  9. Monkey Trial • John T. Scopes • Biology teacher in Dayton, TN • Accepted the offer of the ACLU to challenge the law • Arrested and put on trial

  10. Monkey Trial cont. • Clarence Darrow was hired as Scopes’ attorney • Most famous attorney of the day • William Jennings Bryan served as special prosecutor • Bryan was devout fundamentalist • Scopes was convicted and fined $100 • TN Supreme Court overturned conviction on a technicality • Law was overturned in 1967

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