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Changing Ways of Life Ch 13 Sec1 1920’s

Changing Ways of Life Ch 13 Sec1 1920’s. Ch 13 Sec1 Changing Ways. How did new urban values of the 1920’s clash with traditional rural society? What were some of the causes and effects of Prohibition? What main issue did the Scopes Trial address?

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Changing Ways of Life Ch 13 Sec1 1920’s

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  1. Changing Ways of Life Ch 13 Sec1 1920’s

  2. Ch 13 Sec1 Changing Ways • How did new urban values of the 1920’s clash with traditional rural society? • What were some of the causes and effects of Prohibition? • What main issue did the Scopes Trial address? • Why did the KKK gain members in the early 1920’s?

  3. Urban Vs Rural • The 1920 census revealed more Americans lived in cities • Rural America had not changed from the 19th century • City dwellers argued about scientific and social ideas; Drinking, Gambling and Casual Dating were accepted • Small town life was safe, sober, hard working, Christian with strict morals and codes of behavior

  4. Prohibition • Reformers had long since considered alcohol a prime cause of corruption • Anti- Saloon League • Women’s Christian Temperance Union • Drinking led to crime, wife and child abuse, accidents on the job, and other social problems • Support for prohibition came from the South and the West

  5. Prohibition Part II • During WWI grain was needed to make bread not alcohol • In Jan. 1920 The 18th Amendment was passed making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or transport alcoholic beverages • The Volstead Act established The Prohibition Bureau but it was undermanned and under funded • 1,500 agents had to patrol 18,700 miles of coastline and combat stills

  6. Speakeasies • Americans were tired of the sacrifices after WWI • Speakeasies were underground hidden saloons and nightclubs • One presented a card or a pass-word to get in • Speakeasies were in penthouses, office buildings, rooming houses, hardware stores, and tearooms • Middle-class and upper class men and women attended

  7. Organized Crime • Disrespect for the law • Bootleggers brought in illegal alcohol to the US ( Smugglers) • Al Capone’s Chicago bootlegging empire netted over $60 mil a yr • In the 1920’s there were 522 gang killings • By 1926 only 19% of Americans favored Prohibition (Wets VS Drys) Repealed in 1933, 21st Amd

  8. Fundamentalism • Protestant Christians focused on reform activities and the literal interpretation of the bible. • They were skeptical of science and believed the biblical stories to be true • The rejected Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution which stated human beings evolved from apes • They believed in Creationism which is the earth and humans were created in six days

  9. Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson

  10. The Scopes Trial • In March 1925 TN , a bible belt state passed a law making it a crime to teach evolution • The ACLU stated it would defend any teacher willing to test the law • John T. Scopes a young biology teacher accepted, taught evolution and was promptly arrested

  11. The Scopes Trail II • William Jennings Bryan three time democratic candidate for President and devout fundamentalist joined the prosecution • The ACLU hired Clarence Darrow to defend Scopes • Darrow called Bryan to the stand and got him to admit the bible could be interpreted in different ways • Still Scopes was found guilty and fined $100, the verdict was later overturned

  12. The Revival of the KKK • The Klan was reorganized in Stone Mountain, GA in 1915 • They wanted “Native White Protestant Supremacy” • It was inspired by D. W. Griffin’s racist spectacle The Birth of a Nation • Hiram Johnson took over in 1922 and mass advertised the Klan as heroes, membership in the Mid-west and the South increased

  13. KKK’s Violence • The Klan targeted some protestants, Catholics, African-Americans, Jews, and immigrants • The Klan played on feelings of Nativism and used public whippings, arson and lynching to intimidate • The Klan controlled the Democratic party in TX,OK,IN,CO,OR and others • The Grand Dragon David C. Stephenson Manslaughter case discredited the KKK by 1926

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