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Cultural Conflicts. Scopes Trial KKK Prohibition Fails Quotas. BY THE END OF CLASS YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO. EXPLAIN WHY PROHIBITION WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. EXPLAIN THE GOALS OF THE KKK. EXPLAIN THE SCOPES TRIAL AND UNDERSTAND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. #1 - Prohibit ion?.
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Cultural Conflicts Scopes Trial KKK Prohibition Fails Quotas
Fed. agent destroying beer barrel Prohibition Fails Laws were hard to enforce
Gangsters began to run the illegal alcohol markets Speakeasies & Bootleggers?
#2 - Ku Klux Klan 1920s = KKK reemerges Membership: 5 million Members believe they are “pure” Americans & are guardians of society
Klan stressed nationalism & racial purity Didn’t like immigrants, Jews, Catholics, & urban culture
Where are they coming from? Remember the New Immigration? Remember the New Immigration? Remember the New Immigration?
Limits on Immigration 1921: 3% of total # of immigrants allowed from a particular country (based on 1910 census)
National Origins Act Reduced quota to 2% (Based on 1890 census) 1924 Excluded Asians completely
#4 - The Scopes Trial 1925 John Scopes TN Science teacher who taught theory of evolution
Butler Act: prevented any teaching other than “Divine Creation” in schools Who cares? What’s the problem? Fundamentalism: The Bible tells the literal truth
William JenningsBryan (Prosecution) Clarence Darrow (Defense Attorney)
Scopes Monkey Trial Nationwide radio & newspaper coverage