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Social & Cultural Tensions

Explore the social and cultural tensions of the 1920s, from the Scopes Trial challenging evolution teaching to the rise and decline of the New KKK. Learn about the emergence of new heroes like Babe Ruth and Lindbergh, as well as changing roles for women and the evolving landscape of the fine arts during this transformative era in American history.

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Social & Cultural Tensions

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  1. Social & Cultural Tensions Ch 20,3

  2. The Scopes Trial - 1925 • Many viewed religion as a bulwark (barrier) against communism • 1925 – Tennessee outlawed the teaching of evolution • John Scoped charged with breaking the law • Trial nicknamed the “monkey trial” • Charles Darrow – famous defense trial • William Jennings Bryan – worked for defense • Scopes fined $100, but the case had been about the principal – still controversial today

  3. The New KKK • Rise of the Klan (again) • 1915 – Stone Mountain, Georgia – aimed at minorities in general • “Invisible Empire” – 4-5 million members, no longer just in the south • Opposition to the Klan • NAACP, Jewish Anti Defamation League • Many felt immigration is intrinsically American • Tremendous corruption within the Klan led to its withering in the 1920’s

  4. An Age of Heroes • WWI had ruined “political heroes” • Babe Ruth • Sport casters were equally important, helped create heroes in addition to being heroes as well • Lindbergh- Spirit of St. Louis – Flew solo Paris to NY, non stop

  5. New Roles for Women • Flappers • More the exception than the rule • Seem as a revolt against the Victorian Age • Clear split between urban and rural women

  6. The Fine Arts • Mood of uncertainty – arts more pessimistic and skeptical • Literature – “The Lost Generation” • Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)

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