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Bell Ringer

Choose the statement that most closely aligns to your beliefs and explain why you chose that one.

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Bell Ringer

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  1. Choose the statement that most closely aligns to your beliefs and explain why you chose that one. • In a democracy, people should have the freedom to make their own choices and be responsible for their actions. If they want to indulge in destructive personal behavior, that's their business, not the government’s. • A democratic government is made up of its citizens and a major responsibility of government is to guarantee equal opportunity for all. The government has a duty to alleviate social ills and guarantee that no one is in need. Bell Ringer

  2. TV Set $500 • Vivenne Westwood Dress $2,290 • Food $200 Each Trip (About every 2 weeks) • Google Stocks $1,000 Per Share • Dog $600 • Pool $50,000 • iPhone $600 (Without Contract) • Concert Tickets $50 Each • Land $45,000 Per Acre Buying the 1920s

  3. A Clash of Values The Roaring Twenties

  4. The Rise of Nativism

  5. As the 1920s opened, Nativism resurfaced because of fear and prejudice many felt towards Germans and Communists. • Immigrants seemed to pose a threat to stability and order. • Red Scare • Palmer Raids Nativism Resurges

  6. After WWI, American immigration policies changed in response to economic recession and the pleas of nativists. “Keep America American”

  7. Emergency Quota Act (1921): Cut the number of immigrants who could enter America to 3% of their nationality’s U.S. population in 1910 Immigration Issues

  8. National Origins Act of 1924: made immigrant restriction a permanent policy; sliced the number down to 2% of the population from 1890 (before many New Immigrants arrived) • Natives of the Western Hemisphere were excluded from the quota system. Immigration Issues

  9. Eugenics: A pseudo-science claiming to improve the genetic features of human populations through selective breeding and sterilization. • Based on IQ Testing, physical traits, social mobility, and predisposition towards violence and crime. • Reaffirmed existing class and racial hierarchies • Eugenicists believed poverty to be a characteristic of genetic inferiority, which meant that that those deemed “unfit” were predominately of the lower classes What are these men protesting against? Eugenics

  10. 31 U.S. states passed compulsory sterilization laws. • Men were sterilized to treat their aggression and to eliminate their criminal behavior, while women were sterilized to control the results of their sexuality • The state of California was at the forefront of the American eugenics movement, performing about one third of the 60,000 nationwide from 1909 up until the 1960s Eugenics

  11. The Ku Klux Klan had a revival in the aftermath of WWI. • Fear and hatred caused many to join the Klan. • The list of “we don’t likes”: Catholics, Jews, pacifists, communists, socialists, anarchists, bootleggers, gamblers, birth control activists, and, of course, African Americans. • Used the same methods of fear, intimidation, and lynching • At its peak they boasted over 5 million members, including prominent members of local, state, and the national government. Effects of the War – The Ku Klux Klan

  12. Birth of a Nation • The Birth of a Nation (1915) – A silent film by D.W. Griffith that chronicled the “true story” of the American Civil War, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. • The first movie blockbuster and was the first motion picture to be shown at the White House. • “Like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true."

  13. Old vs. New Conflict and Controversy

  14. Old vs. New

  15. Fundamentalism – the belief that the Bible is literally true and without error. • Rose out of fear that America was losing its traditional values. • Rejected Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, and believed in creationism – the belief that God created the world as described in Genesis. • Popularized by Billy Sunday, a former pro baseball player, who drew huge crowds to his fiery and theatrical sermons. The Fundamentalist Movement

  16. The case centered on high school science teacher, John Scopes, who was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act which made it unlawful to teach evolution in any state-funded school. • He volunteered to be the test case from an ad placed by the ACLU • Defended by Clarence Darrow; William Jennings Bryan argued for the prosecution • Found guilty, but drew more attention to the growing divide between the older and younger generations; Fundamentalists vs. Evolutionists Scopes Trial – AKA: The “Monkey Trial”

  17. After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, the two Italian immigrants were executed on August 23, 1927. • Violent demonstrations swept through many cities the next day, including Geneva, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Tokyo. • There is a highly politicized dispute over their guilt or innocence, as well as whether or not the trials were fair • April 15, 1920 two men shot and killed two employees of the Slater & Morrill Shoe Co. and robbed them of their $15,000 payroll. • The investigation centered on local Italian anarchists, Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. • While neither Sacco nor Vanzetti had a criminal record, the authorities knew them as radical militants. Police speculated that the robbers were motivated by the need to finance more bombings. Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

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