Scopes Trial:
- In 1925 a Tennessee teacher, John Scopes
-was put on trial for teaching evolution.
- Scopes was found guilty.
- This trial was all over the media.
Prohibition:
- Prohibits alcohol & drinking
- Sale of alcohol was illegal
- Bootleggers
Flappers:
- They were a "New Breed" of women
-Women who had short hairstyles
- They wore some really short dresses
- Wore some revealing outfits
- showed their gams
- some smoked
- Showed way too much cleavage
-They wore a whole lot of make-up
- They were engaged in the nightlife
- Most of them were western, single, middle class women
- They were found at speakeasies
Economic issues:
- There was over production
- Stock market speculation (professional guessing)
- There was false credit
- Credit was made available
- There was the great depression
- There were consumer demands
Dust Bowl:
- Also known as the "Dirty Thirties"
3 Main causes were:
-Drought
- over farming
- mechanization
- There were terrible dust storms
- Great American Desert
- Central & Northern Plains
Agricultural Issues:
- No crop rotation
- The soil was overused
- There was decrease in price
Immigration Policies:
- There were immigrant laws
- There was something called the "Red Scare" ( people were afraid of those who deployed un-American behaviors)
- Asians were banned
- Quotas existed (2%)
- There was a reduced amount of immigrants
Significant Literary Works (1920's)
3 great authors:
- Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
- Upton Sinclair: The Jungle
- Ralph Nader: Unsafe at Any Speed
Great Migration:
- Escape racism
- Seeking jobs
- Rural South to city North
- Segregation
- Discrimination
- Shift of racial demographics
Harlem Renaissance:
- "New Negro Movement"
- Was the Cultural Movement
- African Americans had migrated to Harlem, N.Y
- It was the writers, artists, musicians, & poets who inspired things
- African Americans explored there identities
- There was African America tradition going around
- There was always a celebration
Italian Anarchist (Sacco & Venzettti):
- Convicted of armed robbery
- Arrested on May 5, 1920
- 2 trials
- Italian immigrants
- Formed a defense committee
1920's Labor Issues:
- Less work time
- Less money
- Strikes
Red Scare:
- Bolshevik Revolution
- Lenin was a communist/ dictator
- Russia becomes a soviet union
Schenck V. U.s:
- Espionage & Sedation acts were declared
by constitutional supreme court
