Scopes trial :
-John scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution.
-Plead guilty & then payed fine.
-Religion Vs Evolution.
Prohibition:
-18 amendment which banned manufacture & sale of intoxicating beverages.
-Pushed by women organizations.
-left out possession, consumption & transportation.
Flappers:
-Women from the 1920's.
-Short hair.
-Showed gams with dresses.
-Represented their liberal ways.
Economic issues :
-People were in debt for all the money they were borrowing from the bank.
Dust bowl:
-Caused by mostly over farming, mechanization & draught.
Agricultural issues :
-dust bowl harmed the crops.
Immigration policies:
-U.S could thrive w/o immigrants.
-opposition to quotas disappear.
-Ethnic groups limited to 2% of count from the 1980 census.
-Asians were entirely banned.
Nativism:
-The country favors native people over immigrants.
Significant literary works:
-How the other half lives; (Jacob Ris)
-Jungle; (Upton Sinclair)
-Unsafe at any speed; (Ralph Nader)
The great migration:
-African Americans moved from the south to the north.
Sacco & Venzetti:
-2 Italian anarchists.
-Charged with murder & robbery.
Labor issues:
-Railway labor act passed.
-Child labor amendment.
Red scare:
-Russia changes name to soviet union.
-people were afraid of foreigners.
-Palm raids: unamerican people were picked & charged with crimes.
Schneck v. the United States:
-Espionage and Sedition Acts declared constitutional by the Supreme Court.
