Concept Guide

The Scopes Trail - Case in Tennessee where a teacher was charged with teaching evolution instead of religion. He was fined, but later the charges were dropped

Prohibition- Laws that prohibit the manufacture and sales of alcohol in the 1920's, however it was not illegal to consume or possess alcohol.

Flappers- Women in the 1920's who wore short skirts, listened to jazz, drank and smoked and flaunted their disdain behavior.

Economic Issues - During this time banks began to loan money at lower interest rates and credit was a new popular idea. This led to excessive spending putting people into debt.

Dust Bowl - Now that new farming machines have made large scale cropping easier, farmers get greedy and do not rotate their crops causing them to do poorly...then a severe drought comes in killing almost all crops and causing huge dust storms that would destroy and bury every thing in their path

Agricultural issues - The same as above....farmers did not rotate crops which caused the land to become nutrient lacking.

Immigration Polices - We began to resent immigrants so we put quotas (20%) in place and outlawed Asian immigration all together.

Nativism - Native born Americans are superior to all

Literature - Jacob Ribs, Upton Sinclair and Ralph Nadar all wrote works that corresponded with life of the 1920's

Great Migration - African Americans moved north for new job opportunities

Harlem Renaissance - Time in Harlem during the 1920's where African America culture was becoming very popular

Sacco and Vanzetti - Italian anarchist (hates government) who where put on trial and executed before the investigation could be done properly.

Labor issues - after WWI soldiers came home to very few jobs and they were forced to be unemployed without government benefits. Drinking and poverty went sky high.

Red Scare - US becomes scared of communism and people began to be arrested because of their suspicion of being communistic, Palmer Raids.

Schneck Vs. U.S. - created patriot acts, sedition acts, and espionage acts. Quota systems also came into play