u.s history chapter 20
John Scopes was put on trial for?
teaching Darwinism even through its banned and he taught the evolution theory
what does the 18th amendment do?
it bans the making, sales, and transportation of alcohol.
how many women became professionals
15%
____________ was a writer who became a leading voice of the African American experience in the United States?
Langston hughes
what were speakeasies?
a secret bar that sold alcohol illegally
what is the Harlem Renaissance?
artistic development, racial pride, and political organizations combined in a flavoring African amecian carts
what is red-lining
directing all new black residents to all-black neighborhoods
why do farmers face problems after the war, but industrial workers do not?
famers went into debt, because the prices of their goods started falling and machinery was expensive demand for manufactured goods rise. no unions for farmers
what feat is accomplished by Charles Lindbergh?
fly across atlantic nonstop
who or want begins to replace God in our society?
heroes figures, and media such as T.V, magazines, and radio
_____________is the leader of the " back to Africa" movement.
marcus garvey
how was the demography of the nation changing by 1920
more people live In cities than in countryside
how does secularization in the 1920s serve as a milestone
nation will continue to value less the principles and teachings of Christ and replace them with the values and teaches of this world
who are fundamentalist
people who joined a religious movement in response to secularization they believed that the bible was literally true and without error, they defended the protestant faith against tho implication that human beings derived moral behavior from society and nature, not god.
what is secularization?
the slow decay of religious values, traditions, and authorities
what changes people's faith when they move into the cities?
there is diversity of faith's in the city, and all the distractions in the cities such as entertainment/ celebrities
what are some ways the new Klan is different from the old?
they lengthen their hate list, it includes Catholics, Jews, immigrants, communists, women and children
what are three characteristics of flappers?
tight fitting clothes, smoked, drank, drove cars
the purpose of the Volstead act was....
to prohibit alcoholic beverages, regulate the sale, manufacture and transport of intoxicating liquor or consuming alchol.
what is mass media?
use of print, film, and more methods of communicating information to large groups of people
how does the middle class get to the suburbs
using buses and cars
what are Wets and Dry's?
wets apposed to prohibition, dry's wanted prohibition
why does education change for children when they move into the city?
when children move to cities, because did not work on a farm they had nothing else to do besides go to school.
Describe the changes in women's lives in the 1920's.
women have the right to vote, they attended college and found support to purse careers. Women fashion changed. some wore their hair bobbed, wore flesh colored silk stocking, some known as floppers that smoked, drank, and drove cars.
