The Scopes Trial- their was a biology teacher named John scopes which he was accused of violating the states butler acts. which made teaching evolution unlawful .
Prohibition-the banning of alcohol leading to stricter officers and riots.
Flappers- women that would wear "trashy clothes"
Economic Issues (1920s)- overproduction, false credit were the biggest problems americans dealed with during the 1920's.
Dust Bowl-dust blew on the southern plainsandbreathing, eating a meal, taking a walk were no longer simpleand children had to wear dusks masks.
Agriculture Issues- the tendency of farm income to lag behind increases in the costs of production. the European demand for U.S. farm products suddenly declined, and prices began a continuing downward spiral.
Immigration Policies (1920s)-1.us could thrive w.o immagrantsand 2. oppositions to quotas disappear. & 1924 immagration acts and ethnic groups were limited to 2% of the count from the 1890 census and asians were banded
Nativism- The "rebirth" of the KKK of the 1920s as this "new" KKK was not only anti-black, but also anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant..
Significant Literary Works (1920s)- brought a highly vocal rebellion against established social, sexual, and aesthetic conventions and a vigorous attempt to establish new values;protest and intent on making a new art. And impressive in the glittering 1920s and the years that followed.
The Great Migration- was the movement of 2 million blacks from the southern. They migrated to escape racism, and to try to find jobs in industrial cities..
Harlem Renaissance- was a cultural movement and back then it was known as "New Negro Movement" named after Alian Locke. & a new way of playing the piano was called harlem stride style was thought of during the time of the Harlem Renaissance.
Sacco and Vanzetti-the two guys were convicted of murdering two during a 1920 armed robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. After their trail the guys were executed during april of 1927.
Labor Issues (1920s)- Nation's desire for less government, Laborers lost many protections they had previously gained because of labor laws.
The Red Scare- red= communism; - Bolshevik revolution- lenin takes power in russia leading the away from the ussr, people were afraid of those who displayed unamerican behaviors & red= communism; - Bolshevik revolution- lenin takes power in russia leading the away from the ussr, people were afraid of those who displayed unamerican behaviors
Schneck v. the United States- espionage and sedation acts were declared constitutional by the supreme court.
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