10 3 A Clash of Values Reemergence of
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10: 3 A Clash of Values • Re-emergence of old problems – Nativism – Ku Klux Klan • First formed after Civil War • Re-formed in 1915 – William Simmons, Protestant preacher
10: 3 • Controlling Immigration – Emergency Quota Act (1921) • Restricted annual immigration • 3% of any ethnic group already in the U. S. • Ethnic identity and national origin determined admission
10: 3 • National Origins Act (1924) – Quota set at 2% of ethnicity already in U. S. – Based on 1890 census • Before heavy wave of immigration from E and S Europe
10: 3 • Women in the 1920 s – Gained right to vote – Automobile created an escape from home – “Flappers” – “Bob” hairstyle
10: 3 • Women's Contribution – Florence Sabin • Research led to decline of tuberculosis death rate – Willa Cather • Pulitzer Prize for fiction – Margaret Sanger • American Birth Control League
10: 3 • Fundamentalism – Involved Protestant Christians (not all) – Some Americans saw an America in serious moral decline – Believe the Bible is literally true – “Creationism” – belief that God created the world exactly as Bible says
10: 3 • The Scopes Trial – Tennessee, 1925 – Outlawed teaching Evolution – John T. Scopes, biology teacher – William Jennings Bryan – rep for Creationists – Clarence Darrow – rep for Evolutionists
10: 3 • Prohibition – Volstead Act : U. S. Treasury Dept responsible for enforcing Prohibition – Speakeasies • Illegal bars
