CHANGING WAYS p 434 439 Objectives Explain how
CHANGING WAYS p. 434 -439
Objectives • Explain how urbanization created a new way of life that often clashed with the values of traditional rural society • Describe the controversy over the role of science and religion in American education and society in the 1920 s
RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCES The New Urban Scene 51. 2% of Americans lived in larger communities US Cites in 1920 0, 7 0, 9 2, 000 people were leaving the farms and small towns each year “cities were the place to be, not to get away from” Cleveland Detroit 1, 8 Philadelphia Chicago 2, 7 5, 6 0 2 NYC 4 Millions 6
RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCES The New Urban Scene (cont. ) 65 other cities had populations of over 100, 000 The Prohibition Experiment Prohibition • Manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was legally prohibited • 18 th Amendment Alcohol seen as the prime source of corruption City life • • Faster More educated Competitive Looser morals The Volstead Act • Established a Prohibition Bureau in the Treasury Department • Poorly funded, near impossible job
RURAL AND URBAN DIFFERENCES Speakeasies and Bootleggers Organized Crime Speakeasies Al Capone • Underground hidden saloons and nightclubs • Presented a card or password • Gangster with a $60 million a year empire. • Chicago • Killed off his competition • 522 gang related killings in Chicago Bootleggers • Smugglers who brought in alcohol from Canada, Cuba, and the West Indies 19% of Americans supported prohibition 18 th Amendment repealed in 1933 by the 21 st Amendment
SCIENCE AND RELIGION CLASH American Fundamentalism • Movement grounded in a literal, or non-symbolic, interpretation of the bible Skeptical of some scientific discoveries Rejected Darwin’s Theory of Evolution • Creation vs Evolution Billy Sunday • • Former baseball player Used emotion to preach Radio broadcasts Called for prohibition of teaching evolution
SCIENCE AND RELIGION CLASH The Scopes Monkey Trial The Scopes Trail • A fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools and in American society • John T. Scopes • Biology teacher in Dayton, TN • American Civil Liberties Clarence Darrow • ACLU hired lawyer, defended Scopes William Jennings Bryan • Special prosecutor Court was held outside to handle the number of Bryan supporters Found guilty and fined $100
What was life like in cities during the 1920 s? What were some of the causes and effects of Prohibition? What did fundamentalists believe about the biblical account of creation?
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