Scopes Trial- creationism vs evolution, man was teaching creationism in school and had to go to court because of it.
Prohibition- January 1920, it went into effect in the United States of America, means not to do something. Alcohol was illegal to to create but was not illegal to transport it, have it on you or drink it. The IRS enforced these laws and women wanted it banned because of too much drinking and men get angry.
Flappers- Women in the 1920 with short hair, lots of makeup, smokes tobacco, shoulders and knees exposed.
Economic Issues-Consumer demand, credit was no available to the consumers, low interest rates and introduction to the installment plan.
Dust Bowl-Poverty rates were very high in the Great Plains during the 1920's. Drout, over farming, roating fields and machines doing the harvest all caused the dust bowl. Where wind picks up dead land or sand into the air and destroy houses, farms and burys lots of things with sand.
Agriculture Issues-Too much farming in the Great Plains and not roation of the fields were great agricultural problems during the 1920's.
Immigration Policies- Only let a certain amount of people from each country into the United States. If it went over the number no more people were allowed in. Asians were ban. United States could thrive without immigrants. A quoter was introduced and said that 20% of immigrants form 1890 were allowed in, if it went over this no more were allowed in. United States were isolationist's.
Nativism- U.S is the best we don't need anyone else. U.S scared from anything not American.
Literacy Works- Jacbo A. Ribs, Upton Sinclair wrote the Jungle, and Ralph Mader all famous writers about the times of 1920's or in the 1920's.
Great Migration- African Americans moved from the rural south to the industrial city north. Caused lots of racial tensions between African Americans and Whites. African Americans began to celebrate and this caused the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance- African American culture thrived in the 1920's due to the Great Migration. Songs, music, poems, literacy work, jazz and a big celebration of culture.
Sacco and Vanzetti- were anarchist's which means that they were against the government. Both Italian's which were trailed for robbery and murder in Braintree, Massachusetts. Killed by the elcetric chair and did not know if they were gulity only thought they were.
Labor Issues- Soldiers came back from WWI had no jobs. All their jobs had been taken either by women or by other men. This created a large problem and provety rates also. They also started drinking a lot because they came back from war.
Red Scare- Bolshevik Revolution occurs during WWI. Lenin Comes to power in Russia/USSR. Communist dictator, the United States was scared of Communism. Americans were scared of anything not American. Palmer Raids happened were people who were un American were arrested because of their acts. No defense and espionage and sedition acts came into play.
Schneck Vs. U.S-created Patriot acts, sedition acts, and espionage acts. That were pro-American. Quotas system also came into play.
