The Roaring 20s: Changing Ways 1920 census indicates majority of Americans live in urban areas New urban based lifestyle quickly clashes with traditional rural culture: Slow paced vs. fast paced Industrial vs. agricultural Strangers vs. families Religion based culture vs. new looser culture Ethnically similar vs. melting pot

Prohibition Era

Prohibition Figures:The Bad Guys

Prohibition Era:The Good Guys

By far the biggest culture clash of the 1920s was prohibition January 1920, 18th Amendment goes into effect which bans sale, manufacture, or transport of alcohol Much of the support for this comes from the rural areas. Alcohol seen as the primary cause of many social ills. Volstead Act creates Prohibition Dept. to enforce the laws, however this is doomed to fail due to under-funding and being understaffed Ways people got around laws: Bootlegging, making their own, relied on organized crime for speakeasies, and bribing officials

By mid 1920s fewer than 20% of Americans support Prohibition 1933, 21st Amendment will repeal the 18th Outcomes of Prohibition Era: Increased disrespect for law, all criminals were given a new source of almost unlimited income, rise of organized crime in US Another example of the culture clash in America was based on fundamentalism This group quickly come into conflict with the new urban thinkers who embrace new scientific ideas and principles

This reached a boiling point in 1925 when Tennessee passes a law forbidding the teaching of evolution in public schools. John Scopes violates law, goes to trial ACLU sends Clarence Darrow to defend him William Jennings Bryan will prosecute in the first Trial of the Century(Scopes-Monkey Trial) During the trial, Bryan admits to flaws in his argument. However, Scopes is still convicted but it is later overturned Shift to an urban society brings about a culture clash between city dwellers and traditional rural folks that will affect many Americans