Changes in 1920s: The Bad Stuff USH-6.2

I. Women Win suffrage with the 19th amendment in 1920 Tend to vote the same as their husbands Replace men in factories during WWI Jobs are taken when the men return from WWI Still teachers, nurses, secretaries Women make less money

II. Immigration WWI nationalism turns nativism into xenophobia Fear of foreigners Russian Revolution Socialism, communism, and anarchism spread European immigrants bring ideas over Anarchist bomb 8 US cities in 1919

II. Immigration Fear of these things lead to a Red Scare Attorney General Palmer wants to run for president Leads the Palmer Raids Arrests over 4,000 alleged communists Hundreds were deported Predicted anarchist attacks that never happened

II. Immigration Congress passed immigration quotas Limits on who and how many foreigners could enter the US Based on Social Darwinism Eastern and Southern Europeans were severely limited Asian were banned

III. Racism Anti-immigration leads to a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan The Birth of a Nation was a movie that glorified the Klan Spread Klan ideas around the US Grows into a national organization

III. Racism KKK hates all those not considered “real Americans” Radicals Immigrants Catholics Bootleggers Blacks See themselves as the moral regulators of the US Corruption & sex scandals hurt that public view

IV. Temperance Calling for prohibition since the 1830s b/c of immigration WWI made it successful Grain shortages Turned into alcohol Anti-German feelings Opinion says immigrants drink a lot more than Americans 18th Amendment started Prohibition

IV. Temperance Drinking continued Speakeasies open Bootlegging leads to organized crime No level of gov’t had the manpower to stop it 21st Amendment is passed in 1933 and ends Prohibition

V. Religion v Science There was a religious revival in the early 1900s Darwin’s theory of evolution challenged the Bible John Scopes Monkey Trial Teacher in Tennessee taught evolution in Biology It was against the law in TN Went to court and was fined $100 Both sides felt they won Issue is still debated