Vocabulary/Identifcation Prohibition fundamentalism Clarence Darrow Scopes trial bootlegger speakeasy

Chapter 13 -1 Changing Ways

Section Objectives Describe how urbanization created a new way of life that clashed with the values of a traditional society. Identify and describe the controversy between science and religion in 1920’s America.

Prohibition Supporters Progressive reformers and religious groups Anti-saloon league Women’s Temperance League People who lived in rural areas, or in the South Native born Protestants

Prohibition Supporters What were the reasons they supported this Believed too much drinking led to: Increased crime Child abuse Spousal abuse Other social problems Gambling Theft Murder

Prohibition Supporters What were the reasons they supported this Drinking was sinful To protect the publics’ morals and health

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

Concerns of Prohibitionists

Cartoonist View of Enforcement of Prohibition

Prohibition Opponents Liberals Conservatives Intellectuals Immigrant groups People who opposed the meddling of the government in their lives

Prohibition Opponents Why Tired of making sacrifices Wanted to “enjoy” life Didn’t consider drinking unhealthy or sinful Resented the fact that government was beginning to dictate aspects of their lives

Opponents How it ended Local police and federal enforcement agencies were underfunded, understaffed, and overwhelmed. Drinkers and Bootleggers found ways around the law Speakeasies Home stills Smuggling

Opponents How it ended Gangs caused a rise in crime and lawlessness Prohibition came to be viewed as creating more problems than it fixed Finally repealed on December 5, 1933

Bootlegging Operation – Illegal Brewery

Speakeasies

Scopes Trial Supporters Secular thinkers Moderate Protestants Liberal thinkers ACLU People who did not interpret the Bible literally People who believed in the theories of Charles Darwin

Lawyers in the case trying evolution Clarence Darrow (l) and William Jennings Bryan (r)

John T. Scopes

Scopes Trial Supporters Why Supported scientific thinking Believed Darwin’s theories to be factual Were concerned about growing power of fundamentalists

Scopes Trial Opponents Why Fundamental Protestants Believed in creationism Accepted only a literal interpretation of Genesis Skeptical of all scientific knowledge Did not want children to be taught evolution

Scopes Trial Outcome Scopes was found guilty Fined $100 Did not pay it Verdict was later overturned in a higher court Even today, laws remain that forbid the teaching of evolution

Cartoonist View of the Trial

Pro-evolution Cartoonist Takes a Jab at Bryan