Warm-up: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." -First Amendment to the Constitution Choose one of the five rights that you believe is the most important and explain why you believe it the most important.
New Era of Intolerance
Prohibition-18th Amendment Illegal manufacture & distribution of alcohol Bootlegging Smuggling Home stills Speakeasies Illegal bars Membership required Organized Crime Al Capone Gambling Prostitution Racketeering
Religious Fundamentalism Modernists Darwin’s theory of evolution Science and technology Fundamentalists Literal interpretation of the Bible Scope’s Trial (Monkey Trial) Teaching of evolution in schools on trial
African Americans Northern migration for jobs Race riots Ku Klux Klan re-emerges target Catholics, Jews, immigrants & African Americans NAACP W.E.B. DuBois Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters A. Philip Randolph Universal Negro Improvement Assoc. Marcus Garvey
The Red Scare Russian Revolution/Communist Threat Caused people to fear communism Communist International Lenin’s attempt to overthrow capitalists Palmer Raids Schenck vs US ; Supreme court case; if there is a “clear and present danger” government can silence free speech Sacco and Vanzetti trial Anarchists Two Italian immigrants who had radical beliefs/ accused and executed Many people believed that communists were behind the labor strikes in 1919
Immigration Rise in numbers after the war Emergency Quota Act 1921 Limited to 3% of nationalities here in 1910 No Asians (Chinese Exclusion Act 1882) Immigration Act 1924 Lowered to 2% of nationalities here in 1890 Reduced Africans, Asians, Australia, Europe Rise of Western Hemisphere immigrants Mexicans
Native Americans Granted citizenship in 1924 by Congress
Activity: What does this cartoon represent? 7 sentence paragraph: use information from the notes