Prohibition Goals: –Eliminate _____________ and __________ –Get rid of Saloons –Prevent workplace ____________ and accidents The ___________ Act of 1919 Widely Ignored: 95% of NYers didn’t obey it »But 95% of Kansans obeyed it What contrast can be seen between urban and rural moral values?

Results of Prohibition –_____________ Supplier of illegal __________ Often owned ______________ –Organized Crime Controlled the distribution of ________ Expanded into __________, prostitution, and racketeering

Al Capone Mob Boss of Chicago- America’s worst crime city

Issues of Religion Americans began to challenge ________ beliefs –Science and ___________ –World __________ posed questions of whether God really existed or ________ about humans –Scholars were saying the _____ was just written by humans and had ____________ and inaccuracies Any of this sound familiar?

Response –Religious ____________ wrote The Fundamentals Now called Fundamentalism –Believes the whole Bible is the _________ word of God –Thus, the Bible cannot contain ________ Fundamentalism would be challenged though as Evolution started creeping its way into schools

The Scopes Trial Fundamentalists worked toward laws that would keep ___________ out of the public schools John T. Scopes to questions TN law –Taught _______ and had a friend sue him, forcing a trial –The case became a _______ between two great lawyers –William Jennings Bryant (prosecution) –Clarence Darrow (defense)

–Dayton, TN, July 1925 –Journalists swarmed the courthouse Scopes was found guilty and fined ______ –BUT...the trial had lasting _____________ –The clash between modern beliefs and biblical values still goes on today

Racial Tensions “____ Summer”, 1919 Revival of the ______ –1925: revived by Col. William J. Simmons –By 1922: 100,000 members; 1924: 4 million –No longer just Southern; _________ had the largest group Committed hate crimes against Blacks, _______, Jews, ___________ and others –The Nation was shocked and law enforcement increased »By 1927, the Klan had diminished

National __________ for the Advancement of Colored _________ (the NAACP) In the 20s, work seemed all in vain Fought to _______ Black’s right to vote –Many could not find political justice in the South Fighting Discrimination

The ________ Movement –Marcus Garvey  Universal Negro ___________ Association “Back to Africa”