1. #52 Ch 13 Notes

2. #46 CH 13 S 1
Details:
Read & Notes Ch 13 S 1
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3. Chapter 13: The Roaring Life of the 1920s Section 1: Changing Ways of Life

4. Standards
11.2.2
Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by industry and trade, and the development of cities divided according to race, ethnicity, and class.
11.3.2
Analyze the rise of Christian fundamentalism
11.5.3
Examine the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead Act (Prohibition).

5. Objectives
Following lecture and reading of this section, students will be able to:
Explain differences of urban and rural life
Describe the controversy over the role of science and religion in American education and society in the 1920s

6. Rural and Urban Differences
Cities grew quickly and the values that were developed and traditional in the rural areas were abandoned.
Cities were the place to be…
Most immigrants settled in cities
Unskilled labor
Industrial labor
Anonymity
People looking to break from tradition…
Pleasure seeking
Money hungry

7. Urban Life Rural Life Money Pleasure Drinking Gambling Casual Dating
Lost in crowd
Current Topics
Slow paced
Moral values
Religion
Familiarity
Hard work

8. CFU What was life like in the nation’s cities during the 1920s?
People?
Places?
Things to do?
Attitudes?
Concentrations?

9. Prohibition
Causes
Possible effects
Real Effects

10. Causes of Prohibition Moral Reformers Nativists
Religious groups thought drinking was a sin
Reformers
Public health would be protected by prohibiting
Reduction of crime, wife and child abuse, workplace accidents
Nativists
Immigrant groups that used alcohol were looked down upon.

11. Effects of Prohibition
Because of prohibition:
Consumption of alcohol declined +
Disrespect for the law developed -
Speakeasies- Secret clubs that served alcohol -
Bootleggers- Produced and sold alcohol illegally -
Smugglers- Transported alcohol from place to place -
Organized Crime (Al Capone) -
Prohibition ineffective because of a lack of enforcement and little punishment.

12. Reasons for repeal Only 17% of U.S. approved Corruption
Rise in crime and violence
Disrespect for the law
Lack of enforcement
Lack of punishment

13. CFU What were some of the causes and effects of prohibition? Causes:
Who?
Why?
How?
Effects
What happened?

14. Science and Religion Clash (Scopes Trial)
Biblical account of Creation vs. Darwin’s theory of Evolution
Creation [*fundamentalist*]: God created… (Genesis)
Evolution: Single-celled organism  Ape  Human
Scopes Trial
Illegal in TN to teach evolution
Biology teacher defied the law
Issue:
Separation of church and state (civil rights)
Scopes convicted and fined $100

15. CFU
What did fundamentalists believe about the biblical account of creation?
How did fundamentalist views differ from those of liberal thinkers?
What main issue did the Scopes trial address?

16. #46 CH 13 S 1 Details: Read & Notes Ch 13 S 1 Margin ?s A-C & E
Study Guide 1-5

17. Ch 13 S 1 DQs
What was life like in the nation’s cities during the 1920s?
What were some of the causes and effects of prohibition?
What did fundamentalists believe about the biblical account of creation?
How did fundamentalist views differ from those of liberal thinkers?
What main issue did the Scopes trial address?