1. Chapter 13 Section 1 Notes The “Roaring Twenties”
Most popular nickname associated with the decade

2. Geography of the U.S. in the 1920s
Rural Areas
Urban Areas
South and West U.S.
Population staying the same
Mostly agricultural (farming)
Few chances to make more $$$
Conservative beliefs (stay same)
Very religious
Not much to do at night
Close knit community
Hardly any formal education
Ethnically homogeneous
North & East U.S.
Gaining population
Mostly industrial (factories)
Many chances to make more $$$
Liberal beliefs (like change)
Not very religious
Good nightlife
Impersonal society
Better educated
Ethnically diverse

3. Urban
Rural

4. 1920s – Religion and Science Clash
Fundamentalism - believing everything in the Bible as fact.
Example: God created the world and all its life forms in 6 days
All content in Bible is true and shouldn’t be ?’d.
Popular belief in Southern Rural areas
Spread by preachers
Billy Sunday = most famous – used radio

5. Darwinism - believing people, plants, and animals have
evolved over millions of years.
Survival of the Fittest
Popular belief in Northern Urban Areas
Spread in Schools and Colleges
Darwin
Published
His theories
In 1859.
Most urban
Began to
Accept them
As fact by
The early
1900s
Many rural
Areas did
not

6. The Conflict – Scopes Trial
Background
Tennessee made it illegal to teach evolution in school
John T. Scopes (science teacher) did it anyway
Arrested and went to trial

7. The Trial Prosecutor = William Jennings Bryan
Former Dem. Pres. Candidate
Very religious – Good speaker
Defense Attorney = Clarence Darrow
Famous lawyer at the time
Case followed all around the world
Became a circus

8. Decision Significance Scopes found guilty (never did jail time)
Kept it illegal in TN to teach evolution in school for quite awhile
Significance
Science vs. Religion in schools was decided at state or local area for quite a while

9. Prohibition 18th Amendment (1920) supported by
can’t buy, sell, make, or transport alcohol
in the U.S.
supported by
rural areas (esp. South)
women
Religious
WCTU
Best Known Group
Why Prohibition?
Causes (pg. 437)

10. Provided $$$ to enforce the law Didn’t work well. WHY?
Volstead Act
Provided $$$ to enforce the law
Didn’t work well. WHY?
Not enough ($$$ or people)
Too much land to cover
Often bribed to look the other way

11. How did people still drink?
Speakeasies
Hidden bars and clubs
For upper to middle class
Cops knew about them
Usually Did nothing. Why?
drank there or got bribed

12. Bootleggers People learned to make their own prescriptions to use
People brought in alcohol
from outside the country
People learned to
make their own
stills
prescriptions to use
alcohol as “medicine”

13. People bought alcohol from organized crime
Paid off police and courts
Large scale bootlegging
Most Famous = Al Capone (Scarface)
Made over $60 Million off illegal alcohol sales in Chicago

14. Overall Impact of Prohibition
Effects (pg. 437)
Within a few years, most people wanted to make drinking legal again
21st Amendment passed in 1933 (repealed Prohibition)
REPEAL = DO AWAY WITH SOMETHING (LISTEN TO MY EXPLANATION!)
SO… PROHIBITION LASTED ABOUT 13 YEARS OVERALL