1. African-Americans Temperance Movement Women’s Suffrage
Reforms of the 1920’s
African-Americans
Temperance Movement
Women’s Suffrage

2. African-Americans Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois Born a slave
Do not fight against segregation
A.A must improve their economic conditions
A.A. should learn a trade
Work your way to equality
A.A. should protest against discrimination & segregation
More outspoken than Washington
Demand equality then worry about economic conditions

4. Temperance Movement Prohibition
All social problems were blamed on alcohol
18th Amendment >> banned manufacturing, sales, & transporting alcohol
Prohibition
Almost impossible to enforce

5. Prohibition Organized crime becomes very powerful
Prohibition
Organized crime becomes very powerful
Illegal clubs are formed
Speakeasies – serves illegal alcohol
Al Capone & increase in crime
Realized alcohol was not the problem
21st Amendment = repealed 18th

6. Women’s Suffrage National American Woman Suffrage Association
Founded by Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1890 >> Wyoming becomes 1st state to allow women to vote
1919 >> 19th Amendment passed

7. Religion Increased belief in religion
Fundamentalism >>> word-for word interpretation of Bible
Problems blamed on urban society

8. Scopes Trial
High School science teacher was on trial for teaching evolution
Was against the law
Convicted of crime
Fined $100