1. 10:3 A Clash of Values Re-emergence of old problems – Nativism – Ku Klux Klan First formed after Civil War Re-formed in 1915 – William Simmons, Protestant preacher

2. 10:3 Controlling Immigration – Emergency Quota Act (1921) Restricted annual immigration 3% of any ethnic group already in the U.S. Ethnic identity and national origin determined admission

3. 10:3 National Origins Act (1924) – Quota set at 2% of ethnicity already in U.S. – Based on 1890 census Before heavy wave of immigration from E and S Europe

4. 10:3 Women in the 1920s – Gained right to vote – Automobile created an escape from home – “Flappers” – “Bob” hairstyle

5. 10:3 Women's Contribution – Florence Sabin Research led to decline of tuberculosis death rate – Willa Cather Pulitzer Prize for fiction – Margaret Sanger American Birth Control League

6. 10:3 Fundamentalism – Involved Protestant Christians (not all) – Some Americans saw an America in serious moral decline – Believe the Bible is literally true – “Creationism” – belief that God created the world exactly as Bible says

7. 10:3 The Scopes Trial – Tennessee, 1925 – Outlawed teaching Evolution – John T. Scopes, biology teacher – William Jennings Bryan – rep for Creationists – Clarence Darrow – rep for Evolutionists

8. 10:3 Prohibition – Volstead Act : U.S. Treasury Dept responsible for enforcing Prohibition – Speakeasies Illegal bars