1. THE ROARING 20S: CHANGING WAYS 1920 census indicates majority of Americans live in urban areas New urban based lifestyle quickly clashes with traditional rural culture: – Slow paced vs. fast paced – Industrial vs. agricultural – Strangers vs. families – Religion based culture vs. new looser culture – Ethnically similar vs. melting pot

2. PROHIBITION ERA

3. PROHIBITION  By far the biggest culture clash of the 1920s was prohibition  January 1920, 18th Amendment goes into effect which bans sale, manufacture, or transport of alcohol  Much of the support for this comes from the rural areas. Alcohol seen as the primary cause of many social ills

4. PROHIBITION  Volstead Act creates Prohibition Dept. to enforce the laws, however this is doomed to fail due to under- funding and being understaffed  Ways people got around laws:  Bootlegging, making their own, relied on organized crime for speakeasies, and bribing officials

5. PROHIBITION FIGURES:THE BAD GUYS

6. PROHIBITION ERA:THE GOOD GUYS

7. END OF PROHIBITION  By mid 1920s fewer than 20% of Americans support Prohibition  1933, 21 st Amendment will repeal the 18 th  Outcomes of Prohibition Era:  Increased disrespect for law, all criminals were given a new source of almost unlimited income, rise of organized crime in US

8. FUNDAMENTALISM Another example of the culture clash in America was based on fundamentalism Protestants who interpreted and followed the Bible literally This group quickly come into conflict with the new urban thinkers who embrace new scientific ideas and principles

9. SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL  This reached a boiling point in 1925 when Tennessee passes a law forbidding the teaching of evolution in public schools  John Scopes violates law, goes to trial ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) sends Clarence Darrow to defend him

10. SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL  William Jennings Bryan will prosecute in the first Trial of the Century (Scopes-Monkey Trial)  During the trial, Bryan admits to flaws in his argument  However, Scopes is still convicted but it is later overturned

12.  Shift to an urban society brings about a culture clash between city dwellers and traditional rural folks that will affect many Americans!