EOC Test Preparation: Roaring 20s and the Great Depression

New Scientific Ideas and Discoveries Charles Darwin: evolution – “higher criticism” stated that the Bible should be studied as a piece of literature to decide its validity Issues arising between traditionalists/fundament alists and these new ideals.

New Scientific Ideas and Discoveries The “Monkey Trial” – Scopes Trial John Scopes, TN high school teacher that taught evolution instead of creationism William Jennings Bryan was the prosecutor Clarence Darrow represented Scopes Bryan admitted that he did not interpret the Bible literally, yet Scopes still lost

New Scientific Ideas and Discoveries New Technology – Henry Ford Model T car and mass production – Wright brothers First airplane flights

New Scientific Ideas and Discoveries New technology – Household appliances – Nightlife – Mass media Radio Movies

Consumerism Consumer society: not a want, but a need – Ppl measure their social status by what they buy and own Installment plan – Buy now, pay later

Women More women entering workforce – Still not getting leadership roles – Single women wanted, not married women Dress and attitude changed – Flappers

Intellectual Responses The Lost Generation – Writers who disagreed with moral corruption and greed F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway

Art in the 1920s Jazz – African American culture but reached a wide audience – Louis Armstrong- trumpeter and singer Poetry and literature – Langston Hughes – Zora Neal Hurston Harlem Renaissance

Social Conflicts Red Scare – Communism Palmer Raids Sacco and Vanzetti – Italian immigrants – Accused anarchists and murderers – Little evidence, put to death in 1927

Social Conflicts Immigration – Nativism – Quotas KKK – Attacked blacks, Jews, Catholics, immigrants Prohibition – 18 th, 21 st Amendments – Organized crime

The Great Depression Causes: – Speculation – Buying on margin/credit – Farmers Overproduction Dust Bowl

The Great Depression Black Tuesday – Oct. 29, 1929 Stock market crashed 25% unemployed Hoovervilles – Homeless communities Shantytowns

The Great Depression FDR – Fireside chats – Direct relief – Deficit spending – New Deal