Chapter 20 Section 1 US HIS Mr. Love

Nativism Resurges What is Nativism? Dislike for people of foreign decent. Ethnic prejudice was the basis for the ___ and ___ case, in which two immigrants were accused of murder and theft. Sacco and Vanzetti

Nativism Resurges These two were thought to be ____, or opposed to all forms of government. These two were sentenced to death, and in 1927 were electrocuted still proclaiming their innocence. anarchists

Nativism Resurges Nativists used the idea or ___, the false science of improvement of hereditary traits, to give support against immigration. Eugenics They said that human inequalities were inherited and therefore lesser people should not breed. This group, the _ _ _, led a movement to restrict immigration. KKK

Controlling Immigration In 1921 President Harding signed the __ __ Act, limiting immigration to 3% of the total number of people in any ethnic group already living in the US. Emergency Quota The __ __ Act of 1924 further restricted to 2% and backed the year to 1890. National Origins

The New Morality The ___, a young, dramatic, stylish, and unconventional woman, exemplified the change in women’s behavior. Drinking, smoking etc. Flapper

The Fundamentalist Movement Some people worried about America’s social decline. They were from small towns are created a religious movement called ______. Fundamentalism The Fundamentalists rejected Darwin’s theory of ____, which suggests that humans developed from lower forms of life over millions of years. Evolution

The Fundamentalist Movement Instead, Fundamentalists believed in ____ - that God created the world as described in the Bible. Creationism In 1925, Tennessee passed the ___ Act, which made it illegal to teach anything other than creationism. Butler

The Fundamentalist Movement A debate and court case began when fundamentalists and evolutionists came head to head in the ___ trial. Scopes – a teacher named John Scopes taught evolution and was arrested.

Prohibition Many people felt the passage of the __ Amendment, which prohibited alcohol, would reduce unemployment, domestic violence and poverty. 18th The ___ Act enforced the 18th Amendment. Volstead

Prohibition Americans ignored the laws of Prohibition. They went to secret bars called ____, where alcohol or hooch could be purchased. Speakeasies In 1933, the ratification of the __ Amendment ended Prohibition. 21st