1. Choose the statement that most closely aligns to your beliefs and explain why you chose that one.
In a democracy, people should have the freedom to make their own choices and be responsible for their actions. If they want to indulge in destructive personal behavior, that's their business, not the government’s.
A democratic government is made up of its citizens and a major responsibility of government is to guarantee equal opportunity for all. The government has a duty to alleviate social ills and guarantee that no one is in need.
Bell Ringer

2. A Clash of Values
The Roaring Twenties

3. The Rise of Nativism

4. As the 1920s opened, Nativism resurfaced because of fear and prejudice many felt towards Germans and Communists.
Immigrants seemed to pose a threat to stability and order.
Red Scare
Palmer Raids
Nativism Resurges

5. “Keep America American”
After WWI, American immigration policies changed in response to economic recession and the pleas of nativists.
“Keep America American”

6. Emergency Quota Act (1921): Cut the number of immigrants who could enter America to 3% of their nationality’s U.S. population in 1910
Immigration Issues

7. National Origins Act of 1924: made immigrant restriction a permanent policy; sliced the number down to 2% of the population from (before many New Immigrants arrived)
Natives of the Western Hemisphere were excluded from the quota system.
Immigration Issues

8. What are these men protesting against?
Eugenics

9. Eugenics: A pseudo-science claiming it was possible to improve the genetic features of human populations through selective breeding and sterilization.
Based on IQ Testing, physical traits, social mobility, and predisposition towards violence and crime.
Reaffirmed the existing class and racial hierarchies
31 U.S. states passed compulsory sterilization laws.
Men were sterilized to treat aggression and eliminate criminal behavior
Women were sterilized to control their sexuality
60,000 nationwide from 1909 up until the 1960s
Eugenics

10. Effects of the War – The Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan had a revival in the aftermath of WWI.
Fear and hatred caused many to join the Klan.
The list of “we don’t likes”: Catholics, Jews, pacifists, communists, socialists, anarchists, bootleggers, gamblers, birth control activists, and, of course, African Americans.
Used the same methods of fear, intimidation, and lynching
At its peak they boasted over 5 million members, including prominent members of local, state, and the national government.
Superman
Effects of the War – The Ku Klux Klan

11. The Birth of a Nation (1915) – A silent film by D. W
The Birth of a Nation (1915) – A silent film by D.W. Griffith that chronicled the “true story” of the American Civil War, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
The first movie blockbuster and was the first motion picture to be shown at the White House.
“Like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true."
Birth of a Nation

12. #OPKKK
Old vs. New
Conflict and Controversy

13. The Fundamentalist Movement
Fundamentalism – the belief that the Bible is literally true and without error.
Rose out of fear that America was losing its traditional values.
Rejected Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, and believed in creationism – the belief that God created the world as described in Genesis.
Popularized by Billy Sunday, a former pro baseball player, who drew huge crowds to his fiery and theatrical sermons.
The Fundamentalist Movement

14. Scopes Trial – AKA: The “Monkey Trial”
The case centered on high school science teacher, John Scopes, who was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act which made it unlawful to teach evolution in any state-funded school.
He volunteered to be the test case from an ad placed by the ACLU
Defended by Clarence Darrow; William Jennings Bryan argued for the prosecution
Found guilty, but drew more attention to the growing divide between the older and younger generations; Fundamentalists vs. Evolutionists
Scopes Trial – AKA: The “Monkey Trial”

15. America Loves Their Liquor
The prohibition movement gained steam during WWI.
18th Amendment: Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol in the United States.
Volstead Act: Gave the government the ability to enforce Prohibition, making over 540,000 arrests.
Called the “Great Experiment”
America Loves Their Liquor

16. Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

17. Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
April 15, 1920 two men shot and killed two employees of the Slater & Morrill Shoe Co. and robbed them of their $15,000 payroll.
The investigation centered on local Italian anarchists, Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
While neither Sacco nor Vanzetti had a criminal record, the authorities knew them as radical militants. Police speculated that the robbers were motivated by the need to finance more bombings.
After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, the two Italian immigrants were executed on August 23, 1927.
Violent demonstrations swept through many cities the next day, including Geneva, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Tokyo.
There is a highly politicized dispute over their guilt or innocence, as well as whether or not the trials were fair
Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti