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1920s Prohibition and Scopes Chapter 11-2
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__________________ Millions leaving _____ areas to the glitz, glamour and job opportunities of _____ –______________________ leaving a year –Farm technologies also meant __________________________________ –1920: __________ cities with at least ____________________________ people
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Urban vs. Rural Cities were more __________________ –More association with people different than oneself –More competitive in nature due to ________________________________________ –Centers of _______________________________ –Electricity –More liberal than country –More risk taking –People moving to city from country were shocked when they saw
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___________________ _______________________ movement –Believed in _________________________ –Skeptical of some of new _______ theories that were more accepted in cities –Stronger in rural areas, especially in the __________________________________
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Creationism v. Evolution Many Americans still believed in creationism –Belief in _________________________________ Many Americans believed in evolution –Belief that _______________________________ ________________________________________ –Charles Darwin Conflict of culture
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Scopes Trial 1925: Tennessee banned the teaching of __________ in schools –Strong fundamentalist population Scopes was a science teacher who taught evolution. He was arrested.
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US feared change Clarence Darrow was his attorney (ACLU) William Jennings Bryan was prosecuting attorney. Scopes was found __________of teaching evolution. Showed conflict in culture in the U.S.
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______________________ 1918: 3/4 of people lived in _______ states Volstead Act (1919): banning of ___________________ ___________________ 18th Amendment (1919)
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Would This Make You Stop?
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At First…. Bars People Drunkenness
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But… People found ways to drink –Made their own –_____________ opened –_______ smuggled liquor Prohibition Bureau of the Treasury Dept. was established to enforce
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Organized Crime Decade of gangsters who made _____________ selling illegal alcohol _______________ was the head of the Chicago mafia. By 1929, less than ____% of American supported prohibition ______Amendment repealed prohibition in 1933
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