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1920s Prohibition and Scopes Chapter 11-2. __________________ Millions leaving _____ areas to the glitz, glamour and job opportunities of _____ –______________________.

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1 1920s Prohibition and Scopes Chapter 11-2

2 __________________ Millions leaving _____ areas to the glitz, glamour and job opportunities of _____ –______________________ leaving a year –Farm technologies also meant __________________________________ –1920: __________ cities with at least ____________________________ people

3 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

4 ___________________ _______________________ movement –Believed in _________________________ –Skeptical of some of new _______ theories that were more accepted in cities –Stronger in rural areas, especially in the __________________________________

5 Creationism v. Evolution Many Americans still believed in creationism –Belief in _________________________________ Many Americans believed in evolution –Belief that _______________________________ ________________________________________ –Charles Darwin Conflict of culture

6 Scopes Trial 1925: Tennessee banned the teaching of __________ in schools –Strong fundamentalist population Scopes was a science teacher who taught evolution. He was arrested.

7 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.

8 ______________________ 1918: 3/4 of people lived in _______ states Volstead Act (1919): banning of ___________________ ___________________ 18th Amendment (1919)

9 Would This Make You Stop?

10 At First…. Bars People Drunkenness

11 But… People found ways to drink –Made their own –_____________ opened –_______ smuggled liquor Prohibition Bureau of the Treasury Dept. was established to enforce

12 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 By 1929, less than ____% of American supported prohibition ______Amendment repealed prohibition in 1933


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