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AIM: How did old and new American values and ideas conflict in the 1920s? 1. Prohibition A) Jan. 1920 the 18th Amendmentbanned the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. 1. Prohibition Bootleggers-smuggled liquor into the U.S. Organized Crime increased and gangsters such as Al Capone got wealthy. Illegal bars, called speak-easies, opened everywhere. 1. Prohibition Flappers-women who defied their traditional social role. Drank, smoked, danced the Charleston, listened to jazz & went to speakeasies. 1. Prohibition B) In 1933 the 21st Amendment was passed, which repealed prohibition. Laws that go against public attitudes are difficult to enforce. 2. The Scopes Monkey Trial Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas banned the teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution because it conflicted with the teachings of the Bible. 2. The Scopes Monkey Trial In 1925 Tennessee biology teacher, John Scopes, taught evolution in his class. Scopes was arrested & put on trial. 2. The Scopes Monkey Trial William Jennings Bryan argued the state’s case against Scopes. Clarence Darrow defended Scopes. 2. The Scopes Monkey Trial Scopes was convicted & fined. Laws against teaching evolution remain in some southern states, although they are rarely enforced. AIM: How did old and new American values and ideas conflict in the 1920s? What do prohibition and the results of the Scopes Monkey Trial teach us about the enforceability of laws? Laws that go against public attitudes are difficult to enforce.