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Topic 4d Notes-Uncertainty in the 1920s 1. Examine the clash between science and religion that occurred in the 1920s in the United States 2. Analyze how foreign events after World War I and nativism led to the first Red Scare and immigrant quotas 3. Analyze the intended and unintended consequences of Prohibition. Scopes Trial • 1920s-modernism-emphasis of science and secular values as opposed to religious ones • Other side-fundamentalists-belief that every word in Bible was truth • TN-illegal to teach evolution • High school biology teacher John Scopes taught theory-arrested • Trial drew national attentionScopes found guilty • Conflict between two sides continued-not settled by outcome of this case Red Scare/Palmer Raids • USSR & Russian Revolutionfrightened Americans • Caused Red Scare-fear of Communist Revolution in US • Atty. General A. Mitchell Palmerled series of raids that arrested thousands • Accompanied by paranoia, violence, and unlawful convictions Immigration/Ku Klux Klan • Nativism thought still very popular • Pro-immigrant side v. Antiimmigrant side (eugenics) • Immigrant quotas (2% of total) • Reorganization of the Klan • More targets: Blacks, Catholics, Jews, Immigrants, Labor Union leaders Prohibition • 1919-Passage of 18th Amendment-prohibition of alcohol (Progressive success) • Drys vs. Wets • Bootleggers sold alcohol illegally & birth of speakeasies • Al Calpone-huge consequences for organized crime • 1933-passage of 21st Amendment-end of Prohibition 1920s Review • Things are changing in 1920s United States • Economy-new consumers and economic layout • Political-new style of government • Social-forms of entertainment, values, etc. • Issues • • • • Women African-Americans Immigrants Future of United States