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Big Cities |
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia |
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Cities vs Country |
Cities continued to boom and prosper faster than slow-paced intimate small towns Competitive Scientific and social ideas Accomplishments rather than background Drinking, gambling, and casual dating Fast-paced, filled with strangers |
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1920s was |
amix of rural and urban cultures |
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18th amendment |
prohibition |
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prohibition |
manufacture,sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited Support from rural south and west (large population of protestants) Pushed by Anti-Saloon League and Women's Christian Temperance Union Hoped to increase and support morals and decrease crimes002.1446479328 |
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VolsteadAct |
establishedProhibition Bureau in Treasury |
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Speakeasies |
hidden saloons and night clubs Needed card or password People later began to distill alcohol and build their own stills Prescriptions for alcohol and sacramental wine sales rose |
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Bootleggers |
smugglerscarrying liquor from Canada, Cuba, and West Indies AlCapone has a bootlegging empire in Chicago |
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18thamendment lasted until |
1933with the 21st amendment |
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Fundamentalism |
protestantmovement grounded in a literal or nonsymbolic interpretations of the Bible Rejected Darwinism Prohibited teaching the theory of evolution |
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thefirst to make it illegal to teach evolution |
Tennessee |
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AmericanCivil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
promisedto defend teachers who challenged the law |
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1stto be arrested for teaching evolution |
John T Scopes |
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ClarenceDarrow |
hiredby ACLU, a famous trial lawyer, to defend Scopes |
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ScopesTrial |
fight over evolution and the role of scienceand religion in public schools and society Scopes was found guilty but it was shown that the Bible could be interpreted in multiple ways Later changed to technicality but the law remained |
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Flapper |
emancipatedyoung woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attributes of the day |
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Women in 1920s |
Many women became more assertive Marriage began to appear more equal but household was agreed to be the women's job |
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Double Standard |
setof principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than women Casualdating became more common |
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After War, |
men often replaced women workers Most turned to "women professions" while some took on typical male work Women still earned less and did not rank high Birth rate declined due to birth control clinics |
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Margaret Sanger |
foundedAmerican Birth Control League in 1921 |
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Houses and families in 1920s |
Stores simplified households with cloths, sliced bread, canned foods, etc Public services helped the elderly, sick, and provided worker's compensation Marriage became more on romantic love and companionship Children went to school instead of jobs Teens became less familial and more rebellious |
