Topic 07 Concepts

The Scopes Trial - A trial against a teacher who attempted to teach evolution rather than creationism. The irony is the fact that we now teach evolution rather than creationism.

Prohibition - The 18th amendment that banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the US.

Flappers - Women in the 1920's that followed the new American traditions and lifestyles.

Economic problems in the 1920's - Mechanization and overproduction with new inventions in the 1920's screwed the economy.

Dust bowl - a time of dust storms caused by the overproduction of farming due to new machines in the midwest US.

Immigration - Most Americans were both scared of immigrants and believed in Nativism, so the US people were against immigration, which eventually caused strict quotas.

Nativism - To be against all immigrants.

Literary works - The book The Jungle showed dark truths in the American production facilities.

The Great Migration - A movement of African Americans to the north in order to attain jobs and avoid racism

Harlem Renaissance - The movement of art and literature in the african american community.

Sacco and Vanzetti - Due to the red scare, these two Italian men were denied trials many times for murders they may have not commit, and served the death penalty.

The red scare - a time after WW1 where Americans were scared of most immigrants simply because they were from a country we just fought a war with. This time included many suspicious cases against innocent people.

schneck vs US - A supreme court case which regarded the Espionage act of 1917.