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Resisting
the
changes of
the 1920’s
Scopes
Monkey Trial
Cities vs. Rural Areas
• Embraced the changes
that occurred
• Skyscrapers
• Fast paced
• Wall Street and wealth
• First to gain electricity
and new technology
• Resisted the
changes
• Quiet
• Held on to strict
religious beliefs
Scopes Trial
Arrested for
teaching Darwin’s
Theory of Evolution
Christian
Fundamentalism
favored following the
Bible literally and
rejecting modern ideas
John Scopes
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Scopes Trial
• Caused by a Red
Scare (fear of
communism)
–Found guilty
–The trial
represented the
resistance to the
massive social
changes that were
occurring during the
1920’s
• Blamed
immigration, the
Russian
Revolution, and
Strikes
The Palmer Raids
the government
to hunted down
suspected
Communists
and anarchists.
Americans
rights were
violated
The Palmer Raids
The Trial of Sacco & Vanzetti
• Immigrants were arrested
for armed robbery and
murder
• Did not receive fair trial
• Was convicted and
executed
A. Mitchell Palmer,
Attorney General
The Parade after the funeral
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The KKK Rises Again
Immigration Restrictions
• believed in 100% Americanism
Nativism
• Hated all nonnon-Protestants
• 4.5 million members
Discrimination
against all
immigrants and
minorities
Babylon, LI
Government begins
to limit immigration
Mineola, LI
Washington, D.C.
Immigration Restrictions
Emergency Quota Act
and the
National Origins Act
– Established quotas
and limited the
number of
immigrants
– Created Literacy
tests
Old Immigrants= North and Western Europe
New Immigrants= South and Eastern Europe
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