conflict of cultures

Conflict of CulturesConflict of Cultures

• III. Conflict of CulturesIII. Conflict of Cultures– A. Post War Demobilization/FearsA. Post War Demobilization/Fears

• 1. Influenza Epidemic1. Influenza Epidemic

Roaring TwentiesRoaring Twenties

• III. Conflict of CulturesIII. Conflict of Cultures– A. Post War Demobilization/FearsA. Post War Demobilization/Fears

• 2. Economic/Labor Problems2. Economic/Labor Problems– a. Postwar Recessiona. Postwar Recession– b. Strikesb. Strikes


• III. Conflict of CulturesIII. Conflict of Cultures– A. Postwar Demobilization/FearsA. Postwar Demobilization/Fears

• 3. Great Migration3. Great Migration– a. Push/Pull Factorsa. Push/Pull Factors– b. Racism & Riotsb. Racism & Riots

Roaring Twenties Roaring Twenties

• III. Conflict of CulturesIII. Conflict of Cultures

– A. Postwar Demobilization/FearsA. Postwar Demobilization/Fears

• 4. 4. RedRed Scare Scare

– a. Causesa. Causes

– b. Palmer Raidsb. Palmer Raids


• III. Conflict of CulturesIII. Conflict of Cultures– A. Postwar Demobilization/FearsA. Postwar Demobilization/Fears

• 5. Sacco and Vanzetti Case5. Sacco and Vanzetti Case



• III. Conflict of CulturesIII. Conflict of Cultures– B. NativismB. Nativism

• 1. 1. 1921 Immigration Act1921 Immigration Act– Quota SystemQuota System– Total = Total = 350,000350,000– No more than No more than 3%3% of people of people

already in US = based on already in US = based on 19101910 Census Census



• 2. 2. 1924 Immigration Act1924 Immigration Act– Quota SystemQuota System– Total = Total = Reduce to 152,000Reduce to 152,000– No more than No more than 2%2% of people of people

already in US = based on already in US = based on 18901890 Census Census

– Asians Banned CompletelyAsians Banned Completely

• III. Conflict of Cultures III. Conflict of Cultures

– B. NativismB. Nativism

• 3. Revival of the Ku Klux Klan3. Revival of the Ku Klux Klan

– a. Resurgencea. Resurgence



• 3. Revival of the Ku Klux Klan3. Revival of the Ku Klux Klan– b. Beliefs (100% Americanism)b. Beliefs (100% Americanism)


Hiram Evans (1926)Hiram Evans (1926)

“ “The Klan, therefore, has come to speak for the great mass of Americans of The Klan, therefore, has come to speak for the great mass of Americans of the old pioneer stock. … These Nordic Americans for the last generation the old pioneer stock. … These Nordic Americans for the last generation have found themselves increasingly uncomfortable … and deeply have found themselves increasingly uncomfortable … and deeply distressed. One by one all our traditional moral standards went by the distressed. One by one all our traditional moral standards went by the boards or were so disregarded that they ceased to be binding. … The Klan boards or were so disregarded that they ceased to be binding. … The Klan literally is once more the embattled American farmer and artisan, literally is once more the embattled American farmer and artisan, coordinated into a growing and disciplined army, and launched upon a coordinated into a growing and disciplined army, and launched upon a definite crusade for Americanism. … [These instincts] are condensed into definite crusade for Americanism. … [These instincts] are condensed into the Klan slogan: Native, white, Protestant supremacy.”the Klan slogan: Native, white, Protestant supremacy.”

Roaring TwentiesRoaring Twenties• III. Conflict of CulturesIII. Conflict of Cultures

– B. NativismB. Nativism• 3. Revival of the Ku Klux 3. Revival of the Ku Klux

KlanKlan– c. Tacticsc. Tactics

The First KlanThe First Klan

Nathan Bedford ForrestNathan Bedford Forrest

The Second KlanThe Second Klan

March on Washington (1926)March on Washington (1926)

The Klan TodayThe Klan Today

Roaring TwentiesRoaring Twenties• III. Conflict of CulturesIII. Conflict of Cultures

– B. NativismB. Nativism• 3. Revival of the Ku Klux 3. Revival of the Ku Klux

KlanKlan– d. Decline?d. Decline?


– C. Scopes TrialC. Scopes Trial

• 1. Fundamentalism v. Evolution1. Fundamentalism v. Evolution


CharlesCharles Darwin Darwin

• Conflict of CulturesConflict of Cultures

– C. Scopes TrialC. Scopes Trial• 2. Tennessee2. Tennessee

– a. Law Bans Teaching a. Law Bans Teaching EvolutionEvolution

– b. ACLU & John Scopesb. ACLU & John Scopes



– C. Scopes TrialC. Scopes Trial• 3. “Monkey Trial” = National Event, first trial 3. “Monkey Trial” = National Event, first trial

broadcast on radiobroadcast on radio



– C. Scopes TrialC. Scopes Trial• 4. Clarence Darrow & William 4. Clarence Darrow & William

Jennings BryanJennings Bryan



– C. Scopes TrialC. Scopes Trial• 4. Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan4. Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan



– C. Scopes TrialC. Scopes Trial• 5. Results & Assessments5. Results & Assessments



– C. Scopes TrialC. Scopes Trial• 5. Results & Assessments5. Results & Assessments


H.L. Mencken, H.L. Mencken, American Mercury American Mercury (Baltimore Sun)(Baltimore Sun)

““Bryan was a vulgar and common man, a cad undiluted. He was Bryan was a vulgar and common man, a cad undiluted. He was ignorant, bigoted, self-seeking, blatant and dishonest. His career brought ignorant, bigoted, self-seeking, blatant and dishonest. His career brought him into contact with the first men of his time; he preferred the company him into contact with the first men of his time; he preferred the company

of rustic ignoramuses. It was hard to believe, watching him at Dayton, of rustic ignoramuses. It was hard to believe, watching him at Dayton, that he had traveled, that he had been received in civilized societies, that that he had traveled, that he had been received in civilized societies, that

he had been a high officer of state. He seemed only a poor clod like he had been a high officer of state. He seemed only a poor clod like those around him, deluded by a childish theology, full of an almost those around him, deluded by a childish theology, full of an almost

pathological hatred of all learning, all human dignity, all beauty, all fine pathological hatred of all learning, all human dignity, all beauty, all fine and noble things. He was a peasant come home to the dung-pile. Imagine and noble things. He was a peasant come home to the dung-pile. Imagine

a gentleman, and you have imagined everything that he was not.”a gentleman, and you have imagined everything that he was not.”


– C. Scopes TrialC. Scopes Trial• 5. Results & Assessment5. Results & Assessment


Jerry Falwell & Moral MajorityJerry Falwell & Moral Majority Pat Robertson & Christian CoalitionPat Robertson & Christian Coalition


– D. Prohibition (“Noble Experiment”)D. Prohibition (“Noble Experiment”)

• 1. Volstead Act = enforce 18th Amendment1. Volstead Act = enforce 18th Amendment




• 2. Bootlegging & Speakeasies2. Bootlegging & Speakeasies




• 3. Organized Crime3. Organized Crime

• 4. Al “Scarface” Capone4. Al “Scarface” Capone

• 5. Results5. Results


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