The Roaring 20’s Roars On

Do Now: What was the main theme of the Harlem Renaissance?

Challenging Society’s Rules

• What was evolution?

• How could this have been a problem in a school that taught about religion?

What was society’s thought process?

• Mr. Scopes taught his students about evolution.

• In Tennessee, it was illegal to teach evolution.

Result of the Trial

• In 1925, John Scopes was ordered to pay $100 in fines for teaching evolution.

• Called for Separation of Church and State.

Other MAJOR Changes

Impact of Factories

• Assembly lines speed up production.

• How does production affect the price of goods?

Henry Ford and Ford Factory Assembly line.

When production increases, what happens to price$?

Sacco And Vanzetti

Arrested for being immigrants, anarchists

• They were anarchists (people who hate government, often with violent results).

• Both were put on trial for robbery and murder.• All evidence was circumstantial – meaning not

totally proven.

How did this affect the thoughts of Nativists during the 1920’s?

Activity

• Create a list of 1-4 on a separate sheet of paper. On your list, write down the following in most important to least important to you: Harlem Renaissance, Factory Production and the Assembly Line, Sacco and Vanzetti, and the Scopes Monkey Trial.

• THEN, write two paragraphs as to why you felt that your top two choices were the most important events of the 1920’s.

• This is to be handed in!