1924, washing machine, vacuum, airplanes, 1903 the wright brothers. 1920's war, shipping entertainment. used in world war one for the firs ttime in battle, shows, stood on the wings, Amelia Earhart, first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean, tried to fly over pacific ocean in 1937 but disappeared. was only the 16th woman issued a pilots license, she was legally, declared in 1939. Charles Lindbergh, first pilot to fly across the Atlantic ocean solo and non stop. pilot in the army and was best in his class then flew mail.
scopes monkey trial
creationism vs. evolution
creationism- belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation (the bible).
evolution- the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. john Thomas scopes. he was a high school teacher and a football coach and taught evolution. butler act- law prohibiting public school teachers from denying the biblical account of man's origin. american civil liberties unions, placed an ad inviting a teacher to help test the law in courts. scopes was hired, a group of business who thought Dayton Tennessee was in a financial slump. they called john to town at a gathering place at Robinson's drugstore. he later agreed to teach evolution because he also believed in it. Clarence Darrow defend john. t o face off against william jennings Bryan. the judge was john raulston. judge destroyed the defense;s strategy. he rules that expert scientific testimony on evolution was inadmissible-on the grounds that it was scopes who was on trial, not the law he had violated. Darrow came up with plan on seventh day of trial. on seventh day of trail darrow called bryan to the stand, darrow called him to the stand as an expert witness on the bible. darrow asked bryan about his belifes in the bible. bryan was humiliated because he was considered mindless, he made up answers for amusement ofthe crowd. john thomas scopes was ocnvicted guility he had to pay $100 fube, creatuibusn won vs. evolution.
Red Scare-anti-immigration, Sacco and Vanzetti case- Fear that communists would take over America from Russia, Bolshevik revolution started so they started to come to America to be free, General Palmer stated raiding homes and taking people who might be communists and put them in jail, Sacco and Vanzetti case - 2 immigrants robbed shoe factory and killed somebody but there was no evidence but they blamed them. Then they made Anti-Immigration acts and limited number of immigrants and they had to pay money to mover here plus people from Eastern Asia and Europe were forbidden.
Harlem Renaissance-KKK- Cultural social and artistic time period for African Americans, they are mostly from the south because they fled the south to express their beliefs, KKK is a hate group - they hated blacks, Catholics, Jews and wanted America to be all white and protestant
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