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Science was a struggle between the modern scientific people and the Christian fundamentalists
Fundamentalists believed everything could be explained by the Bible.
They Disagreed with the theory of evolution
The Scopes Monkey Trial
In 1925, Tennessee passed the first law making it illegal to teach evolution in school
In American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) said it would defend any teacher willing to break the law
John Scopes, biology teacher from Dayton, accepted
Scopes-Monkey Trial
Scopes taught evolution and was arrested
Clarence Darrow was hired by the ACLU to defend Scopes
WIlliam Jennings Bryan was the special prosecutor
Scopes did not deny teaching evolution
Trial was really about evolution in schools
Darrow and Bryan to the stand and asked him questions about the Bible
Darrow made Bryan look foolish
In the end, Scopes was found guilty and fined $100
Buying on Credit
“Buy now, pay later”
Stock markets was POPPIN
-buying on margin
High Tariff Policy
The Era of “Permanent Prosperity”
As long as everyone has faith, everything will be fine.”
Cult of Domesticity
Developed throughout 1800’s
The ideal of womanhood had four characteristics
Piety- Religious one
Purity
Domesticity
Submissiveness
World War 1
Interrupted the campaign for woman suffrage
Women took the men's job in WW1 showing the country that they could do hard work
Finally, on Aug.20,1920, the 19th Amendment became part of the US Constitution when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify it.
The ROARING 20’s
THe 1920’s were a good decade for women's rights
19th Amendments
Flapper girls
Going to collage more
Working more outside the home
Margaret Sanger
In 1912, she found the American Birth COntrol League
-TOday known as Planned Parenthood
Women were then able to control their own bodies
This movement educated women about existing birth control methods
Education
By 1928, women were earning 39% of the college degrees given in the US
In 1900, it was 19%
Right now it's almost 60%
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