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Clash of Cultures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Flappers, who were they, describe them, how were they different from previous women in america | rebellious, women of the 1920s who rejected Victorian norms with short skirts, bobbed hair, heavy makeup, and a love for jazz, smoking, drinking, and casual dating, work, and sexuality, unlike previous generations to strict, conservative feminine ideals |
| What did religious fundamentalist fear about america and what were their core beliefs | biblical inerrancy, the literal truth of scripture, traditional morality (opposing dancing, alcohol), and militant defense of "Christian civilization" |
| Define darwin's theory of evolution | life changes over time through natural selection, where organisms with advantageous, |
| Define creationism | associated with a Christian fundamentalist movement in the United States that held a literal interpretation of the bible |
| John T. Scopes, who was he, where was he from, what did he do, and what law did he break | Kentucky-born high school teacher, violating the state's Butler Act, which banned evolution instruction in public schools |
| Result of the scopes monkey trial | John Scopes being found guilty of teaching evolution and fined $100 |
| Define prohibition | the action of forbidding something, especially by law. |
| Define 18th amendment | The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution established Prohibition, banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933 |
| Define volstead act | The Volstead Act, officially the National Prohibition Act, was the 1919 law that provided the enforcement for the 18th any beverage with more than 0.5% alcohol and prohibited its manufacture, sale, and transport throughout the United States |
| Impact of prohibition, bad Address speakeasies, bootlegging, organized crime, ect | Rise of Organized Crime(The demand for alcohol did not disappear, creating a massive black market that criminal gangs) (Hidden, illegal bars known as "speakeasies" proliferated in urban areas ) and Bootlegging, The illegal production and smuggling |
| Impact of prohibition, good | Initial Public Health Gains, improve public health, reduce alcohol consumption, decrease problems relating to over drinking. |
| 21st amendment, define | The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, repealed the 18th Amendment |