APUSH 7.8 Cultural and Political Controversies

modernists

Idea some Christians had that they could accept the theory of evolution while also having religious faith

fundamentalists

took bible literally

Billy Sunday

Leading radio revivalist that preached against drinking, gambling, and dancing

John Scopes

biology teacher who taught theory of evolution and was consequently arrested and tried

what was the amendment banning alcohol

18th amendment

what amendment repealed the 18th Amendment (ban against alcohol)

the 21st amendment

what was the federal law against alcohol

Volstead act

what started as a result of the outlawing of alcohol

a lucrative bootlegging trade began, and rival gangs, fought for control of the trade. Organized trade became big business.

NOTE: AL CAPONE

why did nativists have negative views of immigrants after WW1

they feared competition for jobs and revolt from immigrant groups

First quota act of 1921

limited immigration to 3% of the number of foreign born persons from a given nation counted in the 1910 census

Second Quota Act

limited immigration to 2% based on Census of 1890

Birth of a Nation

Silent film that portrayed the KKK post reconstruction as heroes and increased KKK membership

who did the “new” KKK target

1. African Americans

2. jews

3. suspected communists

4. immigrants

when women gained the right to vote, what were their tendencies?

to not vote as a bloc, and instead vote what aligned with their husbands’ or fathers’ preferences.

what was most significant in the change of the lives of young men and women

their revolt against sexual taboos

NOTE: followed teachings of Sigmund Freud, who linked sexual repression to mental illness

Marcus Garvey

brought United Negro Improvement Association to Harlem and established a Back-To-Africa Movement

Warren Harding Domestic Policy

1. reduction in income tax

2. increase in tariff rates: Fordney McCumber Tariff

3. establishment of the Bureau of the Budget: all government expenditures placed into a single budget for congress to review and vote on

what did president Coolidge believed in

limited government that stood aside while businesses handled their own affairs

McNary Haugen Bill

vetoed bill by Coolidge that would’ve helped farmers when crop prices fell