race and religion

fundamentalism

type of christianity which emerged after first world war

what caused revival of christianity

social changes in 1920

fundamentalists don’t like

cinema jazz new female fashion

bible belt

area in south that was very religious

attitudes of 1920s consumerism contrast what

native americans

where were native americans forced to live

poor quality land in specified reservations

what were native americans encouraged to do

reject their culture

what happened to native american children

sent to boarding schools to be westernised

why was life difficult for native americans

racial intolerance

poor

treated as second class citizens

new law passed in 6 states prohibited what

teaching of darwin’s theory

who attacked darwin’s theory

fundamentalists

who was outraged by the prohibiting of teaching darwinism

john scopes and ACLU

why was scopes arrested

teaching darwin’s theory

what happened during the case

highly publicised and named ‘monkey trial’

what were blacks considered in USA

not considered as real americans

how were black people controlled

jim crow laws

jim crow laws

segregate and discriminate blacks from whites

what did jim crow laws prevent blacks from doing

having a good education

voting

having decent jobs

great migration to north

because of jobs created in industrial areas due to demand for goods

how many involved in great migration

1 million from 1916-1920

where did migrants go and why

ghettoes due to low wages

1919 riots why

rising tension between blacks and whites

what did riots do

spark rise in KKK members

what else increased KKK members

Birth of a Nation release

KKK members 1921

100,000

who was in KKK

WASPs

KKK members mid 1920s

5 million

why did KKK not get into troubke

members were widespread; police and government

KKK members 1928

few 100,000

Booker T Washington

opened tuskegee institute to educate black people

Harlem Renaissance

development of talented black people in new york

NAACP

william du bois 1909

NAACP focused on what

opposing racism and segregation through legal methods and non violent protests

UNIA

Marcus Garvey 1914

What was UNIA

more militant than NAACP