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1920s – Economy and Society (cont.)

1920s – Economy and Society (cont.). Overview of reactionary impulse to modernism of 1920s Rural people in minority for 1 st time as of 1920 census 1920 – 52% urban (28% in 1870) Cities grow - NY – 7 million, LA – 1.2 as of 1920

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1920s – Economy and Society (cont.)

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  1. 1920s – Economy and Society (cont.) • Overview of reactionary impulse to modernism of 1920s • Rural people in minority for 1st time as of 1920 census • 1920 – 52% urban (28% in 1870) • Cities grow - NY – 7 million, LA – 1.2 as of 1920 • Urbanization, modernism, immigration – seen as threat to values by many • Dissenters to new values • KKK • William Simmons, Stone Mt., Georgia • Nativist sentiment • 1924 – National Origins Act (Immigration Act of 1924)

  2. By 1925 – 4-5 million members • Religious debate • 1925 – Tennessee • ACLU • John T. Scopes • Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan

  3. “Monkey Trial” • Radio broadcast • Scientific theory v. faith

  4. Prohibition • 18th Amendment • liquor equated with sins of city • 21st Amendment

  5. Economy • General prosperity • But… • By Summer of 1929 - recession

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