Discuss the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.
Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrant anarchists convicted of murder in a controversial trial. Despite limited evidence and widespread belief that prejudice influenced the verdict, they were executed in 1927, becoming symbols of the Red Scare and nativism.
The Scopes trial, the increase in the size of the KKK and prohibition showed that the liberal values of the "Roaring Twenties" was in constant competition with ________.
Discuss the Scopes trial.
The 1925 Scopes trial challenged Tennessee’s law banning the teaching of evolution. John Scopes was defended by Clarence Darrow, while William Jennings Bryan helped prosecute him. Scopes was found guilty, and the trial exposed the conflict between religious fundamentalism and modern scientific ideas.
By the 1920s the "Red Scare" was just below the surface of American society but the immigration of people from this part of the world was becoming a major concern.
Who were the focus of the Red Scare?
The focus was on communists, anarchists, socialists, and other suspected radicals, especially immigrant radicals from Southern and Eastern Europe.
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Describe the nativitst point of view and the effects of this viewpoint.
Nativists favored native-born white Protestants and distrusted immigrants, especially Catholics, Jews, and people from Southern and Eastern Europe. Nativism led to discrimination, the growth of the KKK, deportations, and restrictive immigration laws such as the quota system.
Nativism in the 1920s resulted in the quota system. What was the intent of this system?
Describe how company unions changed the workplace for workers and for owners.
Company unions were controlled by employers. They sometimes offered workers benefits and a way to raise complaints, but they weakened independent labor unions and limited strikes and collective bargaining. Owners benefited from greater control, fewer strikes, and improved labor stability.
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