The Conservative BacklashEQ: How did social change and conflict mark the 1920s?What does this word mean?

The Klu Klux Klan as an Example of the Conservative MovementRead the KKKs application and manual from 1923 and then answer the following:What were the requirements for becoming a Klansman?What were the goals or purposes of the KKK?

RequirementsGoals/Purposes

The Rise of the Klu Klux KlanA white-Protestant group Vowed to defend the U.S. against all things un-AmericansFocus changed from AF AM to include Jews, Catholics, immigrants, Communists, etc

The Rise of the Klu Klux KlanKlan membership spread throughout the countryAt peak had 2 million members

Other Racial Strife Summer of 1919 became known as Red Summer due to racial violenceRace riots in 25 citiesChicago worst exampleLasted 13 days23 AF AM, 15 Whites killed and 537 woundedHundreds homeless due to destructionIn 1922 alone, 55 known cases of lynching

Young versus OldThe 1920s was full of disagreements between the young and oldwhat are some today?

TopicOld ViewsYoung Views

Challenges to ReligionThe many different changes in society began to challenge traditional Christian beliefs as well

Consumerism and Increasing WealthIndustrialization and UrbanizationInfluence of Science and TechnologyChanges in societal roles and culture

Challenges to ReligionBut two new beliefs directly challenged ChristianityThe scholarly interpretation of the BibleDarwins Theory of Evolution

Scholarly Interpretation of the BibleSuggests Bible is:A document written by manCollections of writings over timeFull of contradictions

Darwins Theory of EvolutionEvolution through natural selectionSpecies evolves over period of timeSpecies has feature that enables it to survive, passes feature to offspringSuggests humans evolved from apes

The Split in Christianity

The Split in ChristianityModernismNon-traditional values and beliefsAttempt to adapt religious beliefs to timesSee change as progressFundamentalismTraditional values and beliefsDid not adapt religious beliefs to timesSee change as negative

The FundamentalistsFundamentalist preachers became cultural icons and gained huge followingsAimee McPhersonBilly Sunday

The Scopes TrialLed by Fundamentalists, Tennessee passed Butler Act (1925) Prohibit teaching evolution in schoolDeclare unlawful to teach: any theory that denies the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible,..

The Scopes TrialJohn T. Scopes agreed to test the new lawUsing a state-approved textbook, Scopes taught lesson on evolutionary theory

The Scopes TrialWas arrested two weeks laterScopes was quickly indicted to the grand jury

The Scopes TrialThe Scopes Trial began with the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) defending ScopesClarence Darrow defended ScopesWilliam Jennings Bryan defended the state

The trial soon became a media circus!

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