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Examines the role nativism played in 1920s America, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, the disconnect between urban and rural lifestyles and values, and the fractious debate over evolution that was highlighted in the Scopes trial.
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debate over evolution, evangelists, immigration quota, nativism, nativist, aimee semple mcpherson, billy sunday, d. w. griffith, emergency immigration act of 1921, european immigration, felix frankfurter, foursquare church, h. l. mencken, ku klux klan, naacp, openstax: jazz age: redefining the nation 1919-1929: transformation and backlash, scopes monkey trial, the birth of a nation film, fundamentalism in jazz age, trial of nicola sacco and bartolomeo vanzetti, clash of values
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)