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John Scopes, a 24-year-old high school teacher and football coach in Dayton, Tennessee, agreed to a test case brought by the ACLU to challenge the Butler Act, a law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. At the highly publicized Scopes Trial, Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and ordered to pay a $100 fine, though the conviction was later overturned. The trial highlighted the ongoing conflict between religious fundamentalism and the teaching of evolution in some Southern states.
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The Ku Klux Klan originated in the southern United States after the Civil War. The KKK aimed to reestablish white supremacy and sought to eliminate African Americans, Christians, Jews and other groups. In the 1920s, the second KKK was reformed under William J. Simons and used lynching and violence against racial and religious minorities. The document also discusses the origins and goals of the first, second and third iterations of the KKK throughout American history.
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The Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote by prohibiting the United States and individual states from denying citizens the right to vote based on sex. It was drafted in 1878 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and was first introduced to Congress. After decades of campaigning by women's suffrage movements, it was passed by Congress in 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920.
Mobstersmic
The document discusses the history of mobsters in the 1920s. Mobsters engaged in illegal activities like bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition and being paid killers. One of the most famous was Al Capone, who rose to notoriety through bank robberies, auto theft, and selling illegal booze. Mobsters like Baby Face Nelson and Al Capone made a lot of money through criminal acts and became role models for their lavish lifestyles, though most ended up in prison or were wanted by the FBI. Their criminal fame influenced others to believe becoming a mobster was an easy way to wealth.
Mobstersmic
The document discusses the history of mobsters in the 1920s. Mobsters engaged in illegal activities like bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition and being paid killers. One of the most famous was Al Capone, who rose to prominence through bank robberies, auto theft, and selling illegal booze. Mobsters like Baby Face Nelson and Al Capone became wealthy but gained notoriety through their ruthless criminal behavior and later faced imprisonment, as law enforcement increasingly cracked down on organized crime. In their heyday, some mobsters were even seen as folk heroes by some for targeting banks and destroying mortgage records during the Great Depression.
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Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month old son of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, was abducted from his home in 1932. A ransom note was left at the scene and a payment was made, but the toddler's body was later found about 4.5 miles away, with skull fractures and missing body parts. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was eventually arrested and convicted of the crime after a widely publicized trial. In response to the case, the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Kidnapping Act making transporting a kidnapping victim across state lines a federal crime.
Lindberghbaby
Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month old son of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, was abducted from his home in 1932. A ransom note was left at the scene and a payment was made, but the toddler's body was later found about 4.5 miles away, with skull fractures and missing body parts. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was eventually arrested and convicted of the crime after a widely publicized trial. The Lindbergh kidnapping led Congress to pass the Federal Kidnapping Act, making transporting a kidnapping victim across state lines a federal crime.
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- 1. The Scopes Trial By: Mitchell Kukla
- 2. John Scopes John was a 24 year old teacher in Dayton, Tennessee. He coached football at Rhea County High school and also substituted there as well.
- 3. What happened in Tennessee John Washington Butler, a Tennessee farmer, simply suggested that evolution didn’t need to be taught because he thought that evolution was, “dangerous.” The head of the World’s Christian Fundamentalists Association, William Bell Riley, lobbied state legislatures to pass anti-evolution laws and succeeded with the Butler Act.
- 4. How Scopes got involved A Union called the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) announced that they would pay anyone to challenge Tennessee and the Butler Act by teaching evolution. John was the one who stepped forward.
- 5. The Trial Scopes was found guilty and was ordered to pay a 100 dollar fine. But after a period of time the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned Scopes’ conviction.
- 6. What happened after The fundamentalist movement continued to spread. Rural people in the South and Midwest Kept with their religious beliefs.
- 7. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Monkey_Trial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Scopes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Act