20.3

Question 1

Modernism

Answer 1

the growing trend to emphasize science and secular values over traditional ideas about religion

Question 2

Fundamentalism

Answer 2

emphasized Protestant teachings and the belief that every word in the bible was literal truth.

Question 3

Scopes Trial

Answer 3

1925 Fundamentalism and modernism clashed when John Scopes a teacher in Tennessee tried to teach evolution to his class he was arrested and charged as guilty of breaking the law

Question 4

Clarence Darrow

Answer 4

the most celebrated defense attorney in America traveled to defend John Scopes

Question 5

Quota System

Answer 5

to govern immigration from specific countries. The number of immigrants of a given nationality each year could not exceed 2 percent of the number of people of that nationality living in the United States in 1890.

Question 6

Eighteenth Amendment

Answer 6

In 1919, the states ratified it. It forbade the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States.

Question 7

Volstead Act

Answer 7

a law that officially enforced the eighteenth amendment.

Question 8

Prohibition

Answer 8

the banning of alcohol