Culture Clash

(Period: War, Prosperity and Depression)

Synopsis:

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Historical synopsis courtesy of A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the former United States Information Agency (1953-1999).

Key Events:

• 1919 - the 18th Amendment, which made alcohol illegal, was enacted.
• 1933 - the 18th Amendment was repealed.

Key People:

• Billy Sunday - evangelical preacher of the 1920s who appealed to simple, traditional values
• Clarence Darrow - defense attorney for John Scopes, a biology teacher who was prosecuted for teaching evolution.
• F. Scott Fitzgerald - famous American author of the 1920s