1. The Roaring 20’s Roars On
Do Now: What was the main theme
of the Harlem Renaissance?

2. Challenging Society’s Rules
• What was evolution?
• How could this have
been a problem in a
school that taught
about religion?

3. What was society’s thought process?
• Mr. Scopes taught his
students about
evolution.
• In Tennessee, it was
illegal to teach
evolution.

4. Result of the Trial
• In 1925, John Scopes was ordered to pay $100
in fines for teaching evolution.
• Called for Separation of Church and State.

5. Other MAJOR Changes

6. Impact of Factories
• Assembly lines speed
up production.
• How does production
affect the price of
goods?

7. Henry Ford and Ford Factory Assembly
line.

10. When production increases, what
happens to price$?

11. Sacco And Vanzetti

12. Arrested for being
immigrants, anarchists
• They were anarchists (people who hate
government, often with violent results).
• Both were put on trial for robbery and murder.
• All evidence was circumstantial – meaning not
totally proven.

13. How did this affect the thoughts of
Nativists during the 1920’s?

14. Activity
• Create a list of 1-4 on a separate sheet of paper.
On your list, write down the following in most
important to least important to you: Harlem
Renaissance, Factory Production and the
Assembly Line, Sacco and Vanzetti, and the
Scopes Monkey Trial.
• THEN, write two paragraphs as to why you felt
that your top two choices were the most
important events of the 1920’s.
• This is to be handed in!