Harlem Renaissance Video and analysis of prohibition and scopes monkey trial
Question #1
1) What was the significance of the Harlem Renaissance
A period of time where African Americans find status and place
in America, AAs have
accomplishments for the first time, African Americans successful
in art and music.
Question #2
2) Who were some of the important figures (and what they were
famous for) during the Harlem
Renaissance?
Start- Great Migration, African American move from south to
north to look for jobs. By 1920s,
40%AAs live in north, NAACP(National Advancement of Colored
People) group of lawyers
headed by James welden Johnson. Fight using court system,
Thurgrid Marshall first AA
Supreme Court justice. 1920s Harlem New York largest African
American society, literature
and music develop. Zordney ohearston, Louis Armstrong, duke
Ellington, Bessie smith, Carl
Sandburg, Langston Hughes-poet famous around the world
Question #3
3) In the Poem, Mother to Son by Langston Hughes, what is the
message (make sure you
included the "why")?
It's a message to never give up no matter what hardships you
face, you must move forward.
Question #4
#4 (2/12/13) Please read in your text book about Prohibition
pages 725-730.
Please write a "Political", "Social", and "Economic" summary and
upload it to your website.
Political
18th amendment in 1919- prohibits alcohol
Voltstead Act- enforces 18th amendment
Economic
Many took to selling illicit alcohol or making their own to save
money
Candian rum runners
Gangsters sprouted up to control the profitable alcohol
especially in Chicago
St valentines day massacre 7 people
Gangsters did other activities like prostitution, gambling and
drugs and kidnapping
1930 gangsters made 12-18 billion annually
Social
Prohibition popular in south and west, south diddnt want blacks
with stimulants, west thought
alcohol represented everything bad
East was upset argue loss of alcohol, made up a "strong
minority" of dissenters
Groups of moonshiner a sprouted up along with "speakeasy" bars
booze runners from Canada
Question #5
#5 (2/12/13) Please read in your text book about the Scopes
Monkey Trial pages 730-732.
Please write a "Political", "Social", and "Economic" summary and
upload it to your website.
Political
Monkey trial at Dayton Tennessee a biology teacher John t scopes
was indicted for teaching
evolution William Jennings Brian joined prosecution, Brian was
made foolish by scope's lawyer
Clarance Darrow and Brian died 5 days after trial, scopes found
guilty and fined 100$
Fundamentalism going strong
Social
More states required students to stay into school till 16 or 17
more than 1/4 students finished
high school
Revolutionary teacher columbias John Dewey's learning by
doing
Better nutrition and health care increased life expectancy 55
years to 59
Fundamentalists cracked down hard on Darwinian evolution
Moral breakdown of youth "the bestial hypothesis" except three
states at heart if Bible Belt south
Economic