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History II
Chapter 20 Section 3
Question | Answer |
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modernism | trend that emphasized science and secular values over traditional religious ideas |
fundamentalism | movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles |
Scopes Trial | 1925 trial of a Tennessee school teacher for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution |
Clarence Darrow | defense attorney in the Scopes Trial |
quota system | a formula to determine how many immigrants could enter the U.S. annually from a given country |
Ku Klux Klan | a group violently opposed to Afr. Amer., Jews, Catholics, and immigrants |
prohibition | a ban on the manufacturer, transport, and sale of alcohol |
18th Amendment | a 1919 constitutional amendment that established prohibition |
Volstead Act | a law that gave the gov. power to enforce the 18th Amendment |
bootlegger | someone who sold illegal alcohol during prohibition |