US History › Section L · The Great War and the 1920s › Topic L.6
Transformation and backlash
Rapid change in the 1920s provoked a fierce reaction. Fear of immigrants, radicals and modern city life fed a controversial murder trial, strict immigration quotas, a mass revival of the Ku Klux Klan and a famous courtroom battle over evolution.
In this topic
- A nation divided over change
- Nativism and fear of radicals
- Worked example: Sacco and Vanzetti
- Closing the gates
- The Birth of a Nation and a new Klan
- The Klan's reach
- The Klan's decline
- Fundamentalism and the old-time religion
- Worked example: the Scopes trial
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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