Modern vs Traditionalist
The African American Experience
Notable Movements
100

These women were known for expressing themselves through fashion, dancing and an independent attitude. 

 Flappers

100

This movement brought African-American culture into the mainstream for the first time, through music, art and literature.

The Harlem Renaissance.

100

The Women's Sufferage movement finally achieved voting rights for women through this Constitutional Amendment.  

The 19th Amendment

200

Fundamentalists believed that American laws should follow and adhere to this sacred text. 

The Christian Bible

200

This Civil rights leader advocated for immediate equality and civil rights and encouraged African Americans to vote and engage in political action. 

W.E.B. DuBois

200

This Anit-Communist movement resulted in Nativist attitudes towards European immigrants and resulted in the execution of Sacco and Venzetti.

The Red Scare

300

This Man was put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution in schools in Tennesee where fundamentalist laws existed.

John Scopes

300

This Civil rights leader advocation for black economic achievment, practical education, and a working relationship with white people to achieve gradual equality.

Booker T Washington

300

The resurgence of this Organization in the 1920s was a result of a fear of the times, a rise in nativist attitudes and Birth of a Nation, a film glorifying their origin story. 

The Ku Klux Klan

400

This Movement banning Alcohol (via the 18th Amendment) resulted in the rise of organized crime, smuggling and bootlegging. 

The Prohibition Movement

400

This Civil Rights figure advocated for Black Pride and tried to create an Independent country for African-Americans in Africa. 

Marcus Garvey

400

This 1924 Bill granted citizenship to all Native Americans

The Indian Citizenship Act. 
500

The prosecuting Attourney for the Tennesee Evolution Trial. 

(Hint, remember the Cross of Gold)

William Jennings Bryan

500

Around 60 African Americans were killed by a white mob (consisiting of many KKK members) as a result of trying to exercise their right to vote in this Florida town. 

Ocoee

500

This organization consisted of skilled workers of Latin-American origin and fought for equaility for U.S. Citizens of Latin-American descent.

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)