[RESISTANCE to CHANGE]
One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan
In the 1920s, a revived Ku Klux Klan burst into prominence as a self-styled defender of American values, a magnet for white
Protestant community formation, and a would-be force in state and national politics - highlighting the racial and religious intolerance
Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy [1907-1927]
An undercurrent of xenophobia and discrimination fuels the Federal Government's
restrictionists efforts to curb immigration and define who is and is not an American
Last Call– The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Prohibition initiated and unprecedented degree of government interference in the
private lives of Americans changed the country forever.
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion [1925]
In the summer of 1925, the sleepy hamlet of Dayton, Tennessee, became the setting for one of the 20th century's most contentious dramas: the Scopes trial that pit William Jennings Bryan and the anti-Darwinists against a teacher named John Scopes into a famous debate over science, religion, and their place in public education.
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