prohibition and the Scopes Trial

Do you think the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values? Think About:


• changes in urban life in the 1920s

• the effects of Prohibition

• the legacy of the Scopes trial


I don't believe that the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values because taking away what people believe is right, got people upset. The Volstead Act was passed in 1919 involved patrolling 18,700 miles of coast line and island boarders tracking down illegal stills. This happened because of the prohibition law which meant people were not allowed to drink. Many were upset by this and I do not think this law should have been past because many people were upset about it and went into underground tunnels speakeasies and broke the law by drinking. Only 19 percent of Americans supported prohibition. They made this law in the middle of when different people were migrating from farming to go into the city. People wanted to have fun during the 1920's because it was after war and doing so they drank but the law restricted them to not being able to which I believe was unfair.
The Scopes Trial was another big part of the 1920's and how things were changing. I believe that the Scopes trial shouldn't have been a problem with anybody. It is not fair that the teacher had to go to court for telling his beliefe. Children are supposed to know the truth in some cases exspecially for school. U.S.A is about freedom of speech and having your own opinion and Bryan to go against the bible when he was being question was proof that there are different opinions.
I believe that the Volstead act and the Scopes trial were to different things that brought the Unites States down a bit becuase they were not listening to the people and trying to do what they thought was "right" when everybody has different view.