1925
Blog posts about events that occurred in 1925.
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Letter Regarding the Immigration Act of 1924
Introduction In 1924 the United States passed the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act that drastically decreased the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S. through the implementation of a quota system. The…
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Record of Witness Testimony from the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, 1925.
Introduction Towards the very beginning of 1925, the Tennessee state legislature approved a bill that banned the teaching of any theory that went against the story of Divine Creation, as…
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The Scopes “Monkey” Trial
Overview The “Roaring Twenties” was one of the most dramatic decades that the United States has ever seen. Every year had its fair share of important movements, events, and people,…