religion and race

• what were the bible belt states

  alabama,kentucky,tennesee
• what did protestants believe 


  they believed everything in the bible should be taken literally
• the monkey trial was during 1925 when tennesee passed the butler act which was thew banning of evolution .A biology teacher john scopes taught evolution.He was arreseted and put on trial which took place july 1925.He was fined $100.the media mocked those who opposed the theory of evolution
• ku klux klan

  the ku klux klan members were WASPS .They wore white robes and wore white hoods to conceal their identity. 1920 the had 100,000 members . by 1925 they had 5 million members.they carreid out lynchings of black people and beat up and mutilated anyone who they considered as an enemy .no action was taken place against the kkk politicians beacsue they knew that if they went against them they would lose vote. AFTER 1925 david stephenson which was the kkk leader was convicted of rape.
• naacp 


  wanted black americans and white americans to be equall opportunities 1919-90,000 members
• UNIA

  he encouraged black americans to return to africa