Was America really a free society in the 1920's? Freedom covers many aspects of life : human rights, religious freedom, economic freedom, freedom of expression and political freedom. In America in the 1920's there was an illusion of freedom - but some people were more free than others and this depended on race, social class and political belief. There was a big divide between rich and poor and this was further exagerrated by the divide between …
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…the answer to life's big questions. But the trail did illustrate the reluctance of American society to accept Darwinism - or a different interpretation of the Bible - and therefore underlined a reluctance to accept freedom of thought. So although America was portrayed by the politicians as the land of opportunity and liberty, this was only so for a privileged minority. The idea of freedom had a hollow ring for many sectors of American society.