The Roaring Twenties Part 1: Postwar Economic Downturn, Red Scare and the
Republican Decade
1. What was the job situation for soldiers as they returned home from WWI? What
groups of Americans were most affected?
2. Why didn’t most Americans support strikes when the unions were fighting for
improved conditions?
3. Why were Americans so hostile to Communism?
4. How did the Red Scare make the Palmer Raids possible in America?
5. What was the common business policy of all three Presidents during the 1920’s
(Harding, Coolidge, Hoover)?
Roaring Twenties Part 2: Changing Society
1. Who were flappers and how were they a sign for change in America?
2. Who were two major heroes of the 1920’s? Why did Americans look for heroes?
3. What were some of the products that created mass media?
4. How did mass media create a “national culture”?
5. What was the Harlem Renaissance? How did it contribute to today’s American
culture?
Roaring 20s part 3: Prohibition, Business Boom, Cultural Conflicts
1. What was prohibition?
2. What was an effect of prohibition?
3. How did installment buying help create a consumer economy?
4. What new industries were an effect of the increased popularity of the automobile?
5. List two events or organizations that were a result of anti-immigrant feelings in
America during the 1920’s.
6. What was a goal of Marcus Garvey’s United Negro Improvement Association?
7. What was the conflict in the Scopes “Monkey” trial?