1920s Learning Guide
Objectives:
How did the economy change in the
1920s? How were the changes different
from the economic revolution in the late
19th century?
Important People:
Explain the impact of the literary
movement of the 1920s on American
life.
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Henry Ford
Al Smith
Sacco and Vanzetti
Langston Hughes
Clarence Darrow
Charles Lindbergh
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Why did the “noble experiment” of
Prohibition fail?
Events/Legislation/Terms:
How did the automobile change
American life?
Which groups that did not share in the
prosperity of the 1920s?
What were the policies of the
Republican presidents in the 1920s?
Why was the election of 1928
significant?
To what extent was the “new urban”
culture a rejection of traditional rural
values?
Explain the backlash of the progressive
reforms which resulted in an upsurge of
bigotry and repression.
What factors led to the stock market
crash of 1929?
“Roaring Twenties”
Scopes Trial
Teapot Dome Scandal
National Origins Quota Act, 1921
Harlem Renaissance
Red Scare
Model T
Flapper
Lost Generation
Palmer Raids
Black Tuesday
Hoovervilles
Buying on margin
Speakeasies
“return to normalcy”
Immigration Act of 1924