What do you know about the Roaring
(19)20s?
 Where does your knowledge come
from?
 Which conceptions do you think are
accurate? Inaccurate?
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If someone says it better, let them say it…
CRASH COURSE #32
› While watching, complete the fill-in notes!
Read the prologue on pg. 274 of American
Spirit
2. Read your assigned section A. - D.
3. Think about and discuss the following
questions…
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4.
What was the main purpose behind the
assigned section?
How was this section’s segment(s) of the
population affected by the “Roaring Twenties”
Complete the given assignment in relation
to the assigned section
Why did antiforeignism
flare up so viciously in
the postwar years?
 Could the United States
have continued
indefinitely to allow
unlimited immigration?
 Were Sacco and
Vanzetti villains or
scapegoats?
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What was the relation of
the revived Ku Klux Klan
in the 1920s to the
original Klan of the
Reconstruction days?
 Why does the United
States periodically
spawn violent vigilantestyle movements?
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Was prohibition a
typically American
“experiment”?
 Under what
circumstances does the
government have a right
to regulate personal
behavior, such as
drinking alcoholic
beverages or using
narcotic drugs?
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In what ways was the
urbanized economic
order of the 1920s a new
frontier for women?
 How did the spreading
practice of birth control
reflect changes in the
values and styles of
family life?
 Does an emphasis on
gender difference or on
gender equality form a
better basis for public
policy?
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Introductory paragraph…
› How prosperous was the USA in the 1920s?
What previous knowledge
was confirmed in the text?
 What new knowledge was
put forth in the text?
 What surprised you about
the text?
 What confused you about
the text?
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While watching consider the given
guiding questions (treat them as notes)
and the following BIG QUESTION…
› What challenges are presented to the
commonly-held notions of the Roaring ‘20s?
Purpose: to challenge the commonlyheld notion that the era of Fords and
Flappers was simply fluff and nonsense
 Objective: to research a particular area
of the ’20s and reach a consensus of its
lasting significance with supporting
evidence
 Assessment: brief presentation of your
group’s findings
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Area Questions
1. Politics and Government—Were the twenties a
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5.
retreat from Progressivism or an extension of
reform?
Economics—The twenties: A business person’s
paradise or an economic dirge?
Cultural clashes—Was this an age of unlawful
protest or legal repression?
Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs—Are the
twenties best remembered as a period of
isolation or one of internationalism?
Mass Culture—Was the so-called “Jazz Age”
characterized as carefree or insecure?
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Politics and Government—Were the
twenties a retreat from Progressivism or an
extension of reform?
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Economics—The twenties: A business
person’s paradise or an economic dirge?
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Cultural clashes—Was this an age of
unlawful protest or legal repression?
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Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs—Are the
twenties best remembered as a period
of isolation or one of internationalism?
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Mass Culture—Was the so-called “Jazz
Age” characterized as carefree or
insecure?
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Write a thesis for the following prompt…
› “Seldom has a generation given so little of
permanent value and so much that was
troublesome for the future.” Assess the
validity of this statement.