Postwar Turmoil and Cultural Conflicts – Reading Guide
Read pages 338-345 and answer the following questions:
1. Describe what happened in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.
2. What was the Red Scare and what was A. Mitchell Palmer’s role in it? Do you think his actions violated the rights of
individuals or were his actions justified in an effort to protect America? Explain.
3. Why did so many African-Americans migrate from the South to the North from 1916 to 1920?
4. Identify and describe at least two effects of the Great Migration.
5. What did Marcus Garvey encourage African-Americans to do?
6. What were the main arguments in favor of Prohibition?
7. List three factors that contributed to the decline of Progressivism in the 1920s.
Read pages 396-401 and answer the following questions:
8. Describe the major issues surrounding the Scopes Trial. What is your opinion of the case?
9. What social problems erupted as a result of Prohibition?
10. Describe the Immigration Act of 1921 and National Origins Act of 1924. What ethnic groups were hurt the most by
the new laws?
Postwar Turmoil and Cultural Conflicts – Reading Guide
Read pages 338-345 and answer the following questions:
1. Describe what happened in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.
2. What was the Red Scare and what was A. Mitchell Palmer’s role in it? Do you think his actions violated the rights of
individuals or were his actions justified in an effort to protect America? Explain.
3. Why did so many African-Americans migrate from the South to the North from 1916 to 1920?
4. Identify and describe at least two effects of the Great Migration.
5. What did Marcus Garvey encourage African-Americans to do?
6. What were the main arguments in favor of Prohibition?
7. List three factors that contributed to the decline of Progressivism in the 1920s.
Read pages 396-401 and answer the following questions:
8. Describe the major issues surrounding the Scopes Trial. What is your opinion of the case?
9. What social problems erupted as a result of Prohibition?
10. Describe the Immigration Act of 1921 and National Origins Act of 1924. What ethnic groups were hurt the most by
the new laws?
Postwar Turmoil and Cultural Conflicts – Reading Guide
Read pages 338-345 and answer the following questions:
1. Describe what happened in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.
2. What was the Red Scare and what was A. Mitchell Palmer’s role in it? Do you think his actions violated the rights of
individuals or were his actions justified in an effort to protect America? Explain.
3. Why did so many African-Americans migrate from the South to the North from 1916 to 1920?
4. Identify and describe at least two effects of the Great Migration.
5. What did Marcus Garvey encourage African-Americans to do?
6. What were the main arguments in favor of Prohibition?
7. List three factors that contributed to the decline of Progressivism in the 1920s.
Read pages 396-401 and answer the following questions:
8. Describe the major issues surrounding the Scopes Trial. What is your opinion of the case?
9. What social problems erupted as a result of Prohibition?
10. Describe the Immigration Act of 1921 and National Origins Act of 1924. What ethnic groups were hurt the most by
the new laws?