United States History II/III Combo
1920s Unit
Name: ___________________________________ Per: ____ Date: __________________
EQ: Were the 1920s a time of Conservativism or Change?
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Directions: Using your problem solving and technology skills, research and respond to the following
questions. Please use .edu, .org., or .gov (I will accept Wikipedia, but it can not be the only site
used). Write answers in your own words. When the question asks for images, please cut and paste
the images in a Google document and label the images.
Bibliography: Use easybib.com in order to create a work cited page. Any time you use information
or a picture you need to cite the source. You may have multiple cites per question.
1) Define Change according to Merriam-Webster: (1 point)
2) Define Conservatism according to Merriam-Webster: (1 point)
3) Explain the First Red Scare in America after World War One. Were fears of “reds”
legitimate? (2 points)
4) What was the Sacco and Vanzetti case about? Find a photograph from the Sacco and
Vanzetti case. (2 points)
5) Find an image of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Describe it. What does the image
portray? Why do you think the Ku Klux Klan gained popularity in this decade? (4 points)
6) Google Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover, and then identify who was
the most change oriented and then who is the most conservative out of the three. Why?
(Include an image of each president) (4 points)
7) Find an image of the any 1920s automobile –cut and paste– and then describe the impact of
the automobile on America in the 1920s. (2 points)
8) What were some of the new consumer appliances that Americans could purchase in the
1920s? Google some images and take a look and cut and paste. How did these
technologies change daily life for American men, Women, and children? (3 points)
9) Describe the issues around Prohibition (bootleggers, speakeasies, etc). Do you think
prohibition was a success or failure? Why? Was Prohibition more of a conservative or
change oriented? (3 points)
10) Find a political cartoon or image surrounding the Scopes trial – print it out! – and then
describe its meaning. What was the trial about? (3 points)
11) Find an image of a flapper. Flappers are one of the enduring images of the 1920s – why do
you think they have come to represent the era? (2 points)
12) What new careers were available to women in the 1920s? (1 point)
13) Find an image of the Spirit of St. Louis and describe its significance. (2 points)
14) Find images of 3 top book jackets(covers) from the era (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edna Millay,
Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis). Do you recognize any of these titles? What is the
symbolism used on the jackets? (3 points)
15) What was the Harlem Renaissance? Find a Harlem Renaissance poem from Langston
Hughes, a painting by Jacob Lawrence, and a song by Louis Armstrong, “Duke” Ellington, or
Bessie Smith. Cut and paste. (4 points)
16) Find an image of the Great Migration. Describe it. (2 points)
17) What was the Emergency Quota Act of 1921? Was this act symbolic of change or
conservatism? Why? (3 points)
18) Find a graph that gives you an idea of the economy in the 1920s. Cut and paste. In the space
below, interpret what the graph says about the state of the economy in the 1920s. (3 points)
Answering the EQ: Based on your web quest research, do you think the 1920s was a time of
conservatism or a time of change? Take a position, write a clear thesis and defend your response
with evidence. (6 points)
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