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1920’s Social Trends Homework Read the assigned section of the AP text. Some assigned topics will require a little on-line research as well. Answer the question in no more than one page typed single-spaced page. Mention key terms listed on your assigned slide.
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1920’s Social Trends Homework • Read the assigned section of the AP text. • Some assigned topics will require a little on-line research as well. • Answer the question in no more than one page typed single-spaced page. • Mention key terms listed on your assigned slide. • Answer question in your own voice – do not just summarize text. • Be ready to verbally define terms and explain images on slide. • Due Monday 2/25
#1: Conservative Religion in the 1920’s How did the clash between conservative religion and scientific truth illustrate the social conflict between modern & traditional values in 1920’s America? Read pp. 692-693 in AP Text Mention: Fundamentalism, Scopes Trial, Billy Sunday, Aimee SempleMcPherson
#2: Intolerance & Nativism in the 1920’s How did religious fundamentalism & a resurgence of intolerance and nativism illustrate the social conflict between modern & traditional values in 1920’s America? Read pp. 688-690; 693-694 in AP Text Mention: Red Scare, Palmer Raids, The “New” KKK, National Origins Act, Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
#3: African Americans in the 1920’s How did cultural changes among many northern African-Americans illustrate a challenge to traditional values in 1920’s America? Read pp. 698-701 in AP Text Mention: Harlem Renaissance, NAACP, “New Negro”, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey, Jazz
#4: Media & Entertainment in the 1920’s How did the changing trends in media & entertainment illustrate the social conflict between modern & traditional values in 1920’s America? Read pp. 706-709 in AP Text Mention: Automobile, Radio, Movies, Flappers, the Charleston, Sports Heroes
#5: Intellectual & Literary Trends of the 1920’s How did popular intellectual and literary trends illustrate the social conflict between modern & traditional values in 1920’s America? Read pp. 701-702, 704-705 in AP Text Mention: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Ernest Hemingway, & the “Lost Generation”
#6: Prohibition in the 1920’s How did prohibition and the increase of urban crime it caused illustrate the social conflict between modern & traditional values in 1920’s America? Read pp. 692-693 in AP Text Mention: Volstead Act, 18thAmendment, Speakeasies, Al Capone, Bootleggers