Due Date: April 28
Reminder: In all your answers
provide citations from the various materials utilized.
A. Read Nation of Nations:
White Cover: Chapter 24
(pages 776-797) from the Beginning through the KKK.
Brown Cover: Chapter 24 (pages 784-807) from the
Beginning through the KKK
QUESTIONS
1. Discuss the various reasons for
The Roaring Economy of the 1920’s. (Do not address Henry Ford
and the Automobile as you will discuss this topic in Section
B).
2. Discuss America’s emerging Mass
Society—be sure to include age, gender and race.
3. Not all Americans embraced the
emergence of modern society—provide an overview of the
arguments and actions of groups concerned with immigration,
prohibition and fundamentalism.
B. View Lecture #20 (FIRST 15 MINUTES
ONLY) at Biography of America
http://learner.org/resources/series123.html#
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To hear the sound and view video, you should have
Windows Media Player,
DSL, a cable modem, or a LAN connection to a T1 line or
greater, and have Javascript enabled. If you do not have
the appropriate download, the site will advise you and offer
the necessary downloads.
(Regardless of connection type, you
may notice some lag between video and audio. However, advise me of any
significant problems experienced
viewing this lecture—be very specific (including your type of
connection: dial up, DSL, etc)--send me an e-mail if
you have no access or restricted access--so I can direct you to another source to
answer this question!)
OR
If necessary,
simply access the printed transcript of this section:
http://learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/transcript/index.html
QUESTION:
1. Explain Ford’s vision, strategy,
accomplishment (including how he was able to drive down the
price of a car to $295 to enable the common man to acquire
such a vehicle) and positive/negative impact on the United
States beyond the automobile industry?
C. Controversies of the 1920’s
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us33.cfm
Based on your reading of Nation of
Nations And the Primary Sources provided in Digital
History –answer these three questions (be specific—no general
statements--cite any sources used in your answers)
1. Why were many Americans in the early l920s hostile toward
immigrants and foreign political ideas?
2. How would you explain the opposition to a prohibition on
child labor?
3. Why do you think the issue of evolution become a cause
celebré in the 1920s?
D. General Images and Gender
Expectations
The Authentic History Center
- 1.
General Images—Review the four pages of images. Discuss
the changing fashions, attitude and expectations of modern
women in the 1920’s—use specific examples from the visual
images. (simply copy and paste
the examples into your document) Pictures of
fashion for pre-1920's are in your textbook in the three
previous chapters.
http://www.authentichistory.com/1920s/general/1920simages01.html
E. Images of Women’s
Suffrage—Select the most significant/persuasive for each
question--
- 1.
Describe three specific images against Women’s Suffrage
including the visual/written message and your opinion of its
probable effectiveness in the 1920’s. (copy and paste the images into your document)
- 2.
Describe three specific images in favor Women’s Suffrage
including the visual/written message and your opinion of its
probable effectiveness in the 1920’s. (copy and paste the images into your document)
http://www.authentichistory.com/1900s/suffrage/suffrage01.html
F. Race and The Harlem Renaissance
African
Americans as Portrayed in Advertising
http://www.prmuseum.com/kendrix/advtg.html
OR this site may be much
easier
http://www.authentichistory.com/diversity/african/
·
1. View appropriate sections available
at the bottom of this webpage by clicking on "Links to Moss
Kendrix Pages
or the link provided from Authentic History–Summarize the general theme of these
advertisements, the stereotypes they promote and the specific
way in which they project this stereotype and their probable
impact on American society. (Copy and
paste a couple into your document to prove your points)
·
2. Explain the Harlem Renaissance.
Read these two poems by Langston Hughes—for each discuss how
they reflect this cultural emergence and his specific message.
I, Too,
Sing America
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15615
The Negro Speaks Rivers http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15722
(Read the Lyrics AND Listen to the Reading if available)
G. Music
The changes
in American Culture were also apparent in the different
emerging sounds. Listen to three songs including Ain’t We
Got Fun (because it is mentioned in the textbook),
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune (Vo-do-de-o) And Puttin’ on the
Ritz
--List the
song and discuss the music/lyrics and how each reflects the
time period.
http://www.authentichistory.com/1920s/music/index.html