Unit Packet: 1920’s Name:___________________________________________Bell 1

Week 1 Essential Questions DUE FRIDAY, November 12th:Write your answers in complete sentences on notebook paper.Red Scare and the Palmer Raids; Immigration reform:

1. What made Americans “afraid” of radical ideas?2. What actions did the federal government take against suspected radicals?3. How did this change immigration to the US?4. What were the long term effects of the Red Scare?

The Great Migration; Rise of the KKK:1. What caused African-Americans to move from the South?2. Why did conditions in the North appealed to African-Americans?3. What impact did the Great Migration have on American racial relations?4. Why did the Ku Klux Klan experience a revival in the 1920’s and how was it different than the

KKK of the past?

Presidents of the 1920s; Economic Boom:1. How did Harding and Coolidge reflect the laissez-faire theory?2. How did the Teapot Dome scandal affect the American Presidency?3. Why was the 1920’s a “great time to be rich”?4. Why was the wealth and economic success of the 1920’s not felt by farmers?

Week 2 Essential Questions DUE FRIDAY, November 19th:Write your answers in complete sentences on notebook paper.The automobile culture:

1. How did the Model T revolutionize the American economy?2. What is a consumer culture and why did it develop in the 1920s?3. How did the automobile revolutionize American culture?4. How did the automobile change living patterns?

Popular culture; radio; jazz; heroes of the 20s:1. Why did a national culture develop in the 1920s?2. What impact did the radio have on popular culture?3. How did trends in fashion and music reflect the spirit of the times?4. Who were the most popular heroes of this time? Why did hero worship become popular?

Organized crime; Cultural backlash; Scopes Trial:1. Why did Prohibition lead to organized crime?2. How did organized crime affect the American way of life?3. What is the connection between the religious revival of the 1920s and the Scoped Trial?4. Why did the Scopes trial become the “trial of the century”?

Harlem Renaissance:1. What was the connection between the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance?2. What was unique about the artists’ message?3. How did this movement affect American pop culture and perceptions of African-Americans?4. Who were the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance?

Terms & People

Isolationism:

Russian Revolution

Communism

Vladimir Lenin

Red scare

Palmer Raids

Sacco & Vanzetti

"New Immigrants"

Quota

Terms & People, p.2

1924 Immigration Act:

--Great Migration—Reasons to Move North:

2nd Ku Klux Klan: During 1920’s Klan membership explodes to 4-5 million

--Factors that led to rise of 2nd KKK:

Birth of a Nation: 1915 silent film glorifying the KKK during the Civil War era

Warren G. Harding:

Teapot Dome Scandal:

Calvin Coolidge:

‘Coolidge Prosperity’:

--A Good Time to Be Rich:

--A Terrible Time to Be a Farmer:

Herbert Hoover:

Ford Model-T:

Terms & People, p. 3

Ford River Rouge Complex:

Consumer Economy:

Installment Plan:

Hero Worship:

Babe Ruth:

Charles Lindner:

Prohibition:

Speakeasy:

Organized Crime:

Al Capone:

Scopes Trial:

Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan:

Jazz:

Terms & People, p. 4

The Jazz Age:

Louis Armstrong:

Duke Ellington:

The Apollo Theater:

Harlem Renaissance:

Langston Hughes:

Zora Neale Hurston:

Marcus Garvey:

Other notes: