DCUSH – CHAPTERS 30,31,32
Compare and contrast one of these areas of life from 1920 to 1939: sports, entertainment, technology, media, education, literature, religion, culture, fashion, gender, youth. – 5-7 minute video/powerpoint presentation – cite both primary and secondary sources for your research – you will need a bibliography. DUE 12/15
TUES 12/6 – Analyze why the 1920’s were called the “Roaring 20’s” - standardized life in U.S. - urban population greater than rural population - middle class tax burden
The 1920’s are often viewed as the era that signaled the onset of “modernity” in American culture. In what ways can American culture in the 1920’s be seen as a battleground of conflicting responses and reactions to modernity? (Pick two examples and analyze how the culture changes) DUE THURS 12/8
WED 12/7 – What is a hero and why were the 1920's a decade of "heroes"? - Describe the dominant themes in American literature in the 1920’s and explain why those themes prevailed. - Examine foreign affairs during the 1920's. How does our lack of involvement in foreign affairs impact our country and the world? Should we have joined the League of Nations?
THURS 12/8 - Examine the central features of the Republican economic and political philosophy and the causes of the Great Crash of 1929 and the depression that followed.
FRI 12/9 – Examine the New Deal programs. Which New Deal program has had the most impact today and why?
MON 12/12 - Wrap up the New Deal programs and the Great Depression.
WED 12/14 – Presentations
THURS 12/15 - Test chapters 30,31,32 – ESSAY – Cite evidence that the New Deal cured the depression and then cite evidence that the New Deal failed to cure the depression. Do you feel that the New Deal was successful? Why or why not?
STUDY GUIDE
A. Mitchell Palmer, John Dewey, John Scopes, Andrew Mellon, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, progressive education, buying on margin, red scare, Sacco and Vanzetti case, KKK, Emergency Quota Act, Volstead Act, Fundamentalism, "flappers", Immigration Act of 1924, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Albert Fall, Alfred Smith, Robert La Follette, Washington Conference, Scopes Trial, Kellogg-Briand Pact, Teapot Dome scandal, Dawes Plan, Hawley-Smoot Tariff, Black Tuesday, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Huey Long, John L. Lewis, Congress of Industrial Organization, Fireside chats, Glass-Steagall Act, CCC, WPA, NRA, AAA, TVA, NLRB, SEC, National Housing Act(FHA), Social Security Act, Wagner Act, court-packing scheme, Amendment 20 and 21.