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Unit 5: The 1920s

Reading 13-1: Society in the 1920s (pp. 452-458)

Define key terms & concepts.

flapper / demographics / barrio

Social Changes in the 1920s: As you read, complete the chart.

Women’s Roles / Demographics / Lifestyles
 fashion—
work force—
woman’s vote— / urbanization—
rural-urban econ. gap-
morals & manners—
African Americans—
suburbs— / buses—
automobiles—
sports—

Focus/review questions.

•What conditions brought about the demographic shifts of the 1920s?

•How did a barrio develop in Los Angeles during the 1920s?

•Who were some American heroes of the 1920s? What made them popular with the American people?

Reading 13-2: Mass Media & the Jazz Age (pp. 459-465)

Define key terms & concepts.

mass media / Lost Generation
Jazz Age / Harlem Renaissance

13-2 Mass Media: As you read, complete the web-organizer.

MagazinesNewspapers

MASS

MEDIA

Radio Movies

Focus/review questions.

•Who were some of the major figures of the Jazz Age?

•Why is the term Lost Generation used to describe some writers of the 1920s?

•How might the jazz spirit have influenced the poetry that came out of the Harlem Renaissance?

Reading 13-3: Cultural Conflicts (pp. 467-473)

Define key terms & concepts.

bootleggers / fundamentalism
speakeasies / Scopes trial

Effects of Prohibition: As you read, complete the table.

PROHIBITION / ►
►
►

13-3 Evolution & the Scopes Trial: As you read, identify the arguments in the Scopes trial.

William JenningsBryan / Clarence Darrow

Focus/review question.

  • What were the goals of Prohibition?
  • How did organized crime profit from bootlegging and speakeasies during Prohibition?
  • How were religious issues and fundamentals at odds with the teaching of evolution?
  • Why were African Americans drawn to Marcus Garvey’s message and movement?

Reading 14-1: A Republican Decade (pp. 480-489)

Define key terms & concepts.

communism / disarmament
isolationism / quota
Red Scare / Teapot Dome scandal / Kellogg-Briand Pact

The Red Scare: As you read, complete the chart below.

Causes / ►
►
► / RED SCARE / ►
►
► / Effects
  • nativism-
  • Palmer raids-
  • Sacco & Venzetti trial-

14-1 Focus/review questions.

  • Why did communism seem to pose a threat to capitalist nations?
  • How did the Red Scare contribute to America’s policy of isolationism in the 1920s?
  • How did the Kellogg-Briand Pact reflect Republican foreign policy in the 1920s?

Reading 14-2: A Business Boom (pp. 491-497)

Define key terms & concepts.

consumer economy / Gross National Product
installment plan / assembly line

1920s Business Boom: As you read, complete the chart.

Increased Spending / Rise in Productivity
▼ / ▼

Focus/review questions.

  • What conditions made a consumer economy possible in the 1920s?
  • What is an installment plan?
  • How did the GNP change during the 1920s?
  • How did Henry Ford change his assembly line to increase efficiency?

Reading 14-3: The Economy of the Late 1920s (pp. 498-501)

Define key terms & concepts

welfare capitalism / speculation / buying on margin

14-3 Economic Confidence: As you read, complete the web-organizer.

Focus/review questions.

  • What reasons did corporations have for practicing welfare capitalism in the 1920s?
  • Why was speculation in the stock market so popular in the 1920s?
  • How does a stockbroker profit from an investor buying on margin?

Chapter 13 Summary: Conflict & Change in the 1920s

Change/Conflict / Impact on Society
Women win right to vote
Prohibition takes effect
Farm $↓, Urban econ. ↑
Mass media develops
Scopes: theory of evolution
Racial tension

Chapter 14 Summary

Administration / Policies, Legislation &/or Major Events
Wilson / Labor strikes, Palmer raids
Harding / “return to Normalcy…”,
Coolidge
Hoover