1920s Guided Reading



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Reading Guide - Chapter 17 1920s

1. Compare and Contrast.(Compare/ Contrast each Presidency)

Need 4 similarities and 4 differences! (Be specific!)

Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge

2. Summarize the ideals of “isolationism” and write out each of the plans created to keep the U.S. isolated. Explain what each plan is.

Do you agree with isolationism? Why or why not?

3. Explain in your own words what “credit” is. How much credit was being used during this time by Americans? What do you foresee happening with the issue of “credit?”

4. Evaluate the economic situation of the 1920s. Name specific things that came out during this time.

A. Productivity

B. Technologies

C. Government Policy

5. How were “Farm Problems” being addressed in the 1920s? (Be specific)

6. How was “Immigration” being addressed in the 1920s? (Be specific)

7. How were demographics changing in the 1920s?

8. Explain “Consumerism”

9. Describe the impact of the automobile.

10. List 4 new elements to entertainment and their impact on society.

A. List 2 popular heroes of the age and what they were famous for accomplishing:

11. Gender Roles, Family and Education: List and FULLY explain 5 major changes in these areas.

12. What is Fundamentalism?

13. List 5 facts about the Harlem Renaissance: (Be specific)

A. List 3 Major Harlem Renaissance Artist & their Art Forms

14. Who was Marcus Garvey?

A. Explain his movement

B. How did the rest of the black progressive respond?

15. What was the Scopes Trial? (be specific)

16. Explain the 18th Amendment of 1919

A. What was the actual effect?

B. Why was it repealed and when?

17. Explain the “Nativist” Agenda

18. Describe and explain the Quota Laws

19. Summarize the important case of Sacco and Vanzetti. Why was THIS trial so polarizing?

20. List 5 facts you think are the most important about the Klan in this era. Different? Same?

21. Explain America’s concerns in Latin America in the 1920s.

22. ****Explain the effects of Tariffs on the American economy and the world economy in the 1920s.(look for supply-side economics)

23. What were the problems with paying the war debts and reparations?

A. Explain the Dawes Plan?

B. Legacy?

24. Write a paragraph of 6-8 sentences on this prompt. Use specific evidence and answer the question and explain it.

Overall what was the greatest achievement that the 1920’s had for the U.S.?

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