Mr. Hall's Class



WWI and the Roaring 20’s WebquestName:_____________________Section 1: The U.S. in WWI: . What year did the US join the war? 2. Describe the Sinking of the Lusitania incident? 3. Describe the Zimmerman Telegram incident?4. What were Wilson’s Fourteen Points?5. What did the U.S. do instead of signing the Treaty of Versailles? Section 2: Movies in the 1920s: were most movies filmed in the 1920s?What were the Big 5 movie studios? Click on “Part 3” at the bottom and scroll down to “The Jazz Singer: The World's First 'Talkie’…what is groundbreaking about this film?Go to and watch the video (after the ad). What is going on? What is the name of the song? Section 3 Inventions: through the dots to answer these questions. Who invented a traffic light?What was invented July 22, 1921?What year was the bulldozer invented?What was Kool-Aid’s original name?Section 4 Automobiles: Watch the video.What was Henry Ford’s contribution to transportation in America?How did he change the assembly line to make it more efficient?What did the automobile now cost because of this?Section 5 Women: a “flapper.” What contributed to the evolution of this “new type of woman” (be specific)?Section 6: Harlem Renaissance Video >>> the Harlem Renaissance.Why did Harlem become the epicenter of this artistic explosion?Section 7 Literary Movement: Who was Langston Hughes?Click the link, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” This is one of Hughes’ earliest poems. Read it and explain what you think it is about. (DO NOT SAY “RIVERS”)Section 8 Jazz Age: did the way to record music change music?Where was jazz music born?What influenced jazz music?Section 9: Louis Armstrong: the video. Write down 3 thing that Armstrong did to impact jazz music. Watch the video. What Louis Armstrong song is this? What is it about?Section 11 Prohibition and Organized Crime: was the Volstead Act?How did Prohibition backfire? What was the intention and what actually happened?How did ‘bootleggers’ transport their illegal substances across state lines?How many agencies were created to try and enforce this act?Section 12 Prohibition and Organized Crime (Al Capone) : Who was Al Capone?How did Prohibition influence the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre? ................
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