1920s Research topics



1. Prohibition

(18th amendment, bootleggers/speakeasies, Temperance movement)

2. 19th Amendment

(Women’s right to vote)

3. Scopes Monkey Trial

(Trial dealt with teaching of evolution

in schools)

4. Sacco Vanzetti Case

(Who were they? What happened? Why was the case so important?)

5. Movies of 1920s

(Silent movies, Talkies, movie Stars)

6. Radio in the 1920s

(First station/show, radio shows, costs & general information)

7. 1920s Popular Music

(Focus on three different types of popular music)

8. Al Capone

9. Inventions of 1920s

(How did these changed life for Americans? What were popular inventions?)

10. Flappers

(Young women in 1920s who went again societal norms)

11. Dance styles of 1920s

12. The golden age of sports

(Focus on three sports popular during this time, but do not cover the Black Sox Scandal)

13. Women’s Fashion of the 1920s

14. Men’s Fashion of the 1920s

15. Cars of 1920s

(Model T, Henry Ford/ford motors, costs)

16. Flight in 1920s

(Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindberg, and planes of time period)

17. Marcus Garvey

(Political leader and proponent of Black Nationalism)

18. Harlem renaissance

19. Racism in the 1920s

20. F. Scott Fitzgerald

(The author of The Great Gatsby)

21. Fads of the 20s

(Focus on three different fads or crazes of the 1920s)

22. Stock Market Crash of 1929

23. Chicago Black Sox Trial

24. Food & drink during 1920s

(Avoid covering Prohibition and Speakeasies. What did people eat and drink during this time? What foods were popular? What changed about food during this time?)

25. Women’s roles during 20s

(Not Flappers, but women’s roles in general. What was life like for the average woman?)

26. Money in 1920s

(Not stock market crash, but how much things cost, credit, and national unemployment rate)

27. Immigration in 1920s

(Who immigrated to the US? Laws? Problems?)

28. College going and life in 1920s

(Who went to college? Costs? College culture? Ivy League?)

29. Marriage in 1920s

(Marriage rates? Divorce rates? Social class issues?)

30. New York City in 1920s

(What was the City like? How many people lived there? Growth of City?)

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