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Chapter 11: 1920-1932 Inquiry Organizer
How did the modernization of the American economy and society lead to cultural conflict during the 1920s?
In this organizer
- Lesson3
- Narrative8
- Primary Source8
- Point-Counterpoint2
- Decision Point1
Compelling question
How did the modernization of the American economy and society lead to cultural conflict during the 1920s?
Chapter objectives
- Students will explore whether the role of government changed from the Progressive Era to the 1920s and Great Depression.
- Students will understand the different examples of cultural conflict that arose from the modernization of the economy and society.
- Students will explore the different causes of the Great Depression and the debate over the government’s response to the crisis.
Supporting questions and resources
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Supporting question 1
What challenges did the government face during the Progressive Era and the 1920s?
- Point-CounterpointWas Prohibition a Success or a Failure?
- NarrativeThe Red Scare and Civil Liberties
- NarrativeU.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars
- Silent Cal” Coolidge Narrative
- NarrativePostwar Race Riots
- Primary SourceMitchell Palmer, “The Case against the Reds,” 1920
- Primary SourceEllison DuRant Smith, “Shut the Door,” 1924
Supporting question 2
How did culture change as a result of the modernization of the economy and society?
- NarrativeThe Scopes Trial
- NarrativeCharles Lindbergh and Flight
- Primary SourceAndy Razaf (lyrics), Thomas “Fats” Waller and Harry Brooks (score), “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” Jazz and the Radio, 1929
- Primary SourceCartoon Analysis: Elmer Andrews Bushnell, “The Sky Is Now Her Limit,” 1920
- Primary SourceMarcus Garvey, “Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World,” 1920
- Primary SourceCharlie Chaplin,The Kid, 1921
- Primary SourceAlice Paul and the Equal Rights Amendment (Lucretia Mott Amendment), 1923
- Primary SourceLangston Hughes, “I, Too” and “The Weary Blues,” 1920 and 1925
- LessonErnest Hemingway and the Lost Generation
- LessonThe Blues and the Great Migration
Supporting question 3
What caused the Great Depression and what were the government’s responses to the crisis?
- Point-CounterpointShould Herbert Hoover Be Considered an Activist President?
- Decision PointThe Bonus Army
- NarrativeThe Crash of 1929
- Chapter 11 Introductory Essay: 1920-1932
- NarrativeThe Spanish Flu of 1919
- LessonThe KKK during Reconstruction vs. the KKK in the 1920s
- NarrativeHenry Ford and Alfred P. Sloan: Industrialization and Competition
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