Hey Folks! This week we finish Topic 12 – World War I and the Roaring 20’s. We will be discussing government of the 20’s, societal unrest, the rise of pop culture, and the Harlem Renaissance.

Classes: Monday/Wednesday, 8:45 – 9:30 AM

 Zoom Meeting ID: 727 1779 5548

Weekly Objectives

12.5 Government in the 1920’s

Objectives: Analyze the policies of Presidents Harding and Coolidge encouraged economic growth and prosperity in the 1920’s. Discuss the effects of political scandals, including Teapot Dome, on Harding’s presidency. Explain the role that the US played in the world during the 1920’s.

12.6 An Unsettled Society

Objectives: Compare economic and cultural life in rural America to that in urban America. Analyze how foreign events after World War I and nativism contributed to the first Red Scare. Analyze the causes and effects of changes in US immigration policy in the 1920’s. Describe the goals and motives of the KKK in the 1920’s. Analyze the intended and unintended effects of Prohibition.

12.7 The Roaring Twenties

Objectives: Describe how increased leisure time and technological innovations led to a widespread shared popular culture in the 1920’s. Analyze the changing role of women in the 1920’s. Describe how the concept of modernism shown in art and literature reflected postwar disillusionment.

12.8 The Harlem Renaissance

Objectives: Analyze how the Great Migration and the philosophies of Marcus Garvey affected African Americans in the 1920’s. Trace the development of jazz and its impact on American society and the rest of the world. Discuss the themes explored by writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

New Assignments Due 11/9

**5. They Shall Not Grow Old Questions Due on Wednesday 11/4**

1. 12.5 Government in the 1920’s
2. 12.6 An Unsettled Society
3. 12.7 The Roaring Twenties
4. 12.8 The Harlem Renaissance

Late Assignments Due 11/9

1. 12.2 The Home Front During World War I
2. 12.3 The End of World War I
3. 12.4 The Post War Economy Boom