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C21-22 America's New Role in the World

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Chapters 21-22 America's New Role in the World 

1920s High Society | Society, 1920s, High societyAmerica was pulled into the international conflict of World War One in 1917.  Despite their protestations of neutrality, America had been biased towards England and France from the beginning.  How does this newly progressive nation deal with the internal and external threats of war?  How will be adapt to our new position in the global community?

The specific focus of this unit will be on: 

A. War in Europe and American neutrality

B. The First World War at home and abroad

C. Treaty of Versailles

D. Society and economy in the postwar years

America reacted to the end of World War 1 in a variety of ways.  Some threw themselves into the high life and consumerism, while others were drawn to religion and reform.  Music and entertainment changed during the Jazz Era as well.

The specific focus of this unit will be on:

A. The business of America and the consumer economy

B. Republican politics: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover

C. The culture of Modernism: science, the arts, and entertainment

D. Responses to Modernism: religious fundamentalism, nativism, and Prohibition

E. The ongoing struggle for equality: African Americans and women

 

Reading Assignments:

Unfinished Nation Chapter 21   PAGES 514-531

Unfinished Nation Chapter 22   PAGES 533-536, 538-550 

 

Class Notes:

World War 1 Notes.pdf

Chapter 22 1920s.pdf    

  

Textbook Chapters:

Ch. 21 Brinkley 14.pdf  

Ch. 22 Brinkley 14.pdf  

 

 

 

 

Homework Assignments:  

Part 1 – Textbook Notes

Summarize each section with a 2-3 sentence statement. Sections are bolded in blue and in all capitals.

 

Printable copy of homework:

C21-22 Homework.pdf 

 

Chapter 21 

  • Triple Entente and Triple Alliance
  • Lusitania
  • 1916 election
  • Zimmermann Telegram
  • Selective Service Act (1917)
  • War Industries Board
  • National War Labor Board
  • Committee on Public Information
  • Fourteen Points
  • Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
  • Post-war labor unrest
  • Chicago Race Riots
  • Marcus Garvey
  • The Red Scare
  • Palmer Raids
  • Sacco and Vanzetti

Chapter 22

  • Technological advancements
  • Women in the workforce
  • Asian and Hispanic workers
  • Mass consumption
  • Margaret Sanger
  • Flapper
  • League of Women Voters
  • Lost Generation
  • National Origins Act 1924
  • The new KKK
  • Modernist Christianity vs. Fundamentalist Christianity
  • Scopes Trial
  • Gov. Al Smith (NY)  
  • Teapot Dome Scandal
  • “The business of America is business!”

 

Part 2 - Short Answer Question: Answer all parts of the question in full - 3/4ths page minimum. 

 

  1. The 1910s and 20s were a time of major social change. What were the origins and outcomes of these cultural conflicts for two groups in these decades. Choose from: African Americans, Asian Americans, Women, or Conservative Christians.

 

Vocabulary: These words are from the chapter, class readings, or discussion and will be used in context or need to be defined on the weekly chapter quiz.  https://www.merriam-webster.com    

  • On Canvas

armistice

consumerism

euphemistic

frenetic

fundamentalism

impinge

impugn

mollify

normalcy

ribald

roiling

sanctimonious

seditious

titillate

unilateral

 

 

Resources

Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929:      http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html

 

 

 

 

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