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Do you think that the 1920s should be most noted as a decade of anxiety and intolerance, hedonism and liberation, or both? Cite specific features of life in the 1920s to explain your view. |
Thesis: The 1920’s should be considered both a decade of anxiety, intolerance, hedonism and liberation because although culture and new inventions were chanching people's lives. At the same time, events and groups such as the Great Depression that brought worried faces to the country. |
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Some historians have considered the tensions of the 1920s in terms of a rural backlash against a rising urban America. Do you agree with this proposition? Why or why not? (Thesis and paragraph) |
Thesis: The tensions of the 1920’s was a rural backlash against the rising urban America because of the new technology invented, such as cars, and also the culture liberation that began to occur in the1920’s era. |
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List at least five major economic and/or technological developments of the 1920s. Select the three most significant ones and explain your choices. (Define each economic and/or technological development and chose the most important and why) |
Automobiles: Automobiles is the most important development Radio: Radios were a significant development in the 1920’s because it brought the nation together. Bull market: Bull market was an era when the stock market was rose and many people were making a lot of money Airplane: Airplane was a major development because it made transportation more easy Women right to vote: On August of 1920, the constitution added the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. |
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Explain how the automobile industry in the 1920s had an impact on the national economy similar to that of the railroad industry in the 1870s and 1880s. |
Thesis: The automobile industry in the 1920’s had impact on the national economy similar to the railroad industry because the automobile brought other industries such as gasoline and rubber industries become more dominant. Also, with the invention of automobiles, people were able travel and commute from one place to another more efficiently. |
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The text authors argue that immigration legislation in the 1920s “caused America to sacrifice something of its tradition of freedom and opportunity, as well as much of its color and variety.” How do you react to this argument? Do you agree that immigration restrictions were necessary? Why or why not? (Know in detail the immigration laws passed during the 1920s and why they were passed.) |
Thesis: This argument is valid because the unrestricted immigration that once existed now does not because of changes in foreign quotas. |
