Today's Webquest

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Contemporary American History/Mr. Kuberski/1920’s Webquest/Tuesday, December 18

 

Directions: Now that you’ve studied the 1920s, use your problem solving and technology skills, briefly research and respond to the following questions on this document. For each question writing a few thorough sentences will be sufficient. Only #17 requires a lengthier response.

 

When the question asks for images, please cut and paste the images in the space (right click and select ‘copy’ and ‘paste’).

 

Also copy & paste the web address for each site so I know where you obtained your information. Take it easy on The Wikipedia.

 

You will email this file back to me at ckuberski@cps.edu at the end of your quest. It is due at 11:59 pm CST on Wednesday, December 19, though I will check in with each of you during today’s session for points.

 

This entire thing is worth 250 big ones. There are only 240 points below, but I’ll chuck in 10 freebies as a Christmas present!

 

Essential Question: Were the 1920s a time of traditional conservativism or liberal change?

 

1) Explain the Red Scare in America after World War One. Do you think that the fears of “reds” were legitimate? (5 & 5 pts.)

 

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2) What was the Sacco and Vanzetti case about? Include a photograph from the Sacco and
Vanzetti case. (5 & 5 pts.)

 

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3) Find an image of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Describe it. What does the
image portray? Why do you think the Ku Klux Klan gained popularity in this decade?

(20 pts.)

 

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4) Find a political cartoon of the Teapot Dome Scandal –cut and paste it– and explain in
your own words the meaning of the cartoon. (5 & 5 pts.)

 

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5) Google Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover, and then identify who was the most change oriented and then who is the most conservative out of the three. Why? (Include an image of each President.) (30 pts.)

 

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6) Find an image of any 1920s automobile –cut and paste– and then describe the
impact of the automobile on America in the 1920s. (5 & 5 pts.)

 

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7) What was one new consumer appliance that Americans could purchase in
the 1920s? Google an image and cut and paste. How did these technologies change daily life for Americans? (15 pts.)

 

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8) Describe the issues around Prohibition (bootleggers, speakeasies, etc). Do you think
prohibition was a success or failure? Why? Was Prohibition more of a conservative or
change oriented initiative? (15 pts.)

 

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9) Find a political cartoon or image surrounding the Scopes trial – print it out! – and then
describe its meaning. What was the trial about? (15 pts.)

 

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10) Find an image of a flapper. Flappers are one of the enduring images of the 1920s – why
do you think they have come to represent the era? (5 & 5 pts.)

 

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11) Discuss 1 new career available to women in the 1920s. (5 pts.)

 

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12) Find an image of the Spirit of St. Louis and describe its significance. (5 & 5 pts.)

 

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13) Find images of 3 top book jackets from the era (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edna Millay,
Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis). What do the jackets tell you about the stories? (20 pts.)

 

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14) What was the Harlem Renaissance? Find any 2 of the following items you like: a Harlem Renaissance poem from Langston Hughes; a painting by Jacob Lawrence; and a song by either Louis Armstrong, “Duke” Ellington, or Bessie Smith. Cut and paste them all below. (15 pts.)

 

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15) What was the Emergency Quota Act of 1921? Was this act symbolic of change or
conservatism? Why? (15 pts.)

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16) Find a graph which gives you an idea of the economy in the 1920s. Cut and paste. In
the space below, interpret what the graph says about the state of the economy in the
1920s. (5 & 5 pts.)

 

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17) Answering the Essential Question: Based on your web quest research, do you think the 1920s was a time of conservatism or a time of change? Take a position, write a
clear thesis and defend your response with evidence from today’s work. (20 pts.)