World War I and the 1920s
Lesson 6 An Unsettled Society
Key Terms
Modernism – fundamentalism - Scopes Trial - Clarence Darrow - William Jennings Bryan
- Red Scare - Palmer Raids - Nicola Sacco - Bartolomeo Vanzetti – eugenics - quota
system - Ku Klux Klan – Prohibition -Eighteenth Amendment - Volstead Act bootleggers
Academic Vocabulary
anarchist: a person who believes the government and laws are unnecessary
deteriorate: to make worse as time passes
emergence: rise or development
imperial: relating to an empire or emperor; having supreme authority
profound: strongly felt
prolong: to lengthen or draw out in time
racketeer: a person who makes money through illegal activities
subsequent: happening after something else
Lesson Objectives
1.
Compare economic and cultural life in rural America to that in urban America.
2.
Analyze how foreign events after World War I and nativism contributed to the
first Red Scare.
3.
4.
5.
Analyze the causes and effects of changes in U.S. immigration policy in the
1920s.
Describe the goals and motives of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s.
Analyze the intended and unintended effects of Prohibition.
Americans Debate New Ideas and Values: Text
1.
Compare and Contrast Explain how the values in urban and rural areas changed
during the 1920s.
2.
Analyze Interactions Among People and Events What made the Scopes Trial a
public spectacle? Analyze information from the text in your answer.
The Red Scare: Text
3.
Analyze Sequence How did communism in the Soviet Union contribute to the rise
and ebbing of the Red Scare in the United States?
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Immigration in the 1920s: Text
4.
Identify Cause and Effect What sentiments in the United States led to the rigid
immigrant quotas in the 1920s?
5.
Summarize What was the intent of the National Origins Act? Was the law fair?
Use evidence from the text in your explanation.
The Ku Klux Klan in the Early 1900s: Text
6.
Cite Evidence Explain how members of the Ku Klux Klan as well as members of
the NAACP and Jewish Anti-Defamation League all believed they were defending
American values. Cite evidence from the text in your answer.
7.
Draw Conclusions Why was the revived Ku Klux Klan able to spread beyond the
South and into some urban areas?
Prohibition Divides Americans: Text
8.
Analyze Style and Rhetoric Read Al Capone’s quote on page 3 of “Prohibition
Divides America.” What point does he make? What words or phrases help him
make his point effectively?
9.
Analyze Interactions Among People and Events Explain how Prohibition was
related to the rise in organized crime of the 1920s.
10. Cite Evidence Was Prohibition good for families and society, as its advocates
claimed? Why or why not?
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