D 1920s. Research Paper

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1 D 1920s Research Paper The 1920s was a truly exciting decade in American History today we might say it rocked, back then, it roared. In all aspects of life (fashion, music, literature, sports, economics, social reform, politics) things were happening and happening fast. This is not merely a list of categories; rather, it is a collection of topics and, with the graphic organizer, related subtopics which together, provide a complex view of the Roaring Twenties. The topics for this paper have been assigned to specific categories. You are going to be assigned ONE category and research the topics connected to that category. This paper will require you to use the appropriate resources available (databases, the Internet and books) to effectively complete the following: Graphic Organizer: 1. Provide the necessary background about each subtopic on the accompanying graphic organizer. 2. Explain that topic s political, social and/or economic impact. It may be easier to draw parallels for some as opposed to others. 3. The graphic organizer is due with the research paper. It is designed to assist you in accumulating data and examples. Note! Do you need to look up all the information following each subtopic? No. However, you are required to focus on the subtopics. The accompanying words are provided to offer you a starting point, as you will certainly find other examples or areas of focus during your research. Research Paper: 1. Complete a 3 page paper, Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1.5 spacing that incorporates the research accumulated in the library and at home. 2. Stress the impact of the category on American society, politics and/or economics in the 1920s and beyond. 3. Utilize a combination of the subtopics to help make your point. 4. Ensure you hit upon all subtopics to some degree and tie into the main focus IMPACT. 5. Provide an introduction, multiple body paragraphs and a conclusion. The number of sources you are required to have should exceed the number of topics you are researching by one (ex. 4 topics = 5 sources). You must use all of the sources available at least once. For example, if you need 5 sources, then you could use 2 databases, 1 book and 2 Internet sources. Other expectations for this paper will be discussed in class. Remember the research strategies you learned from the days in the library! Suggested Strategies: 1. Read the 1920s chapter in the textbook. 2. Stress important concepts and ideas. Look for connections between subtopics. 3. Analyze information and draw conclusions. What can be inferred from the data? 4. Utilize multiple sources to ensure accuracy and thoroughness. 5. Look further than the sub topics provided. Effort is required. 6. Keep copious notes and a list of sources. 7. Search for data, statistics, and information. Extract this material to use in your paper as proof.

2 Categories Entertainment The Jazz age was wicked and monstrous and silly. Unfortunately I had a good time. Heywood Brown Society and Fads The parties were bigger the pace was faster, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser. F. Scott Fitzgerald Politics Not a category, but a neat quote. America s present need is not heroics, but healing, not nostrums (remedies) but normalcy, not revolution but restoration, not surgery but serenity. Warren G. Harding Civil Rights and Intolerance We return. We return from fighting. We return fighting. W.E.B. dubois Sports Well, I had a better year. Response when asked why he made more than the U.S. President. Babe Ruth Technology, Economics, and Business The chief business of the American people is business. Calvin Coolidge Due Date -

3 Name Graphic Organizer Civil Rights and Intolerance We return. We return from fighting. We return fighting. W.E.B. dubois African Americans the rebirth of the KKK; reasons for growing intolerance; Marcus Garvey; Tulsa Race Riot Sacco and Vanzetti trial background and result; Were they scapegoats for fear?; Nativists The Scopes trial background and result; the debate over evolution; it s grip on the national attention The Harlem Renaissance the epicenter of culture; major figures; literature and art; Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston; Claude McKay; James Van Der Zee Fear of Foreigners!Red Scare;!Palmer Raids; fear of communism, socialism, anarchism; Quota Laws 21 & 24!! Information/Facts Social Political Economic African Americans - Sacco and Vanzetti Trial -

4 Information/Facts Social Political Economic The Scopes Trial - The Harlem Renaissance - Fear of Foreigners -

5 Name Graphic Organizer Entertainment The Jazz age was wicked and monstrous and silly. Unfortunately I had a good time. Heywood Brown Jazz Duke Ellington; Bessie Smith; Louis Armstrong; George Gershwin; Blind Lemon Jefferson (Blues) Radio KDKA; effect on sports; politics on the radio; news; advertising; soap operas/radio shows Movies silent movies and the silver screen; talkies and the Jazz Singer; Douglas Fairbanks; Charlie Chaplin Literature Ernest Hemingway; F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby; expatriates; Sigmund Freud Dance The Charleston; marathon dance craze; as a fun-time leisure activity!! Information/Facts Social Political Economic Jazz - Radio -

6 Information/Facts Social Political Economic Movies - Literature - Dance -

7 Name Graphic Organizer Society and Fads The parties were bigger the pace was faster, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser. F. Scott Fitzgerald Prohibition Volstead Act; Speakeasies; Eliot Ness; effects and unintended consequences Fads flagpole sitting; flappers; sheiks; marathon dance craze; other leisure activities; changing role of women The Automobile the Tin Lizzie; the cars affect on the roads, economy, and society The Airplane Charles A. Lindbergh; Amelia Earhart; barnstorming Organized Crime Al Capone; bootleggers; St. Valentine s Day massacre; reasons organized crime grew!! Information/Facts Social Political Economic Prohibition - Fads -

8 Information/Facts Social Political Economic The Automobile - The Airplane - Organized Crime -

9 Name Graphic Organizer Sports Well, I had a better year. Response when asked why he made more than the U.S. President. Babe Ruth Baseball Babe Ruth; Lou Gehrig; Chicago Black Sox scandal; popularity of the game as a pastime; Negro Baseball League reason for the league; Satchel Paige and other major players; the league s impact Football Red Grange; Knute Rockne; the birth of the NFL; college football Boxing Dempsey-Tunney Rematch; impact as a major sport and moneymaker Golf, Tennis, Swimming Bill Tilden, Bobby Jones and Gertrude Ederle National Sports Heroes Why did players of a game become heroes & role models?; Who? Male and female Sports on the Radio Baseball and boxing; the ability to reach fans far and wide! Information/Facts Social Political Economic Baseball - Negro League Baseball - Football -

10 Information/Facts Social Political Economic Boxing - Golf, Tennis, Swimming - National Sports Heroes - Sports on the Radio -

11 Name Graphic Organizer Technology, Economics, and Business The chief business of the American people is business. Calvin Coolidge Advertising effects on America; mixes wants and needs; major ad campaigns; How did it transform radio? Chain Stores major examples; explain their growth in popularity; relate to consumerism Consumerism installment buying; the growing problems of credit; impact on U.S. economy; Credit Crisis Business and Workers Henry Ford; Laissez faire in the 1920s; income of workers; Margin Buying; The Crash Inventions - labor saving devices and their impact on leisure time; major inventions from all areas Teapot Dome Scandal Loss of faith in president and politics; corrupting influence of money!! Information/Facts Social Political Economic Advertising - Chain Stores -

12 Information/Facts Social Political Economic Consumerism - Business and Workers - Inventions - Teapot Dome Scandal -