Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/29/2013
TUESDAY NIGHT: DUE WEDNESDAY
1. Review the video "America in the 20th Century: The Roaring 20's"
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2. Answer the questions below, based on the video, and your knowledge of US History.
1. Explain the Red Scare and its development.
2. Describe the state of labor workers and their difficulties during the 1920s.
3. Discuss the presidential election of Warren Harding, his policies, and his scandal.
4. Compare and contrast the changes in work in automobiles, farming, and other industries during the Roaring
Twenties.
5. List some of the innovations created for the home and transportation and how they affected peoples’ lives.
6. Describe the changes in business practices and how they helped to fuel an economic explosion in the United
States during the 1920s.
7. Summarize the social tensions found between American citizens and immigrants, as well as racial discrimination.
8. Give examples of the differing values and problems that developed as more people moved from rural to urban
communities.
9. Discuss the cultural changes in the American society during the 1920s.
10. Explain why Americans had more leisure time, how they made use of it, and how it affected women's roles.
Wednesday: Due FRIDAY
1. Complete the Twenties and Thirties reading and complete the corresponding questions
FRIDAY:
TBA
