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Readings Handout #13
Dr. Rezelman

 

The "Roaring 20s," 1919-1929
 
  1. Modernity vs. Conservatism
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "Jazz Age"  (3 pages)
      2. American History: "Temperance Movement"  (2 pages)
      3. American History: "Prohibition"  (1 page)
      4. American History: "Al Capone"  (1 page)
      5. American History: "American Civil Liberties Union"  (first page)
    2. suggested readings
      1. EBO: "United States: History: The United States from 1920 to 1945: The Postwar Republican Administrations: New Social Trends"  (2 pages)
      2. American History: "Scopes Trial"  (1 page)
      3. American History: "Organized Crime"  (3 pages)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. American History: "H. L. Mencken"  (2 pages)
      2. American History: "Women's Christian Temperance Movement"  (2 pages)
         
  2. Modernity
    1. main readings
      1. DAH: "Flapper"  (1 paragraph)
      2. American History: "Harlem Renaissance"  (1 page)
      3. American History: "Babe Ruth"  (2 pages)
      4. American History: "Black Sox Scandal"  (half a page)
      5. DAH: "Radio"  ("Early Days" and "Golden Age" only; 2 pages)
      6. American History: "Henry Ford"  (2 pages)
      7. American History: "Charlie Chaplin"  (3 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. American History: "Jazz"  (3 pages)
      2. American History: "Charles Lindbergh"  (2 pages)
      3. American History: "Jack Dempsey"  (2 pages)
      4. American History: "Samuel Goldwyn"  (2 pages)
      5. American History: "Douglas Fairbanks"  (2 pages)
      6. American History: "Greta Garbo"  (3 pages)
      7. American History: "Louis B. Mayer"  (3 pages)
      8. American History: "Jean Harlow"  (1 page)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. American History: "Amelia Earhart"  (2 pages)
      2. DAH: "Harlem Renaissance"  (4 pages)
      3. American History: "Zora Neale Hurston"  (2 pages)
      4. American History: "Langston Hughes"  (2 pages)
      5. American History: "Mary Pickford"  (2 pages)
      6. American History: "Howard Hughes"  (2 pages)
         
  3. Conservatism
    1. main readings
      1. DAH: "Palmer Raids"  (half a page)
      2. DAH: "Immigration Restriction"  (2 pages)
      3. American History: "Sacco and Vanzetti"  (1 page)
      4. EBO: "Ku Klux Klan"  (second page only)
    2. suggested readings
      1. EBO: "United States: History: The United States from 1920 to 1945: The Postwar Republican Administrations: Postwar Conservatism"  (1 paragraph)
      2. American History: "A. Mitchell Palmer"  (1 page)
      3. American History: "Immigration Act (1924)"  (first paragraph)
         
  4. The Politics of "Normalcy"
    1. main readings
      1. American History: "Warren G. Harding"  (2 pages)
      2. American History: "Teapot Dome Scandal"  (1 page)
      3. American History: "Calvin Coolidge"  (2 pages)
    2. suggested readings
      1. EBO: "United States: History: The United States from 1920 to 1945: The Postwar Republican Administrations: Peace and Prosperity"  (1 page)
    3. A.P. readings
      1. EBO: "Smith, Alfred E(manuel)"  (1 page)

 

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