A Decade of Change (DBQ)

What are TWO ways in which American culture changed in the 1920’s.  

What was the nickname of the 1920’s decade? Why did it have that nickname?  

How is the flapper different from the all-American girl?  

How does the flapper represent a change from traditional to modern values?  

According to Frederick Lewis Allen, what is one way middle-class women’s lives changed in the 1920s? 

Why does Mrs. Sparks not agree with the idea of teaching evolution in schools?  

Why does the AFT support John Scopes?  

According to Dudley Field Malone, what is really being debated in the Scopes trial?  

How does the Scopes trial represent a shift from traditional to modern values in American society?  

According to Howard Johnson, how did World War 1 affect the African American population in America? 

What “renaissance” is Howard Johnson referring to?  

According to Alain Locke, what are TWO changes that have occurred in the 1920’s for African Americans 

living in the United States? 

Is the outlook Alain Locke suggests for the future of African Americans positive or negative? Support your 

claims with evidence from the text.  

State one criticism that the cartoonist is making about the values of the 1920’s generation. 

Discuss the changes in American society or the shifts in American culture that took place in the 1920’s

○ Explain TWO specific changes in American culture or American society that illustrate a change from traditional to modern values. 

■ What was the change?  

■ What were the traditional values in the 1920s? What were the modern values in the 1920s?  

■ How did this change impact the future of America?