APUSH Chapter 30, Part 2 - American Life in the Roaring 20's (1920-1929)
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Welcome to Part 2 of your Chapter 30 reading! As you read, consider the following essential question:
Was the Roaring 20's truly a period of economic growth and cultural prosperity?
As always, "Focus Questions" should guide your reading and notes, but you do not necessarily have to explicitly answer them.
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Remember this from our Reconstruction Gallery Walk?
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Don't be fooled by the questions in your history textbook. Blackface is still an issue today!
According to a New York Times poll from February 2019, 1 in 5 American adults have seen someone wear blackface in person. The findings were pretty even across genders, age groups, political parties, and education.
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Excellent reading! Close out this Chapter by reviewing the "Chapter Summary" and using the "rectangle" tool to box the 5 most important key terms in the space provided.
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Do you have any feedback or questions about the Formative reading or comprehension questions that you want to go over in class?
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The passage suggests that Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith stirred extensive protest by African Americans because
it was heavily financed by white racist Hollywood film producers.
Griffith failed to give credit to Black civil rights leaders and activists.
the film depicted Black leader Marcus Garvey in an unfavorable light.
the film glorified the KKK and portrayed blacks as corrupt politicians or rapists.
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As used in line 1, "ground" most nearly means
landed.
prepared.
prevented.
slowed.
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The author uses the phrase "flying coffins" (paragraph 2) mainly to suggest that
private airplanes were much safer than public airplanes.
there was a natural progression from stunt planes to transcontinental airmail.
airplanes were invented purely to profit from the talents of stuntmen.
the first prototypes of airplanes were quite dangerous.
The passage indicates that female activist Margaret Sanger was known for her advocacy of
women's suffrage.
birth control.
free love.
equal pay for equal work.
The passage is primarily focused on establishing the 1920s “flapper” as a symbol for
the end of mass migration.
a triumph of progressive education.
many women’s new sense of independence and daring.
the growing influence of modernist literature.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Line 2-5 ("Young women... dangling cigarette")
Line 5-7 ("Thus did... American women")
Line 10-13 ("This Viennese... and liberation")
Line 21-24 ("If the.. World War I")
The passage suggests that a key feature of modernism was its
patriotism and a rejection of internationalism.
preference for the novel over other forms of writing.
questioning of social conventions and traditional authorities.
rejection of religion.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
Line 13-17 ("Animated by... artistic quality")
Line 20-24 ("No one... and literature")
Line 31-32 ("Puritanism, he... be happy")
Line 33-35 ("The war... of expression"
The Harlem Renaissance can be best described as
Marcus Garvey's "Back to Africa" movement, which promoted the resettlement of American Blacks in Africa.
a celebration of Black culture and creative expression of a prominent and vibrant Black community.
the mass migration of Blacks from the American South to northern sections of New York City.
a collective effort to resist racism and segregation in the Northern part of the United States.