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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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The author uses the phrase "flying coffins" (paragraph 2) mainly to suggest that

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Remember this from our Reconstruction Gallery Walk?
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The passage suggests that Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith stirred extensive protest by African Americans because

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The passage indicates that female activist Margaret Sanger was known for her advocacy of

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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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As used in line 1, "ground" most nearly means

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Question 9
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The Harlem Renaissance can be best described as

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Buying stocks "on margin" means purchasing

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Question 11
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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.

Question 12
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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?

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.
birth control.
free love.
equal pay for equal work.
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The passage is primarily focused on establishing the 1920s “flapper” as a symbol for

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

slowed.
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The passage suggests that a key feature of modernism was its

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

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.
relatively new and untested stock.
stock on credit with only a small down payment.
only a few shares of stock.
Line 21-24 ("If the.. World War I")
Line 33-35 ("The war... of expression"