Unit 5, Day 4

Unit 5, Day 4

Roaring 20's

​Objectives:

US.6A - Analyze causes and effects of events and social issues such as immigration, Social Darwinism, the Scopes Trial, eugenics, race relations, nativism, the Red Scare, Prohibition, and the changing role of women.

​US.6B - Analyze the impact of significant individuals such as Henry Ford, Marcus Garvey, and Charles A. Lindbergh.
US.13A - Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from migration within the United States, including western expansion, rural to urban, the Great Migration, and the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.
US.24A - Describe how the characteristics and issues in U.S. history have been reflected in various genres of art, music, film, and literature.
US.24B - Describe the impacts of cultural movements in art, music, and literature such as Tin Pan Alley, the Harlem Renaissance, the Beat Generation, rock and roll, the Chicano Mural Movement, and country and western music on American society.
US.25C - Explain how the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, gender, and religious groups shape American culture.

​Review:

1. What era are we currently going over?
2. What just ended prior to this era?
3. What promise did President Harding make to the US people?

In 1900 8.8 million African Americans lived in the U.S.
7.92 million lived in the South
From about 1920 African Americans began migrating north to larger cities
- better schools/education
- escape racism
- find jobs - can anyone name some industries we have gone over?

Multiple Choice

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?

• A

• B

• C

• D

​The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930sThe Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to U.S. culture?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Select

Which details best explain impacts of the Harlem Renaissance on the United States?

Select THREE correct answers.

• Gospel music gained popularity

• Strict labor laws were enacted by the federal government

• Stories of racial hardships were both shared and published

• Free enterprise was promoted among private businesses

• The Civil Rights movement gained momentum