1920s DBQ Analysis

1920s DBQ Analysis

By Emily Polacek

Multiple Choice

DBQ stands for?

• Dan Buys Quails

• DataBase Queries

• Document Based Question

​DIRECTIONS:

You are to look at the following documents and answer the following questions:

1. How were the literary and artistic movements of the 1920's critical of contemporary American life?​​

2. What aspect of American life is being criticized? How? Why?​

1920s DBQ Analysis

What is the political cartoon criticizing? Why?

Think about race relations.

​What aspect of American life is being criticized?

How? Why?​

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Open Ended

What aspect of American life is being criticized in Langson Hughes poem?

How? Why?

​The "N" Word

​The "N" Word

Think about race relations.

​What aspect of American life is being criticized?

How? Why?​

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Open Ended

What aspect of American life is being criticized in Countee Cullen's poem? How? Why?

Think about morals and changes in dating.

​What aspect of American life is being criticized?

How? Why?​

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Open Ended

What aspects of American life is being criticized in this woman's diary, the exerpt of the 'Great Gatsby' and the picture of dancing? How? Why?

Think about change of morals and work ethic.

​What aspect of American life is being criticized?

How? Why?​

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Open Ended

What aspects of American life is being criticized in this political cartoon about amendments and the exerpt of the 'Great Gatsby'? How? Why?

Think about outsiders.

​What aspect of American life is being criticized?

How? Why?​

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Poll

These two men represented what about American culture during the 1920s?

• Bootleggers

• Flappers

• The Red Scare

• Jazz Musicians

Poll

What problem is this political cartoon displaying?

• There are too many bootleggers & not enough law enforcement officers.

• Bootleggers are fleas to society.

• Uncle Sam prefers dogs.

• Prohibition was hard to enforce.