1920’s Essay Questions

 

1.  “While many Americans were enjoying economic prosperity during the 1920s, there was also increasing social conflict.” Assess the validity of this statement with reference to THREE of the following

          Fundamentalism

          Ku Klux Klan

          Prohibition

          Nativism

Sacco and Vanzetti case

 

2.  “Economic growth and an improved standard of living in the 1920’s benefited only a minority of the American people.”  Argue either for or against the validity of this interpretation.

 

3.  Discus the factors that contributed to the rebirth and rapid growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920’s.

 

4.  Analyze the extent that TWO of the following reflect unilateral action to advance American interest and world peace:

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Tariffs

War debts and reparations

Washington Conference

5. “The foreign policy issue of the twenties was never isolationist.” Write an essay that supports or refutes this statement.