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Here's the organization that Frances WIllard headed. Prohibition

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union - Wikipedia

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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union ( WCTU) is an active temperance organization that was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity." It was influential in the temperance movement, and supported the 18th Amendment.

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Check out this video about the Palmer Raids and Communism The "Red" (Communist) Scare (APPROACHABLE)

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Here's a video on the large movement of black Americans from the South to the North during the 1910s and 20s. Race Relations (APPROACHABLE)

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What is this cartoon saying about how Africa was treated by European powers? How would that affect the "Back to Africa" Movement? Race Relations/Back to Africa (CHALLENGING)

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Check out this beautiful poem by Langston Hughes, a famous poet from the Harlem Renaissance. It's a long one! Harlem Renaissance (CHALLENGING)

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Let America Be America Again - Let America be America again.

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Here's a video about how nativism and the fear of Communism caused the nation to convict two innocent immigrants. Nativism/The Red Scare (APPROACHABLE)

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The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and fear of Immigrants

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See if you can figure out what this cartoon is saying about Prohibition... Prohibition (CHALLENGING)

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If you're looking for an article with a little bit of info about most of our topics, check this one out. It covers the changing role of women, urbanization, the Presidents of the 20s, the Scopes Trial and the Klu Klux Klan, and hints at the causes of the Great Depression. Changing Role of Women/Race Relations/The Harlem Renaissance/Social Darwinism (APPROACHABLE - CHALLENGING)

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Newsela | Progressive Era: The Roaring Twenties

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Look here if you'd like to learn more about how evolution got a teacher fired! Social Darwinism in the 20s (MANAGEABLE)

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A glance at Darwin's theory of evolution as it played out in the courtroom.

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This is an article about Flappers. Changing Role of Women (MANAGEABLE)

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Newsela | When Flappers Ruled: How Dance Helped Women's Liberation

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Early 20th century women begin to assert a new independence through dance and fashion.

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What is a Communist, why were they "red," and why did America hate them so much? Click below to find out! The 'Red' (Communist) Scare/Nativism (MANAGEABLE

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Newsela | The Red Scare and the Palmer Raids

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This article talks about the "second wave" of the Klan, which is during this time period. Read here about what "The Birth of a Nation" is and why it's important to our discussion. Nativism/Race Relations (MANAGEABLE)

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CommonLit | America's Most Infamous Hate Group: The KKK

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The Ku Klux Klan, commonly known as the KKK, is a white supremacy group that promotes the belief that white people are superior to other races. Throughout history, the KKK has used violence and fear against groups or individuals whom they deem inferior.

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Can you imagine America without booze. Well, during the Twenties, all booze was illegal! Click below to see how that happened, and how it wasn't really effective (imagine that!) Prohibition of Alcohol (MANAGEABLE)

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Newsela | The Problem with Prohibition: Ban on Alcohol Actually Created More Crime

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The 18th Amendment gave rise to international smuggling, local "speakeasies" and even celebrity gangsters like Al Capone.

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Tired of hearing how great things are just for white people? Check out the Harlem Renaissance, a time where African-Americans explored and thrived in their identities! Race Relations/Harlem Renaissance (MANAGEABLE)

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Ever seen Big Mouth? It's a great show, right? Well, one of the characters is an actual historical character named Duke Ellington. He was an incredible musician, and represents the Harlem Renaissance! Check him out here. Race Relations/Harlem Renaissance (MANAGEABLE)

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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) was an African American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra. Ellington is an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, an African American cultural, social, and artistic movement that took place in Harlem, New York during the 1920s. This informational text explores Ellington's life and career.

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Video on Prohibition. Let me know if you need headphones! Prohibition (APPROACHABLE)

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"Eugenics" is an idea about controlling the way people choose to mate and raise children, with the aim of improving the human species. Read here about why it's controversial. Social Darwinism (APPROACHABLE - MANAGEABLE)

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Eugenics - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Negative eugenics aims to cut out traits that lead to suffering, by limiting people with the traits from reproducing. Positive eugenics aims to produce more healthy and intelligent humans, by persuading people with those traits to have more children. p85 In the past, many ways were proposed for doing this, and even today eugenics means different things to different people.

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Lots of Mexicans got deported during the Twenties. Read this article to find out why. Nativism (APPROACHABLE)

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The Mexican Repatriation was a mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans from the United States between 1929 and 1936. Estimates of how many were repatriated range from 500,000 to 2,000,000, of whom perhaps 60% were US citizens by birth.

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Here is a short Prezi about Marcus Garvey and the Back-to-Africa Movement in the 1920s. Race Relations (APPROACHABLE)

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Marcus Garvey and the back to Africa Movement 1920's Aaron

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believed Blacks would never get fair treatment and equal rights in the United States Marcus Garvey said, "If Europe is for the Europeans, than Africa shall be for the black peoples of the world," In the 1920s, Garvey called for a return to Africa His plan was to have all of the

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Birth of a Nation was a propaganda movie about the origins of the Klu Klux Klan. Here's a brief excerpt from the movie. Take a look at how people of color are represented, how white people are represented, and what this says about the message of the movie and the negative cultural impact it would have. Race Relations (APPROACHABLE - MANAGEABLE)

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A brief excerpt form D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation

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The Klu Klux Klan are an example of "Nativists," those who hate people that are not like them.  Nativism/Race Relations (MANAGEABLE)

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