United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth
Century. Grade 11
11.5 Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological,
and cultural developments of the 1920s.
1. Discuss the policies of Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and
Herbert Hoover.
2. Analyze the international and domestic events, interests, and
philosophies that prompted attacks on civil liberties, including
the Palmer Raids, Marcus Garvey's "back-to-Africa" movement, the
Ku Klux Klan, and immigration quotas and the responses of organizations
such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Anti-Defamation League
to those attacks.
3. Examine the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution
and the Volstead Act (Prohibition).
4. Analyze the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and the changing role of
women in society.
5. Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and
art, with special attention to the work of writers (e.g., Zora Neale
Hurston, Langston Hughes).
6. Trace the growth and effects of radio and movies and their role in the
worldwide diffusion of popular culture.
7. Discuss the rise of mass production techniques, the growth of cities, the
impact of new technologies (e.g., the automobile, electricity), and the
resulting prosperity and effect on the American landscape.
