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US History Unit 6 Test Part 2 Choice Board Option #1
Write a four-paragraph essay answering the following question:
What are some concepts (Things, ideas, culture, government, etc.) that defined the Roaring 1920s? Pick 4 or 5 concepts and explain them in detail.
• Explain at least 4 of these concepts in detail.
• Write 1 paragraph over EACH concept. Explain the concept you have chosen and give examples of how it changed society during the 1920s. (4 paragraphs total).
Step 1. Write an introduction sentence by restating the question:
The Concepts that defined the roaring 1920s are?
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Step 2: Choose at least Four of these concepts. Give details about them. Explain them.
Examples (you may think of others):
--The First Red Scare, Nativism, Rise of the KKK
--Ford Assembly Line for automobiles
--Age of Mass Consumption (buying household items/appliances on credit)
--Prohibition and the Rise of Organized Crime (The Mafia)
--Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925
--New Restrictions on Immigration (Immigration Acts of 1921, 1924, 1929)
--Women’s Rights (19th amendment, Flappers, Charleston Dance, College, etc.)
--Youth culture and the Lost Generation
--Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age
--Pop culture (1920s Radio, Movies, Spectator Sports, Magazines, Music, Dances)

Step 3: How did they (4 concepts you choose) change society? Put your 4 Concepts into the chart and add how it changed society. An example has been done for you.
Possible Changes to Society:
Women are more empowered.
Mistrust of new immigrants
Teaching theory of evolution in science class.
More African-Americans living in large Northern cities
Appliances make home chores easier.
The middle class can afford a new car
More leisure time gave people more opportunity for entertainment
African-American culture becomes more mainstream

1920s Concept How it changed society
Example: Women’s rights and the 19th Amendment Example: Women had more choices, could vote and were more self-sufficient.

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Step 4: Write a conclusion sentence. Sum up the concepts you choose and how they changed our society during the 1920s?
Use the negative, positive method to write your conclusion:
Although (address the negative), most (state the positive)

Step 5: Put it all together. Now you will write your essay in the box below. You must write in complete sentences to receive full credit.
Take your intro sentence (step 1), the Four concepts and How they effected society (step 3), and the conclusion sentence (step 4) and turn them into paragraphs.