The New Era Assignment | New Era
July 2nd, 2020
Question Set 6: Chapter 22 The New Era
- What merchandising and marketing strategies were employed to encourage mass consumption?
- In what ways did the automobile change the social and cultural landscape of America in the 1920s?
- In what ways did popular culture reshape America?
- What was the “New Woman”? What was so new about her?
- What was the “New Negro” What was so new about them?
- Why did immigration cause so much anxiety in America during the 1920s?
- What was Christian Fundamentalism and how did it differ from the liberal Christianity of the “social gospel”?
- What was the Scopes Monkey trial? In what ways did it represent a regional divide in America?
- What issues led to the rise of the New Klan or Second Klan? In what ways was the New Klan different from the old Klan?