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 Document  Based  Question  (DBQ)  

United  States  History            

   

     

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 Document  Based  Question  (DBQ)  

United  States  History    Directions:  Read  each  document  and  answer  the  questions  related  to  the  document.  You  will  then  be  expected  to  write  an  essay  answering  the  question  you  are  given,  using  information  from  the  documents  and  your  knowledge  of  this  time  period.    Prompt:  Analyze  three  social  changes  that  occurred  during  the  1920s.  Evaluate  whether  or  not  these  changes  were  positive  or  negative.    

 Document  1  

 The  United  States  Constitution,  18th  Amendment  (1919)  

 1.  What  did  the  18th  Amendment  to  the  U.S.  Constitution  prohibit?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    

Document  2    

1.  What  is  the  woman  doing  in  the  picture?  ________________________________________________________________________  

2.  How  did  the  flappers  –  which  were  emancipated  young  women  –  clash  with  traditional  views?  

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“Section  1.  After  one  year  from  the  ratification  of  this  article  the  manufacture,  sale,  or  transportation  of  intoxicating  liquors  within,  the  importation  thereof  into,  or  the  exportation  thereof  from  the  United  States  and  all  the  territory  subject  to  the  jurisdiction  thereof  for  beverage  purposes  is  hereby  prohibited.”    

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 Document  3  

 1.  What  idea  is  central  to  the  Theory  of  Evolution  (Hint:  Where  does  man  come  from?)?  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    2.  What  state  passed  a  law  banning  the  teaching  of  evolution?  ________________________________________________________________    3.  What  is  the  name  of  the  teacher  that  taught  evolution?    ________________________________________________________________    4.  What  was  the  outcome  of  the  trial?  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    5.  How  did  the  Scopes  Trial  clash  with  the  traditional  creation  story  as  specified  in  the  Holy  Bible?  ________________________________________________________________  ________________________________________________________________      

 Source:  McGraw-­‐Hill  Publishing    

     

 

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Document  4    1.  Who  does  this  cartoon  portray?  

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2.  Why  did  this  group  grow  during  the  1920s?  

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3.  List  two  groups  targeted  by  this  group.  

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Document  5    

   1.  Which  group  segment  of  the  U.S.  population  gained  the  right  to  vote  through  the  19th  Amendment?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________      

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Document  6    

 Source:  A  Great  Day  in  Harlem,  Original  photo  taken  by  Art  Kane  (1925  -­‐  1995)  

 1.  This  picture  is  associated  with  the  Harlem  Renaissance.  What  was  the  Harlem  Renaissance?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    2.  Who  were  some  of  the  most  influential  figures  associated  with  the  Harlem  Renaissance?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________          

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Document  7    

 Literary Digest. Originally from the Memphis Commercial Appeal (Alley)

 

1.  What  is  happening  in  this  picture?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    2.  How  does  this  cartoon  feed  into  the  paranoia  and  fear  Americans  held  about  foreigners  in  general,  and  Russian  Communists  (Red  Scare)  in  particular?    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________