Document!Based!Question!(DBQ)! UnitedStatesHistory!
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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? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________