The 1920s is referred to as the Roaring ’20s a time of unparalleled progress and economic growth. A time of flappers and speakeasies and a resurgent conservatism that spawned a new Ku Klux Klan and other American nativist groups. Discuss why and how the 1920s can be seen as a decade of contradictions. What does the relationship between mass immigration and the rise of the Second Ku Klux Klan tell us about American attitudes? How might we reconcile the decade as the period of both the flapper and prohibition?
The 1920s is referred to as the Roaring ’20s a time of unparalleled progress and economic growth. A time of flappers and speakeasies and a resurgent conservatism that spawned a new Ku Klux Klan and other American nativist groups.
Discuss why and how the 1920s can be seen as a decade of contradictions. What does the relationship between mass immigration and the rise of the Second Ku Klux Klan tell us about American attitudes? How might we reconcile the decade as the period of both the flapper and prohibition?
Thinking on the resurgent conservatism in some regions of our country in the past decade and the latent nativist sentiment expressed by some Americans e.g., Charlottesville in 2017, what in your opinion are its causes today and how does it compare to the nativism of the 1920s. Be specific with your analysis.
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