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1 11. 28. 18. U. S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1934 - The U. S
U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: The U.S. bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson was killed by FBI agents near Barrington, IL U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin met in Tehran to map out strategy concerning World War II U.S. President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of his assassinated predecessor Jeffrey Dahmer, a convicted serial killer, was clubbed to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate. AGENDA: CHECK & DISCUSS GUIDED TOUR. DO 1920s QUIZLET LIVE ACTIVITY. WORK ON UNIT VOCABULARY. HOMEWORK: UNIT 3 VOCAB QUIZ MONDAY. MIDTERM ASSESSMENT & BINDER CHECK WEDNESDAY. BELL WORK: PICK-UP A TEXTBOOK & THE ROARING LIFE OF THE 1920s GUIDED TOUR. COMPLETE THE GUIDED TOUR.

2 Objective Assessment/Exit Ticket #
1920s America saw a dramatic population shift as more & more people moved from (1)_____, farms, to (2)_____, cities. This population shift led to a clash of values. One of the first major clashes involved alcohol. In 1920 the (3)_____ _____ banned the manufacturing, transportation or sales of alcohol. The “noble experiment” as it was known was a failure because not enough money was used to enforce it, people in cities wanted to drink alcohol & it led to the rise of (4) _____ _____. The (5)_____ _____ would be ratified in 1933 to repeal the 18th Amendment & end the era known as Prohibition. During Prohibition America saw a rise in illegal bars or (6)_____. Also more & more people were making money as (7)_____, people who smuggled illegal alcohol. The most famous mobster of this time was (8)_____ _____ from Chicago, he was better known as Scarface. The clash of cultures & ideas also played out in the famous 1925 (9)_____ Trial, better known as the “monkey trial”. The trial focused on the teaching of evolution vs (10)_______. In the 1920s (11)_____ had new found independence. They began to reject both traditional (12)____ & (13)____. Young women across America began to demand the same freedom as (14)_____ . This new American woman was best known as a (15)_____, she introduced new fashions, cut her hair short, smoked, drank and dated casually. Despite the emergence of this new independent woman, a (16)_____ _____ existed because woman could not do the same things as men without being criticized. Was Prohibition a good idea? Defend your position.


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