DO NOT USE OUTSIDE BOOKS/WEBSITES ONLY GRAB SOURCES FROM LIST PROVIDED
The period from WWI through the early Cold War saw extreme change in the United States.
Changes in American society (with regard to race, class, and gender) was a major trend that emerged when looking at this period.
Write a five-paragraph (or more if needed) essay in which you examine those changes and their effect on US history and the lives of Americans. Make sure you cover the entire time period: WWI through the early Cold War. You need to use relevant, specific details and at least 3 examples from the primary sources provided.
• contain paragraphs (with 5-8 sentences, approximately, in each one)
• contain multiple specific, detailed examples/evidence
• contain analysis, not just a list of facts
• have an introduction and a conclusion
• have a thesis statement
Primary Sources & Book Sources from chapter 21-25 have to come from this wesite ONLY (links to primary sources
below)
***https://www.americanyawp.com <—this website
Chapter 21 – World War I & Its Aftermath – https://www.americanyawp.com/text/21-world-war-i/
Primary Source
*Woodrow Wilson Requests – https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/21-world-war-i/woodrow-wilson-requests-war-april-2-1917/
*The Sedition Act – https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/21-world-war-i/the-sedition-act-of-1918-1918/
*On Patriotism, Emma Goldman – https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/21-world-war-i/emma-goldman-on-patriotism-july-9-1917/
Chaper 22 – The New Era – https://www.americanyawp.com/text/22-the-twenties/
Primary Source
*Crystal Eastman, “Now We Can Begin” – https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/22-the-new-era/crystal-eastman-now-we-can-begin-1920/
*Hiram Evans on the “The Klan’s Fight for Americanism” (1926) – americanyawp.com/reader/22-the-new-era/hiram-evans-on-the-the-klans-fight-for-americanism-1926/
*Ellen Welles Page, “A Flapper’s Appeal to Parents” (1922) – https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/22-the-new-era/ellen-welles-page-a-flappers-appeal-to-parents-1922/
*Alain Locke on the “New Negro” (1925) – https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/22-the-new-era/alain-locke-on-the-new-negro-1925/
Chapter 23 – The Great Depression – https://www.americanyawp.com/text/23-the-great-depression/
Primary Sources
*Herbert Hoover on the New Deal (1932)-https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/23-the-great-depression/herbert-hoover-on-the-new-deal-1932/
*Huey P. Long, “Every Man a King” and “Share our Wealth” (1934) – https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/23-the-great-depression/huey-p-long-every-man-a-king-and-share-our-wealth-1934/
*Lester Hunter, “I’d Rather Not Be on Relief” (1938)- https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/23-the-great-depression/lester-hunter-id-rather-not-be-on-relief-1938
Chapter 24 – World War II – https://www.americanyawp.com/text/24-world-war-ii/
Primary Sources
*A Phillip Randolph and Franklin Roosevelt on Racial Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941)– https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/24-world-war-ii/a-phillip-randolph-and-franklin-roosevelt-on-racial-discrimination-in-the-defense-industry-1941/
*Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga on Japanese Internment (1942/1994)- https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/24-world-war-ii/aiko-herzig-yoshinaga-on-japanese-internment-1942-1994/
*FDR, Executive Order No. 9066 (1942)-http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/24-world-war-ii/fdr-executive-order-no-9066-1942/
Chapter 25 – Cold War – http://www.americanyawp.com/text/25-the-cold-war/
Primary Sources
*The Truman Doctrine (1947) – http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/25-the-cold-war/the-truman-doctrine-1947/
*Joseph McCarthy on Communism (1950) – http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/25-the-cold-war/joseph-mccarthy-on-communism-1950/
*Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Atoms for Peace” (1953) – http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/25-the-cold-war/dwight-d-eisenhower-atoms-for-peace-1953/