1. What accounts for the economic growth and prosperity of the 1920s? Who benefited most from that prosperity? Who did not share in it and why?
2. Federal policies under presidents Harding and Coolidge reflected the probusiness attitudes of the 1920s. Write an essay discussing and illustrating this statement with specific examples.
3. Discuss the impact of the economic, cultural, and social changes of the 1920s on the lives of American women. Were the changes felt by working-, middle-, and upper-class women?
4. Sharp social conflicts existed in American society in the 1920s. These conflicts produced fear, intolerance, and attempts to "purify" the country by legislation and coercion. Write an essay discussing these conflicts and the attempts of government and private groups to bring back a more traditional and homogeneous America.
5. The 1920s were a time of changing manners and morals and of cultural ferment. Write an essay discussing the changes that took place in popular culture and among artists and intellectuals.