Homework answers / question archive / Focus Questions for Secondary and Primary SourcesWhat do these primary source documents and essays reveal about thehistory of the 1920s and 1930s? What do these sources reveal about thepolitics of the time period? About the construction of sexuality? Do thesereadings show more continuity with or change from the Progressive Era?Explain

Focus Questions for Secondary and Primary SourcesWhat do these primary source documents and essays reveal about thehistory of the 1920s and 1930s? What do these sources reveal about thepolitics of the time period? About the construction of sexuality? Do thesereadings show more continuity with or change from the Progressive Era?Explain

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Focus Questions for Secondary and Primary SourcesWhat do these primary source documents and essays reveal about thehistory of the 1920s and 1930s? What do these sources reveal about thepolitics of the time period? About the construction of sexuality? Do thesereadings show more continuity with or change from the Progressive Era?Explain.A more specific focus question for Ruiz’s essay is: What factors influencedthe relationship between first-generation teenagers and their Mexican-bornmothers?Focus Questions for TWE, Chapter 9 (pp. 281-494)Consider review question one, by historians DuBois and Dumenil, p. 518): Interms of politics, work, and family life, what were the most significantchanges for women in the 1920s? What were the greatest areas ofcontinuity?

Readings for Exercise: The Twenties and Thirties (written answer) This folder consists of the following readings:Mary Church Terrell, “The Black Mammy Monument-1923”;Vicki L. Ruiz, “The Flapper and the Chaperone”;“Henry James Forman Considers the Movies’ Influence on Sexual Behavior, 1933";“The Motion Picture Production Code Sets Sexual Standards. 1934";“Black Entertainer Mabel Hampton Recalls Lesbian Life in the 1920s and 1930s";Cathleen D. Cahill, "'Our Democracy and the American Indian.'"

This exercise focuses on an important historical question: Continuity or change? Both? Why? Use the secondary and primary sources, listed below, to, more specifically, answer this question: What were the significant changes and continuities in women’s lives from the Progressive Era to the 1920s (and 30s)? Which were more profound, the changes or the continuities? In your answer, I encourage you to focus on a certain area of change/continuity—such as work, family life, relationships, politics, activism, etc.

Answer the question in approximately 300 words (or more). Be sure to identify the historical context and to cite your sources. Refer to the rubric below for more information.

thoroughly answer all questions (using complete sentences).--demonstrate an excellent understanding of the subject and assigned readings.--use well-chosen evidence that includes details, examples, and points of arguments.--consistently refer to specific dates, places, and people.  --consistently refer to specific authors and sources.--draw from all of the appropriate assigned sources.--provide and integrate critical commentary about evidence and how it relates to the answer.--correctly introduce and integrate all direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries.  --consistently use concrete language to demonstrate the significance of points/evidence.--be free of grammatical errors.--provide citations--all citations, regardless of style, should include the specific page number. If pages are not available (as in the case of an e-book), provide the chapter and heading title.