Compare President Wilson’s speech to Congress asking for a war declaration, Emma Goldman’s court statement on patriotism, and W.E.B. DuBois “Returning Soldiers.”. How do the experiences / ideas of Goldman and DuBois challenge the Wilson’s vision of America?

2.) What did the Sedition Act forbid?

3.) How did the war change the lives of women and African Americans as a result of their participation in WWI? What new opportunities were opened up to them?

4.) Why did so many race riots / race massacres occur during and immediately after WWI?

5.) How did the Treaty of Versailles plant the seeds of WWII?

Jazz Age discussion questions:
1.) Why would Americans respond so well to Harding’s promise that things could get back to normal? What kind of normal was he promising?

2.) What experience does Ellen Page cite as a reason for the disillusionment of 1920s youth?

3.) Who does Hiram Evans consider to be “American”? How do you think Alain Locke would respond to that?

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