Standard:
SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I. 
d. Describe passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment, establishing woman suffrage. 

Unit 5 Journal 3

 Essential Question -- – How did the United States adapt to the cultural and political changes of the 1920’s?
This journal has two components; please complete both components to receive full credit for this journal.



Journal Entry 3A
Titled: “Education and Popular Culture (Graphic Organizer)” 


  • As you read this section, take notes summarizing how public education changed and fill in the graphic organizer. As you read about how America’s popular culture developed in the 1920s, give at least two specific examples of each area of popular culture. 
  • On the back of the paper, briefly explain who Charles A. Lindbergh was and how he became America’s “most beloved hero” of the 1920s. 
Journal Entry 3B
Titled: “Prohibition Political Cartoon (Primary Source)” 


  • The hotly debated 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, went into effect in January 1920. According to this political cartoon, what was the impact of prohibition? 
  • Answer all for questions concerning the political cartoon.