A Hotlist on The 1920s

A Hotlist on The 1920s
An Internet Hotlist on The 1920s

created by Mrs. Todd
Santee Education Complex High School

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about The 1920s, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

1920s Timeline - Popular, Cultural, and News events are featured
LAUSD's Digital Library - Point mouse to 'SUBSCRIPTION SITES' and select from dozens of databases and encyclopedias. Thompson Gale and Facts on File both have US History Databases.

Prohibition and the Rise of the Mafia

Al Capone - A short biographical piece on a leader of the Mafia.
American Mafia - Scroll down to the section on Prohibition
Bootlegging - A brief overview article.
Digital History - the 1920s - A concise article on Prohibition
FBI History - Famous Cases - Alphone Capone aka Al, Scarface - A page from the FBI on Al Capone. Your tax dollars at work.
Gangsterism and the 1920s - Brief article with live links to a Prohibition page and a page on the St. Valentine's day massacre.
MSN Encarta - Prohibition - Encarta article. The period of the 1920s begins on page 2.
Temperance and Prohibition - This link will take you to a table of contents for a dozen articles on different aspects of Prohibition. This site is from the Ohio State University History department.

The 1920s New Woman

African American New Woman - From Ohio State University.
Social Trends in the 1920s: Overview - An excellent overview with a section on 'The New Woman.'
The Flappers in the Roaring Twenties - A good article! Click on pages 2 and 3 to read the whole article. Try not to be distracted by all the advertisements and flashy things on the page.
The Jazz Age and Flapper Culture - A page with additional links from the Louise Brooks Society.
The New Woman of the 1920s: Debating Bobbed-Hair - Primary source articles by women of the time discussing the new trend of very short hair for women.
The New Woman: Clash of Cultures - A full web site from Ohio State University with links to many aspects of women's lives and the changes of the 1920s and 1930s.

The New Immigrants and the Rise of the KKK

Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in the 1920s - An article from LAUSD's Digital Library Subscription Sites[Thompson Gale - History Resource Center]
Digital History - Immigration Restriction - Brief article on Immigration Restriction and Quotas
Digital History - The Ku Klux Klan - A good one-page article
Immigration Restriction and the Ku Klux Klan - From Ohio State University.
Ku Klux Klan - A brief introduction.
Tension over Immigration - A concise overview of the connection with anti-immigration sentiment and the KKK in the 1920s from the Department of Humanities at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
The Ku Klux Klan - A brief article on the on the KKK from PBS.
The Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan - An article from the LAUSD's Digital Library [Thompson Gale's History Resource Center].

The Scopes Trial

Scopes Trial Home Page - A page from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
The Greatest Trials Online - Several pages on 'The Scopes Monkey Trial' from Court TV.Online.
The Scopes 'Monkey Trial' - A page with copies of newspaper headlines, quotes from the trial transcript, and other primary sources.
The Scopes 'Monkey Trial' - July 10, 1925 - July 25, 1925 - A summary of the trial itself by Lyndsey McCabe of the American Studies Program at The University of Virginia for a paper on the play based on the events. They play 'Inherit the Wind' was later made into a movie with the same name.
The Scopes Trial - A short article from the University of Houston's Digital History project.

The Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance - A excellent overview article providing background and context for the Harlem Renaissance with many links to events and personalities. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harlem Renaissance Women -
PAL: Harlem Renaissance - A deep page with links to personalities and also a chronology.
The Harlem Renaissance - This site was a USA Today award winner in 2000. Be sure to check out 'Events of the 1920s' as it outlines many events in the African American community of the time, not typically found in other chronologies.
The History Channel - Black History - Scroll down to the section on post World War I and the Harlem Renaissance
The Jazz Age - The Great Migration - Scroll down about halfway to the section on the Harlem Renaissance.
W.E.B. Dubois - An essay (with links) on this intellectual leader, spokesman and activist from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Invention, Technology, and Popular Culture

1920 in sports -
Babe Ruth - the First Sport Superstar -
Boxing in the 1920s 'The Long Count' - An article about Jack Dempsey
Inventions During the 1920s - Frozen Food!
Sports in the 1920s -
Sports, Entertainment and Morality -
Technology and the 1920s - A fact-filled essay
Technology in the 1920s - Scroll down to the section on Technology
The National Pastime: Baseball in the 1920s -

Content by Mrs. Todd
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Last revised Wed Oct 31 8:08:02 US/Pacific 2007