You have been immersed in the 1920s for several weeks now and have read or heard several different perspectives on the decade. The Twenties are generally seen as a significant decade that reveals some fundamental characteristics of American culture. It is also seen as a pivotal decade of change as Americans adjust to modernity. From you reading and class materials and drawing from the text, your class notes, The Great Gatsby, and Jack Dempsey, develop a portrait of the decade in which you argue that it is a highly significant period in American History and sets the agenda for the remainder of the 20th Century.
