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Chicago:
Destination for the Great Migration
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam011.html
This Library of Congress site uses documents and images from its collections
to describe the Great Migration from the South to Chicago.
Inherit
the Wind
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/inherit/intro.html
A hypertext analysis of the play Inherit the Wind that provides background
information on the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial.
The
1920s
http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html
The site contains images, timelines for each year of the decade, brief
descriptions of people and trends.
Prosperity
and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html
This site documents the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy
and the role of government in this transition.
The
Survey Graphic, Harlem Number, March 1925
http://etext.virginia.edu/harlem/index.html
The March 1925 edition of Survey Graphic magazine helped bring the
work of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance to national attention.
Temperance
and Prohibition
http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/history/projects/prohibition/Contents.htm
A project developed at Ohio State University, it explores why the
U.S. adopted prohibition; traces the growth of the brewing industry;
examines the Woman’s Crusade of 1873 and 1874; analyzes the development
of the Anti-Saloon League; and contains cartoons from the Prohibition
party, images of old-time saloons, and arguments for and against prohibition.