U.S. History - Roaring Twenties: Web Source Collections

Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress Progressive Era to New Era 1900-1929

Presentations

• U.S. History Primary Source Timeline: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
• Immigration and Relocation in U.S. History

Primary Source Set(s)

• The Harlem Renaissance

Programs

• American Silent Feature Film

  • The Survival of American Silent Feature Films: 1912–1929 (PDF available to download)

Topics in Chronicling America (Newspaper Articles)

• Flappers
• Prohibition
• Palmer Raids (Red Scare)
• Tulsa Race Massacre

• First Great Migration (1910-1940)
  • Includes link to Visualizing the Great Migration

DocsTeach

• Immigration Act of 1924
• Letter Regarding the Immigration Act of 1924

Academics (Universities)