Assignment problem: Each of your posts must be a minimum of one paragraph in length and follow the guidelines listed in the Discussion Forum rubric in the syllabus. The intent of the Discussion Forum is to stimulate critical thinking and intellectual discourse. In other words, just relating what happened or what someone did is not enough to earn full credit. You must show cause and effect: because X happened, Y occurred, and because Y occurred, Z resulted. To successfully do only one paragraph, you must really analyze the prompt, then deconstruct it to find the essence of the question that must be answered. Choose your words carefully. Before you do anything, the first question you must ask is "Why did Professor ask this question?" This week you are required to use, and correctly cite, at least one outside source in your response (not your student reply) to a prompt this week. Since the information you find in an outside source will not be common knowledge to the class, anything from your outside source should be cited (even if in the real world it actually is common knowledge). Please address students by name when replying to their posts.
Question 1: Discuss the technological advances made during World War I. How did these advances affect American life after the war?
Question 2: Describe the challenges faced by African-Americans in the aftermath of World War I. How do you account for the increase in the number of race riots and lynchings?
Question 3: Discuss the Women's Movement during these early years of the 20th century. How was it complicated by the conflicting agendas of women who were involved in the movement?