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Assignment: Paragraph 1 (approximately 4-6 sentences):

The 1920s is often called "the Roaring Twenties" for its sweeping economic and cultural changes, as well as radical political movements. For this paragraph, take the perspective of one prominent person from the 1920s such as Henry Ford, Mary Pickford, Babe Ruth, Marcus Garvey, William Jennings Bryan, William Joseph Simmons, Calvin Coolidge or Herbert Hoover.

What role did this person play in the events (economic, cultural or political) of the 1920s? How did this change America? Overall, did this person seem to support the direction that the country took during the 1920s? Or was this person a critic of American society in this decade? Explain your answer.

Using footnotes and the Turabian citation style (see the Discussions Guideline), please remember to at least cite at least one source from materials assigned for chapter 22 (the chapter and primary source document) in your paragraph.

Paragraph 2 (approximately 4-6 sentences):

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (1933-1945) New Deal was an attempt to help the tens of millions of Americas who suffered during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The New Deal greatly expanded the size of the federal government as it created many new government agencies and resulted in greater federal spending. Some New Deal agencies helped alleviate the Great Depression, while others were failures.

Which New Deal agency was the greatest failure and why? Which New Deal agency was the greatest success and why?

Using footnotes and the Turabian citation style (see the Discussions Guideline), please remember to at least cite at least one source from materials assigned for chapter 23 (the chapter and primary source document) in your paragraph.