Using both secondary and primary sources in chapters 5 and 6 this assignment asks you to focus on women in American society in the first three decades of the 20th century, in John Hollitz, Thinking Through the Past: A Critical Thinking Approach to U.S. History. Examples are needed in each response.

1. What social and economic developments by 1900 influenced so many Americans to abandon the Victorian architectural style and embrace the Bungalow style?

2. Describe the reasons conservatives promoted the bungalow style of architecture as a positive move for society in general and women in particular. Why did radicals also promote the Bungalow?

3. As they adjusted to a changing "modern" American society, what new techniques did advertisers use in the 1920s to influence consumers in general and women in particular?

4. What did these new advertising techniques reveal about advertiser's attitudes toward consumers in general and women in particular?