Read the excerpt PDF file and answer the 3 questions below. It is due the day back from Spring Break: A-Day: Monday 3/19/18 B-Day: Tuesday 3/20/18
1. Fitzgerald describes the “flimsy structure” of the 1920s as “the most expensive orgy in history” and as an era that existed in “borrowed time.” What does he mean, and how does he support these assertions?
2. Do you agree with Fitzgerald that it was premature to write about the Jazz Age in 1931? Do you think this article lacks perspective? When does an event or era become history?
3. What does Fitzgerald think about the federal government’s reactions to the May Day riots of 1919 and its subsequent Red Scare activities? Why does he believe that most Americans did little to question governmental responses?