The 1920s saw a significant expansion in personal freedoms for some segments of the U.S. population. At

the same time, the decade witnessed widespread retrenchment, oppression, and intolerance. Which force

–freedom or intolerance –was more central to the history of the United States in the 1920s?
REQUIRED READING: VOICES OF FREEDOM
Document 118 – Manuel Gamio on a Mexican-Amerian Family and American Freedom (c. 1926)
Document 133 – John A. Fitch on the Great Steel Strike (1919)
Document 136 – The Fight for Civil Liberties (1921)