The 1920s introduced many modern conveniences, such as the widespread use of the washing machine, and many modern ideas, such as buying on credit.

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, or radio newsperson.

Choose one of the following topics for your news story:

• Red Scare
• Sacco and Vanzetti
• Volstead Act
• Al Capone
• 19th Amendment to the Constitution
• Scopes Monkey Trial
• Ku Klux Klan
• Buying on credit
• Birth control clinics
• Films and celebrities
• Professional sports: baseball and boxing
• Immigration Act of 1924

Write a 700- to 1,050-word news story. If you choose the role of radio newsperson, you must write a broadcast script. The news story must address the following:

• Detailed description of the topic, and its significance to the time
• Implications for American society in terms of economic, social, and cultural trends

Choose one of the following companies and write an advertisement for that company to accompany your news story:

• Ford Motor Company
• RCA
• Coca-Cola
• Sears, Roebuck & Co.
• General Electric
• Maytag
• Hallmark Cards
• Hoover
• American Tobacco Co.
• Nabisco

Format your news story according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

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