US History Name______

Ch. 14 Sec 1-3

Week 11Reading GuideHour______

CH. 14 SECTION 1

A Republican Decade

As you read Section 1, fill in three supporting details under each of the following main ideas.

Main Idea: The establishment of communism in the Soviet Union produced a red scare in the United States.

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Main Idea: A rash of strikes in 1919 convinced many Americans that Communists were behind the labor unrest.

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  2. ______
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Main Idea: The Republican Party dominated politics in the 1920s.

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As your read the section, answer the following questions.

  1. What were some of the key features of the Republican administrations of the 1920s? ______
  2. What did the National Origins Act of 1924 do? ______
  3. What caused the Red Scare? ______
  4. Why did many Americans fear Vladimir Lenin and his followers, the Bolsheviks? ______
  5. What caused labor unrest in the United States after World War I? ______
  6. What issue was fought over in the case of Schenk v. United States? ______
  7. Who was the main opponent of prohibitionist Herbert Hoover in the 1928 presidential election? ______
  8. Why were Sacco and Vanzetti executed? ______
  9. What was the impact of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff? ______
  10. Why did Americans fear the Communists? ______
  11. What were the Palmer raids? Who did they investigate? ______
  12. Who did many Americans believe were behind the labor strikes of 1919? ______
  13. Republican Presidents in the 1920s generally favored which part of the American society? ______
  14. Harding and Coolidge both based their foreign policy on a return to what? ______
  15. What was the goal of the Kellogg-Briand Pact? How was it achieved? ______

Key Terms

Term / Definition / Where/When / Who/Why
Communism
Red Scare
Isolationism

Ch 14 SECTION 2

A Business Boom

As you read Section 2, fill in two supporting details under each of the following main ideas.

Main Idea: The development of a consumer economy changed American life.

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  2. ______

Main Idea: Henry Ford strived to manufacture automobiles as efficiently as possible.

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Main Idea: The growth in popularity of the automobile fueled the growth of related businesses.

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  2. ______

As your read the section, answer the following questions.

  1. What caused the economy to grow in the 1920s? ______
  2. How did installment plans affect the American economy in the 1920s? ______
  3. A consumer economy is one that depends on a large amount of what? ______
  4. Why did productivity, a worker's level of output over a given period, rise during the 1920s? ______
  5. In the 1920s, many American consumers began to adopt what economic practice? ______
  6. Advertisements in the 1920s changed from an emphasis on quality to an emphasis on what? ______
  7. How did Henry Ford's dream to sell cars differ from most industrialists? ______
  8. Ford did not invent the assembly line, but what did he do to make it so effective? ______
  9. The increase in automobiles led to the rise of new businesses? Give some examples. Why? ______
  10. The nation's business took off in the 1920s, in part because, of what economic policy? ______

Key Terms

Term / Definition / Where/When / Who/Why
Consumer Economy
Installment Plan
GNP
Assembly Line

CH. 14 SECTION 3

The Economy in the Late 1920s

As you read Section 3, draw a line through the term or name in each group that is not related to the others. Explain how the remaining terms or names are related.

1. rising stock values rising wages overproduction low unemployment

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2. Bruce Barton Belle Moskowitz Herbert Hoover John J. Raskob

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3. welfare capitalism credit buying speculation 'get-rich-quick" attitude

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4. McNary-Haugen bill prosperity low crop prices rural bank failures

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5. medical advances overproduction uneven wealth rising debt

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As your read the section, answer the following questions.

  1. Uneven prosperity, personal debt, and overproduction were all warning signs of an unsound economy. What was another sign? ______
  2. When Hoover took office in 1929, how was the economy? ______
  3. Generally, the 1920s were marked by what economic cycle? ______
  4. Why did Hoover do little to discourage the wild buying of stocks with borrowed money? ______
  5. The huge rise in the stock market in the 1920s mainly benefited which group of people? ______
  6. What was the effect of consumers' desire for exciting new products? ______
  7. Practices such as buying on margin reflected what American attitude? ______
  8. Despite the prosperity of the 1920s, life remained hard for which group of people? ______

Key Terms

Term / Definition / Where/When / Who/Why
Welfare Capitalism
Speculation
Buying on Margin