US History – HonorsMr. Stamcoff
Unit 7 (Ch. 20-23): Boom Times to Hard Times (1920-1938)
Total = 80 pts
Define the following terms – 1 pt each (Total = 43pts)
Flapper
Barrio
Harlem Renaissance
Bootleggers
Speakeasies
Fundamentalism
Communism
Disarmament
Quota
Teapot Dome scandal
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Installment plan
Gross National Product (GNP)
Assembly line
Welfare capitalism
Speculation
Buying on margin
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Black Tuesday
Great Crash
Business cycle
Great Depression
Hooverville
Dust Bowl
Penny auction
Hawley-Smoot tariff
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Bonus Army
New Deal
Hundred days
Public works program
Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)
Agricultural Adjustment
Administration (AAA)
TennesseeValley Authority
(TVA)
Second New Deal
Wagner Act
Closed shop
Social Security system
Demagogue
Nationalization
Recession
National debt
Revenue
Study Questions – 2 pts each (Total = 32 pts)
Ch. 20
1)How did women’s roles change during the 1920s?
2)What was the Lost Generation? What trends in society did they find troubling?
3)What cultural conflicts did Prohibition highlight?
4)Describe the racial conflicts experienced in the 1920s.
Ch. 21
5)What events of 1919 caused the Red Scare? How did the government respond?
6)How did a decade of Republican government affect the economy?
7)Evaluate welfare capitalism from the point of view of (a) a factory worker, (b) a labor union leader, and (c) a factory owner.
8)Identify the domestic issues that led to passage of immigration legislation in the 1920s. Why were immigration quotas favored? What was the impact of the legislation?
Ch. 22
9)How did overspeculation in the stock market endanger the economy?
10)Why did the Great Depression in the United States affect countries worldwide?
11)Why were farm families hit particularly hard by the Depression?
12)Compare and contrast Hoover’s strategy for ending the Great Depression with Roosevelt’s?
Ch. 23
13)How did the National Recovery Act aim to help businesses?
14)Why did President Roosevelt attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court?
15)Do you think that the New Deal was a success or a failure? Explain, citing information from the chapter.
16)Compare the viewpoints of supporters and critics of the New Deal. Describe the beliefs and values that influenced the opinions of each side.