The Roaring 20s, The Crash, & The Causes of the Depression
Quiz: Friday, December 9
I can statements:
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I can explain why the 1920s are often referred to as the “Roaring 20s” and the “Jazz Age.”
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I can identify the factors that led to American consumerism during the 1920s.
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I can highlight how the Republican Presidents of the 1920s were different than the Presidents of the Progressive Era.
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I can identify the struggles minorities (women, African Americans, and immigrants) faced during the 1920s.
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I can identify the causes of The Great Depression.
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I can explain President Hoover and the government’s response to the stock market crash and resulting depression.
Learning Targets
1) The business of America and the consumer economy
2) Republican politics: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover
3) The culture of Modernism: science, the arts, and entertainment
4) Responses to Modernism: religious fundamentalism, nativism, and Prohibition
5) The ongoing struggle for equality: African Americans and women
6) Causes of the Great Depression
7) Hoover’s administration’s response
8) Surviving hard times: American society during the Great Depression
Danzer (p. 410-485)
Chapter 12
I.
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
A.
Postwar Trends
B.
Fear of Communism
1.
The Red Scare
2.
The Palmer Raids
3.
Sacco & Vanzetti
C.
Limiting Immigration
1.
The Klan Rises Again
2.
The Quota System
D.
A Time of Labor Unrest
1.
The Boston Police Strike
2.
The Steel Mill Strike
3.
The Coal Miners’ Strike
4.
Labor Movement Loses Appeal
II.
The Harding Presidency
A.
Harding Struggles for Peace
1.
High Tariffs & Reparations
B.
Scandal Hits Harding’s Administration
1.
Harding’s Cabinet
2.
Scandal Plagues Harding
3.
The Teapot Dome Scandal
III.
The Business of America
A.
American Industry Flourishes
1.
The Impact of the Automobile
2.
The Young Airplane Industry
B.
America’s Standard of Living Soars
1.
Electrical Conveniences
2.
The Dawn of Modern Advertising
C.
Superficial Prosperity
1.
Producing Great Quantities of Goods
2.
Buying Goods on Credit
Chapter 13
I.
Changing Ways of Life
A.
Rural & Urban Differences
1.
The New Urban Scene
2.
The Prohibition Experiment
3.
Speakeasies & Bootleggers
4.
Organized Crime
B.
Science & Religion Clash
1.
American Fundamentalism
2.
The Scopes Trial
II.
The 20s Woman
A.
Young Women Change the Rules
1.
The Flapper
2.
The Double Standard
B.
Women Shed Old Roles @ Home & @ Work
1.
New Work Opportunities
2.
The Changing Family
III.
Education & Pop Culture
A.
Schools & Mass Media Shape Culture
1.
School Enrollments
2.
Expanding News Coverage
3.
Radio Comes of Age
B.
America Chases New Heroes and Old Dreams
1.
Sports Heroes of the 1920s
2.
3.
4.
IV.
Lindberg’s Flight
Entertainment & The Arts
Writers of the 1920s
The Harlem Renaissance
A.
African-American Voices in the 1920s
1.
The Move North
2.
African-American Goals
3.
Marcus Garvey & The UNIA
B.
The Harlem Renaissance
1.
African-American Writers
2.
Harlem in the 1920s
3.
African-American Performers
4.
African Americans & Jazz
Chapter 14
I.
The Nation’s Sick Economy
A.
Economic Troubles on the Horizon
1.
Industries in Trouble
2.
Farmers Need A Lift
3.
Consumers have Less Money to Spend
4.
Living on Credit
5.
Uneven Distribution of Income
B.
Hoover Takes the Nation
1.
The Election of 1928
2.
Dreams of Riches in the Stock Market
C.
The Stock Market Crashes
1.
Black Tuesday
D.
Financial Collapse
1.
Bank & Business Failures
2.
World-wide Shock Waves
3.
Causes of the Great Depression
II.
Hardships & Suffering During the Depression
A.
The Depression Devastates People’s Lives
1.
The Depression in the Cities
2.
The Depression in Rural Areas
3.
The Dust Bowl
B.
Effects on the American Family
1.
Men in the Streets
2.
Women Struggle to Survive
3.
Children Suffer Hardships
4.
Social & Psychological Effects
III.
Hover Struggles with the Depression
A.
Hoover Tries to Reassure the Nation
1.
Hoover’s Philosophy
2.
Hoover takes Cautious Steps
3.
Boulder Dam
4.
Democrats Win in 1930 Mid-Term Elections
B.
Hoover Takes Action
1.
Hoover Backs Cooperatives
2.
Direct Intervention
C.
Gassing the Bonus Army
1.
The Patman Bill Denied
2.
Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army
Readings:
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Economic Opportunity (p. 428)
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Youth in the Roaring 20s (p. 445)
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Literature in the Jazz Age (p. 458)
Terms: be able to define these terms, they will be key for the matching section but some may pop up on multiple choice, true/false or fill in the blank
questions. Be sure to be able to define the terms underlined word-for-word.
History: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Capitalism:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Communism: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Credit: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Foreclosure: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fundamentalism: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Isolationism: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Margin: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Prohibition: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Protectionism: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Quota: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secularism: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Speculation: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stocks: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Subsidy: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Urban Sprawl: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
People, Places & Events: the people, places and/or events will be key for matching sections but will also appear in other portions of the quiz.
Review their impact on events of the era but also their impact on the future.
Al Capone: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Calvin Coolidge: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Charles Lindbergh: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Duke Ellington: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
F. Scott Fitzgerald: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Herbert Hoover: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
John Scopes: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Langston Hughes: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Louis Armstrong:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sacco & Vanzetti: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Warren G. Harding: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Advertising: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
American Liberty League: _________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black Tuesday: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bootlegging: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dust Bowl:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Emergency Quota Act: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Flapper: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Harlem Renaissance: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hobo: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hooverville: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mass Media (print & radio) : ______________________________________________________________________________________________
NAACP & UNIA: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
New Technologies (specifically electronics & automobiles) : _____________________________________________________________________
Route 66: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Speakeasy: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Suburbs: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bonus Army: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Great Depression: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
The KKK: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Red Scare: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Teapot Dome Scandal: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Volstead Act: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________