Goal 9 Vocabulary: The 1920’s and 1930’s
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Warren G. Harding (“Return to
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Teapot Dome Scandal
Laissez-faire economics
Speculation
Buying on the margin
Installment plan
Dust Bowl
Dorothea Lange
Scopes Trial
Herbert Hoover
Bonus Army
Babe Ruth
Bootlegger
Speakeasy
Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance
Flapper
Goal 9 Vocabulary: The 1920’s and 1930’s
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Warren G. Harding (“Return to
Normalcy”)
Teapot Dome Scandal
Laissez-faire economics
Speculation
Buying on the margin
Installment plan
Dust Bowl
Dorothea Lange
Scopes Trial
Herbert Hoover
Bonus Army
Babe Ruth
Bootlegger
Speakeasy
Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance
Flapper
Margaret Sanger
19th Amendment
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
First 100 Days (of the presidency of F. D.
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Margaret Sanger
19th Amendment
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First 100 Days (of the presidency of F. D.
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Social Security Act
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
National Industrial Recovery Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Public Works Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Roosevelt’s court packing scheme
The New Deal
Deficit spending
“fireside chats”
Roosevelt’s Brain Trust
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Social Security Act
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
National Industrial Recovery Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Public Works Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt’s court packing scheme
The New Deal
Deficit spending
“fireside chats”
Roosevelt’s Brain Trust
Goal 9 Vocabulary: The 1920’s and 1930’s
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Warren G. Harding (“Return to
Normalcy”)
Teapot Dome Scandal
Laissez-faire economics
Speculation
Buying on the margin
Installment plan
Dust Bowl
Dorothea Lange
Scopes Trial
Herbert Hoover
Bonus Army
Babe Ruth
Bootlegger
Speakeasy
Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance
Goal 9 Vocabulary: The 1920’s and 1930’s
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Warren G. Harding (“Return to
Normalcy”)
Teapot Dome Scandal
Laissez-faire economics
Speculation
Buying on the margin
Installment plan
Dust Bowl
Dorothea Lange
Scopes Trial
Herbert Hoover
Bonus Army
Babe Ruth
Bootlegger
Speakeasy
Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance
Flapper
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Flapper
Margaret Sanger
19th Amendment
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
First 100 Days (of the presidency of F. D.
Roosevelt)
Social Security Act
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
National Industrial Recovery Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Public Works Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt’s court packing scheme
The New Deal
Deficit spending
“fireside chats”
Roosevelt’s Brain Trust
Margaret Sanger
19th Amendment
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
First 100 Days (of the presidency of F. D.
Roosevelt)
Social Security Act
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
National Industrial Recovery Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Public Works Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt’s court packing scheme
The New Deal
Deficit spending
“fireside chats”
Roosevelt’s Brain Trust
Goal 9 Study Guide
Part 1: Prosperity
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The 1920s was nicknamed ______________________ because it was a time of social change.
What did Warren Harding mean when he stated that he wanted to “return to normalcy?”
The Teapot Dome Scandal occurred when Harding’s secretary of the interior, _____________________ granted
oil drilling rights to companies in return for illegal gifts.
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Calvin Coolidge became president after Harding’s death. Coolidge stated that “The business of America is
business.” This quote showed his support of _____________________ economics.
5. Define mechanization.
6. New machinery caused many issues for farmers. Identify at least 3 of these issues.
7. Define overproduction.
8. Describe some characteristics of the “boom” years of the 1920s.
9. Explain the rise of nativism during the1920s by identifying the following events:
a. Red Scare
b. Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
c. Reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan
10. What was the debate in the Scopes trial?
a. What was the decision?
11. Which constitutional amendment led to the development of organized crime in America?
a. From this amendment, it became evident that unfavorable laws would be extremely difficult to
enforce. Therefore, they passed the ___________________________ which repealed the old law.
Part 2: Depression
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When did the Stock Market crash beginning the Great Depression?
a. This date is nicknamed ________________.
2. Identify three characteristics of the “boom” in the 1920s that led to the economic “bust” of the 1930s.
3. Identify the author of the Grapes of Wrath.
a. This author wrote about people affected by the Dust Bowl. People affected by the Dust Bowl lived in
what region?
4. Which group in the United States experienced the most severe economic problems during the Great
Depression?
5. What was Hoover’s approach to the Great Depression?
a. Due to Hoover’s approach, many Americans became to blame him (and the federal government) for
the Great Depression. Explain this statement by providing historical examples.
6. Identify Franklin Roosevelt’s approach to the Great Depression?
a. What was the name of his policy for combating the Great Depression?
7. Explain the roles of the following New Deal organizations/acts:
a. Social Security Act
b. National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
c. National Industrial Recovery Act
d. Civilian Conservation Corps
e. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
g. Public Works Administration
h. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Fair Labor Standards Act
8. President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term in the election of 1940. This broke an important
precedent. What precedent did this break and who set the precedent?
9. While Congress worked with F.D. Roosevelt, the Supreme Court deemed many of his New Deal programs
unconstitutional. How did Roosevelt try to combat this issue?
a. What constitutional principle was Roosevelt challenging?
10. What event is most closely associated with the end of the Great Depression?