“BOOM 2 BUST”
Review Sheet
Name: ______________________
Date: _________
Pd: ________
Worth: 50 pts.
Directions: Complete this review sheet as part of your studying for the Unit 9 Exam.
Many of these terms & questions will be the basis for the exam! Be familiar with all of
these ideas.
“BOOM”Vocabulary- These answers will be found by examining your notes from the
beginning of our study of this time period that came to be called, “The Roaring
Twenties.”
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Warren Harding’s promise to Americans that the country would return
to normal after World War I.
A new kind of music in the 1920s that captured the carefree spirit of
the times.
He was a high school biology teacher that taught the theory of
evolution in his class which was against the law.
He was known as the King of Jazz whose signature instrument was
the trumpet.
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibited the manufacture,
transport, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
This is the sum of money paid to shareholders on each share of stock
owned.
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, which gave
women full voting rights.
These are issued by Corporations to raise money and shares of a
company.
In 1919-1920, a wave of panic spread across America fearing anarchy
& communist.
An innovation that moves a product along a conveyer belt through the
factory.
Two Italians convicted of murdering two factory workers. They were
anarchists and put to death.
The former system of government in Russia where all people are
considered equal, but ruled by a dictator.
Someone who does not believe in government and seeks to eliminate
all governments.
This was the first mass produced car developed by Henry Ford in
1923.
When people paid a small part (25%) of a stock’s price as a down
payment and borrowed the rest.
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This occurred on October 29, 1929. Investors sold 16.4 million shares
of stock at low prices & began a depression.
An act passed in 1919 to enforce the ban on alcohol.
(*Starts with the letter “V!”)
This was the name given to the trial of John Scopes by the American
press.
To buy something by making small monthly payments.
(This was the birth of buying on credit!)
A law implemented by Tennessee to start abolishing the teaching of
evolution in its schools.
He was a presidential candidate that campaigned for the U.S. “to
Return to Normalcy.”
He was President Harding’s running mate and became our 30th
President of the United States. He was nicknamed “Silent Cal.”
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution which repealed the 18th
Amendment.
“BUST”Vocabulary- These answers will be found by examining your notes from the
end of our study of this time period that came to be called, “The Great Depression.”
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A specific tax placed on an item being shipped into a country.
Investors sold 16.4 million shares of stocks at prices much lower than they
had been purchased. This was known as a plunge in the stock market.
The worst economic disaster in American History that lasted from 19291942.
On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the Stock Market Crashed. What
“colorful” name is used to describe this day?
This was the name given to FDR’s decision to close the banks for a period
of time which would stop people from withdrawing money.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Insures bank deposits up to
$250,000. It replaces the deposits of individuals if banks close.
Serving as our 31st president, he was known for being insensitive to
“everyday” Americans who were struggling in the Great Depression.
Homeless shelters built out of cardboard, leftover wood scraps, and
whatever was available and angrily named after President Hoover.
Serving as our 32nd president, he used government to help Americans
survive the Great Depression. He also created “The New Deal.”
Known as the “first” first lady, she played an important role in meeting with
struggling Americans and reported back to her husband.
The collective name of FDR’s plan to create government programs to fight
the Great Depression.
Government sponsored and government funded projects to build public
resources like roads, bridges, and dams.
The name of Franklin Roosevelt’s radio broadcasts in which he explained
his policies and spoke plainly to all Americans.
This was the name given to many men and boys wandering the country
looking for work.
A law, passed in 1935 that requires workers and employers to make
payments into a fund, from which they draw a pension after they retire.
The state of not having a job and being out of work. In the Great
Depression roughly 25% were out of work.
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The area of dust-damaged farms across a 150,000 square mile region
during the early 1930s.
A group of WW I veterans who held a peaceful rally in Washington D.C. to
protest the decision to withhold a $1000 bonus Congress promised.
The birth of credit and the way many Americans purchased goods in the
1920s on credit.
A fee the government charged on land, income, and goods.
“BOOM”Questions- These answers will be found by examining your notes from the
beginning of our study of this time period that came to be called, “The Roaring
Twenties.”
44. List 3 reasons why prohibition was introduced in the U.S.
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45. List 3 reasons why prohibition was ended in the U.S.
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46. List 3 things that combined to form Jazz.
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47. List any of the 5 major changes in the twenties.
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“BUST”Questions- These answers will be found by examining your notes from the
beginning of our study of this time period that came to be called, “The Roaring Twenties.”
48. What was unbalanced about the American economy? _________________________________
49. What were the 10 causes of the Great Depression?
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50. How did Hoover and FDR’s opinion of government differ when it came to helping
Americans get out of the Depression?
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