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Study Guide: Closed Notes Quiz 1920s & Great Depression
Because of snow days, this quiz will be taken in class on Monday 2/24. You have all been wonderful in class so far.
However, we have had a lot of interruptions (snow days), you will need to review the information carefully and ask
questions!
For your first quiz you will need to know the significance of the following terms/people.
Treaty of Versailles/Germany
Henry Ford
Mass production/Assembly line
Model T
Consumer Revolution
Installment buying
Bull Market
Buying on Margin
Stocks
Cities/Suburbs/Rural America (Any differences?)
Black Tuesday
Great Depression
Bread Line
Hooverville
Tenant Farmers
Dust Bowl/Okies
Bonus Army
Short Answer Practice: I have included the objectives of each lesson. These can be used for short answer questions on
your quiz. Practice answering each objective. Your answers should always include TWO pieces of specific evidence.
Identify the three requirements of Germany as a result of the Treaty of Versailles:
Describe 1920s America, based on primary source advertisements – refer to TWO specific advertisements that you
analyzed:
How did the booming economy of the 1920s lead to changes in American life? (Think Worker’s conditions/the impact
of the car)
Analyze Henry Ford’s business strategy: Was he a “mastermind”? Why/Why not:
Describe TWO causes of the Great Depression:
Discuss the impact of the Great Depression on rural America:
How did the Dust Bowl further complicate the Great Depression?
Imagine that you an unemployed American in 1930. Write a letter to President Hoover. Use the following terms in
your letter: Great Depression, unemployment, breadlines, Hooverville.