Name _____________________
Modern U.S. History
Mr. Kraft
The “Roaring” 20s & the Beginning of the Great Depression
Study Guide
1920s – The Red Scare:
1.
What were people fearing the spread of during the Red Scare? ________________________
2.
Short Answer: Why did the Russian Revolution spark the Red Scare in U. S.?
3.
Who was the leader of the Russian Revolution? __________________________
4.
What is the name of the communist organization that advocated the overthrow of any capitalist economic
system by provided funding to any revolutionary group in the world that desired to establish a Communist
government in their country? _________________________________
5.
What is the name of the efforts to catch communists living in the U.S.? _______________________________
Short Answer: Why were these communist raids given this name?
6.
What are the names of the two immigrant anarchists who were executed for a robbery and the murder of two
people?
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Short Answer: What is the underlying reason for the execution of these two immigrants?
7.
Short Answer: How did the radio contribute to the Red Scare?
1920s – The Presidents:
1.
List the 1920s presidents in the order they were elected to office?
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2.
What state were Harding’s cabinet members mainly from? _______________________________
3.
Short Answer: Explain the Teapot Dome Scandal.
4.
What was Herbert Hoover’s cabinet or government position under both Harding and Coolidge?
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1920s – Prohibition:
1.
Short Answer: Explain what prohibition is.
2.
What law established prohibition? ______________________________
3.
In what amendment to the U.S. Constitution was prohibition established as a law of the land? _________
4.
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealed (overturned) prohibition? _________
1920s – Bootlegging:
1.
Short Answer: Explain what a bootlegger is.
2.
In what city did Al Capone’s bootlegging ring operate? _________________________
3.
Who was in charge of the Federal Task Force who was given the responsibility to end Al Capone’s
bootlegging operation? ________________________
4.
Besides bootlegging, what other illegal operation did Al Capone make money from? _____________________
5.
What crime was Al Capone convicted of and sentenced to federal prison for? __________________________
6.
Short Answer: Explain why Al Capone’s bootlegging operation was so successful for so long?
7.
Short Answer: Explain what money laundering is?
8.
What is the name of the places where alcohol was illegally sold and consumed? ________________________
9.
Short Answer: Explain the effectiveness of the prohibition.
1920s – Feminist Movement:
1.
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote? __________
2.
What two women worked for the passage of the above amendment?
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3.
What word means “the right to vote”? ___________________
4.
What is the name for the new type of woman that emerged during the 1920s? ________________________
1920s – Religion:
1.
What type of people opposed the changes that were taking place during the 1920s? ____________________
2.
What type of people accepted the changes that were taking place during the 1920s? ____________________
3.
What was John Scopes’ job at the time of the Scopes Monkey Trial? _____________________
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4.
Short Answer: What was the central issue of the Scopes Monkey Trial?
5.
Who defended John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial? _________________________________
6.
Who prosecuted John Scopes in the Scopes Monkey Trial? ___________________________________
7.
Short Answer: What historical precedent was established by the Scopes Monkey Trial?
1920s – Transportation:
1.
What product did Henry Ford produce and sell in large quantities? _______________________
2.
Short Answer: How did Henry Ford mass produce his product?
3.
What was the name of the first automobile produced by Henry Ford? ________________________
4.
Short Answer: How did automobiles help create the “suburbs” (suburban area)?
5.
Who invented the airplane? ___________________________
6.
Short Answer: Explain why Billy Mitchell’s demonstration is so important.
7.
What branch of the U.S. military did Billy Mitchell help create? _________________________
8.
What is the 1st dimension of warfare? _____________________________
9.
What is the 2nd dimension of warfare? _____________________________
10. What is the 3rd dimension of warfare? _____________________________
11. Charles Lindbergh’s Flight:
 Start _______________
 End _______________
 Short Answer: Explain the importance of this flight.
Entertainment:
1.
Who was the most famous athlete of the 1920’s? _____________________________
2.
After what type of people were ordinary people modeling their fashion? ____________________________
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1920’s – Ku Klux Klan (KKK):
1.
What type of people were the only members of the KKK? __________________________
2.
What does the acronym WASP stand for? ______________________________________________________
3.
Short Answer: Explain why the KKK was considered by many people to be the “moral police”?
Electricity:
1. What famous” electrical pioneer” did Samuel Insull once work for? __________________________
2. What is the name of the electric company started by Samuel Insull? __________________________________
3. What engineer developed the idea that became the Hoover Dam? _______________________________
4. Short Answer: Explain what hydro-electric power is.
5. Short Answer: Explain how electricity changed business during the 1920s?
6. Short Answer: Explain how electricity changed the life of regular people during the 1920s?
The Economy:
1.
What is the name of the day that the Stock Market dipped? ____________________________
 What is the exact date? _________________________
2.
What is the name of the day that the Stock Market crashed? ____________________________
 What is the exact date? _________________________
3.
How much money was lost by investors in the Stock Market Crash of 1929? ___________________________
4.
List the eight reasons for the Stock Market Crash of 1929:
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5.
Short Answer: Explain the how closing of 85,000 businesses contributed to Great Depression.
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The Great Depression Beginnings:
1.
Short Answer: Explain why the Great Depression was given its name.
2.
When did the Great Depression start? _________________________________________
3.
Who was affected by the Great Depression? _______________________________________
4.
When did the Great Depression start in the United States? ____________________________________
5.
What ended the Great Depression? _________________________________
6.
Who was blamed for the Great Depression?
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7.
What was the name given to towns where homeless people built homes from various pieces of garbage found
in the streets? ______________________________________
8.
What was the unemployment rate in the United States during the Great Depression? ____________
 Short Answer: Why was this number actually higher?
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