American History Review for Chapter 21
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Lesson 1
1. What was the mood of the country throughout most of the 1920's?
2. GNP
3. What happened to GNP from 1922-1928?
4. What was unemployment like during 1923-1929?
5. What happened to union membership between 1923-1929?
6. welfare capitalism
7. stocks
8. What happened to value of stocks between 1920-1929?
9. John Raskob
10. President Harding and Coolidge's policies favored _____________________
11. Herbert Hoover
12. uneven distribution of wealth
13. buying on margin
14. Federal Reserve
15. Federal Reserve Board
16. Dow Jones Industrial Average
17. Black Tuesday
18. When news of the stock market crash hit, what did many Americans do?
19. Why did the American stock market crash affect the world-wide economy?
20. Economic danger signs of the 1920's
a. uneven prosperity
b. buying on credit
c. playing the stock market/buying on margin
d. too many goods, too little demand
e. economic trouble for farmers
21. business cycle
Lesson 2:
1. Great Depression
2. bank run
3. What was life like for farmers during 1929?
4. foreclosure
5. What segment of society suffered the most during the Depression?
6. Hoovervilles
7. hoboes
8. Why was the Great Depression especially hard on men?
9. What happened to discrimination in the job market during Great Depression?
10. How did most Americans feel about receiving a handout?
11. What was the Scottsboro Case?
12. What famous book is based on the Scottsboro case?
13. Who provided relief to the poor during the Great Depression?
14. Dorthea Lange
15. Migrant Mother
16. drought
17. Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas became known as
___________________________
18. Route 66
19. Okies
20. John Steinbeck
Lesson 3
1. Laissez-faire
2. rugged individualism
3. Associative State
4. Hoover Dam
5. farm cooperative
6. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
7. tariff
8. Smoot Hawley Tariff
9. What caused Americans to question Hoover's credibility during the Great Depression?
10. Bonus March
11. How was the Bonus March put down?
12. In 1932, what did President Hoover do in order to try and balance the budget?
13. What were some life-long changes that occurred for people who went through the
Great Depression?
14. Will Rogers
15. 21st amendment
16. What event ended the Great Depression in America?
17. Empire State Building