UNIT 9 SYLLABUS
Prosperity & Depression (1919-1939
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Goal 9: Prosperity and Depression (1919-1939)-- The learner will appraise the economic,
social, and political changes of the decades of “The Twenties” and “The Thirties”.
 9.01: Elaborate on the cycle of economic boom and bust in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
 9.02: Analyze the extent of prosperity for different segments of society during this period.
 9.03: Analyze the significance of social, intellectual and technological changes of lifestyle in the United States.
 9.04: Describe challenges to traditional practices in religion, race, and gender.
 9.05: Describe Assess the impact of the New Deal reforms in enlarging the role of the federal government in
American life.
Date
Topic
Homework
11/6
Stations Activity
11/7
Normalcy-Harlem Renaissance
11/8
Watch Great Gatsby
11/12
Watch Great Gatsby
Finish Vocabulary Flashcards
11/13
Causes of Great Depression Activity
Finish Vocabulary Flashcards
11/14
Great Depression
Finish Vocabulary Flashcards
11/15
New Deal
Finish Vocabulary Flashcards
11/18
New Deal
Finish Cornell Notes
11/19
New Deal
11/20
Watch Cinderella Man
11/21
Unit 9 Cornell Notes Due
Unit 9 Vocabulary Flashcards Due
Unit 9 Test
People (pink)
1.Albert Fall- Secretary of Interior arrested for selling government lands to private interests in the Tea Pot Dome
Scandal
2.Langston Hughes- Harlem Renaissance poet
3.Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington- Harlem Renaissance Jazz Musicians
4.F. Scott Fitzgerald/ Ernest Hemingway/ Sinclair Lewis - Authors that criticized the 20’s lifestyle; considered
The Lost Generation because they came of age during WWI
5.Babe Ruth- Famous baseball player from the 20’s and 30’s
6.Charles Lindbergh- First to fly solo across Atlantic Ocean
7.Zora Neal Hurston- Harlem Renaissance writer
8.Marcus Garvey- African American politician who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association & “Back
to Africa Movement”
9.(Put these 2 people on the same circle)Aimee Semple McPherson- Fundamentalist preacher—drove around the
“Gospel Car”; Billy Sunday- Fundamentalist preacher, former baseball player
10.John Maynard Keynes- Believed in deficit spending—FDR did this to fund the New Deal
11.Bootleggers- Sold alcohol illegally
12.Father Charles Coughlin- Critic of FDR’s New Deal—said we needed to tax wealthy
13.Huey P. Long- Critic of FDR’s New Deal—said every man should be a King—SOCIALIST
14.Frances Perkins-first woman in the Cabinet (FDR’s)—Secretary of Labor
15.Janette Rankin-first woman in Congress—Pacifist who voted against US entry into WWI
16.Flapper-20’s woman—short hair, short dresses, no stockings, drank, smoked, danced to jazz; symbolized the
changing woman post-WWI
17.Al Capone-1920’s gangster and bootlegger
18.Amelia Earhart- First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
19.Henry Ford-perfected the assembly line; Creator of Ford Motor Company and the Model T; increased his workers
wages and reduced the workday to keep his workers satisfied, productive, loyal, and minimized union organizers
20.Wilbur & Orville Wright-first Americans credited with building the first successful airplane & making the first
flight
21.Ohio Gang-President Harding’s group of poker playing, friends that he appointed to government positions
22.Sacco & Venzetti-2 Italian immigrants, believed to be Anarchists, accused of murder, and executed; symbolized
the nativism post-WWI
Literature/Supreme Court Cases (yellow)
23.Lost Generation- Referring to authors from the 1920’s—Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck
24.Great Gatsby-written by F Scott Fitzgerald criticizing the frivolous lifestyles of people in the 1920’s
25.Grapes of Wrath-written by John Steinbeck about the hardship that farmers faced during the dust bowl and their
migration to California to work in the fruit industry
Economics (Orange)
26.Deficit Spending- Government should spend money it does not have to jumpstart the economy—FDR did this to
fund New Deal
27.Speculation- Buy low sell high
28.Buying on the Margin- only pay part of share of stock—get loan from broker
29.Bank Holidays- Close banks and reopen once government inspectors said they were stable
30.“Black Tuesday” 10/29/29- Day when stock market took steepest dive
31.Credit/Installment Plan-Buy now pay later; pay back in small sums each month
32.Overproduction- Making more than people are buying which means you are not making money and have to lay off
your workers
Laws/Policy (green)
33.Volstead Act-law to enforce the 18th Amendment
34.Social Security Act 1935- Provided pension for unemployed, disabled, elderly—started by Dr. Francis Townsend
35.Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)- Insured your deposits at the bank—to restore confidence in
banks
36.Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)- Regulates the stock market—no more buying on the margin
37.Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)-put men to work in conservation jobs Ex: planting trees in dustbowl areas,
restoring parks
38.Public Works Administration (PWA)/ Works Progress Administration (WPA)- Put lots of people to work
Ex: artists, photographers, historians
39.Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)- Paid farmers to kill livestock/crops to raise prices-- Found unconstitutional
40.Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)- Power energy to Southern regions
41.National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)- Set work hours and created more jobs
42.National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)- Said workers could join unions-- Kept employers from breaking up
unions
43.Emergency Banking Relief Act-closed banks (bank holidays); sent in government inspectors to make sure banks
were stable to reopen
44.New Deal-FDR’s plan to end the Great Depression; set the precedent for the federal government to intervene in
times of economic depression (Big Government)
Other Important Vocabulary (Blue)
45.“Return to Normalcy” - Time period following WWI—return to normal
46.Teapot Dome Scandal 1922- Secretary of Interior Albert Fall leased out Naval Oil Reserves to private interests
47.Mechanization- Machines start taking over tasks in factories
48.Rugged Individualism- Term used by Hoover saying individuals could succeed with minimal government aid
49.Hoovervilles- Shantytowns named because people blamed Hoover
50.Soup Kitchens/Breadlines- Places people went for food
51.Jazz- Popular music in the 20’s
52. “The Jazz Singer” –First talking movie
53.Speakeasies- Secret bars
54.Automobiles- Very popular in 20’s because of mass advertising and mechanization—Henry Ford
55.FDR’s “Fireside Chats- FDR’s radio talks with the American People reassuring them
56.United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)- Founded by Marcus Garvey to work for Civil Rights
57.Fundamentalism- Christian movement in the 1920’s that fought against the “Roaring Twenties” culture
58.Scopes Monkey Trial 1925- Convicted teacher of teaching evolution which was illegal in Tennessee at the time;
represented the clash of values in the 20’s; William Jennings Bryan was the prosecuting attorney (remember him from
the Populist Movement?)
59.Eugenics- Scientific movement to limit “bad traits” in people
60.Bonus Marches- WWI vets march on Washington demanding their bonuses during Depression
61.Roosevelt’s First 100 Days- Where he puts in place his first New Deal programs and reorganizes the bank
62.Court Packing Plan-Because Republican justices were finding his New Deal programs unconstitutional, he wanted
to up the number of Justices and appoint Liberal (Democrat) justices
63.Dust Bowl-result of drought conditions in the Great Plains & wind storms stirred up the dust, burying farms;
occurred during the Great Depression
64.Impact of the Automobile-allowed for new businesses like garages and gas stations; growth of suburbia,
connected rural America to the cities
65.Impact of the Radio-people could hear the President’s voice for the first time
66.“The Business of American is Business” & “The man who builds a factory builds a temple and the man
who works there, worships there”-President Coolidge quotes that reflect the focus on business through the 1920’s
67.“A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage”-President Hoover quote that reflects prosperity of 20’s
68.“The Only Thing we have to Fear is Fear Itself”-part of FDR’s Inaugural Address to bring hope and prompt
action to deal with the Depression
69. The Great Depression (1929-1941)-deepest depression of the 20th Century, starting with the Stock Market Crash
in 1929; ended with US entry into WWII
70.Harlem Renaissance-flowering of African American Arts
71.Prohibition-evolved from the temperance movement to make alcohol illegal—resulted in the 18th Amendment