American History II
Final Exam Review
Unit 4 – Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal
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Teapot Dome Scandal
installment plan
Prohibition
speakeasies
Scopes Trial
Harlem Renaissance
flapper
speculation
buying on margin
Essential Vocabulary
Terms
 Black Tuesday
 Great Depression
 Dust Bowl
 direct relief
 Bonus Army
 New Deal
 deficit spending
 Works Progress Administration
 Social Security Act
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People
Warren G. Harding
Clarence Darrow
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Langston Hughes
Paul Robeson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Review Questions
4.1 – 1920s Politics and Economy
• Why did Americans favor Harding and the Republican party in the Election of 1920?
• How did Harding and Coolidge view the government’s role in business/economy?
• What 2 transportation industries flourished during the 1920s?
• How did the growing popularity of the installment plan show signs of superficial prosperity
in the 1920s?
4.2 – 1920s Culture Clashes
• How was city life different than rural life in the 1920s?
• What were some of the causes of Prohibition?
• What were some of the effects of Prohibition?
• What was a key belief held by Christian fundamentalists in the 1920s?
• What did the Scopes Trial concern?
4.3 – 1920s Pop Culture and Women
• How did the radio change life in the 1920s?
• What were some common characteristics of flappers in the 1920s?
• What double standard did women face in the 1920s?
• While many women entered the workforce in WWI and the 1920s, what types of challenges
did women face?
4.4 – Harlem Renaissance
• What was the Great Migration?
• What did Marcus Garvey encourage blacks in America to do?
• What was the Harlem Renaissance?
• What were themes expressed by artists and authors in during the Harlem Renaissance?
American History II
Final Exam Review
4.5 – Causes of the Great Depression
• What were the 4 long-term causes of the Great Depression?
• Why was Hoover (a man who had never held an elected office) overwhelmingly elected as
the 31st POTUS in 1928?
• What were some problems with investing the stock market in the 1920s?
• What series of events caused banks to collapse after Black Tuesday?
4.6 – Life During the Great Depression
• All Americans suffered during the Great Depression, but minorities were hit especially hard.
Why?
• How did the Dust Bowl exacerbate (make worse) the effects of the Great Depression?
• In what ways was the American family changed by the Great Depression (consider men,
women, and children)?
4.7 – Hoover’s Failed Response
• What type of role did Hoover believe the gov’t should play in the economy and society?
• What is the theory of trickle-down economics?
• Which Americans made up the Bonus Army that marched on DC in 1932? What did they
want?
• How did Americans react to Hoover’s handling of the Bonus Army?
4.8 – FDR’s New Deal
• What was FDR’s “Brain Trust?”
• What were the 3 R’s of the FDR’s New Deal?
• What was the purpose of FDR’s fireside chats?
• For what reasons did some American dislike FDR’s New Deal?
4.9 – FDR’s Second New Deal
• Why did FDR believe a Second New Deal was necessary?
• What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do?
• What 3 types of aid did the Social Security Act provide?
4.10 – Effects of the New Deal
• Why was FDR cautious when approaching civil rights for African Americans?
• In what ways did labor unions support FDR?
• Why, in 1939, did the New Deal end?
• What were the 2 legacies left by the New Deal?
4.11 – 1930s Culture
 What types of entertainment were popular in the 1930s?
 What was Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds and how did it affect listeners?
 What types of art did the Federal Art Project sponsor? What themes were present?