U.S. History Final Exam Part 1: Current Unit of Study Review Guide
(The 1920s)
Your final exam review guide will be given to you in two parts. This is the first: key terms, concepts,
figures, main ideas, essential questions, etc. from our CURRENT UNIT(80% of the final). This unit in
particular did not consist of very many reading guides. Therefore, be sure to also utilize all notes,
brainwakers, homework/classwork, documentary notes, the textbook chapters listed, and online
resources to review notes and resources.
My U.S. History Final is on__________________________@__________________________________.
Langston Hughes
Chapter 9 (some covered
Great Migration
before winter break)
Chapter 10
th
Louis Armstrong & Jazz Music
Red Scare & Communism
Prohibition/18 Amendment
th
Effects on Urbanization
Rise of Nativism & Ku Klux
19 Amendment
Rural to Urban Movement
Klan
Flapper
Rural vs. Urban Lifestyle
Henry Ford
“New Woman”
Fundamentalism
Assembly Line
Change in Women’s fashion
Scopes Trial
Automobile/Effect on Society
Bootlegger
Installment plan/buying
Speakeasy
Credit/ “Buy now, pay later”
Organized Crime- Al Capone
Chapter 11 (beginning on
Consumer Culture/
Mass Entertainment
Wed. 1/14)
Consumerism
Mass Media
President Herbert Hoover
Mass Production of goods
Radio
Gross national product
Advertising
Movie Industry
Buying on margin
Harding’s Presidency
Amelia Earhart
Uneven Distribution of Wealth
Teapot Dome Scandal
Charles Lindbergh
Federal Reserve System
Coolidge’s Presidency
Babe Ruth
Black Tuesday & Stock Market
Weird Fads & Social Traditions
Crash
Harlem Renaissance
Questions: These will help give structure to your final review:
1. Why did the Red Scare occur in the US at the beginning of the decade following WWI?
2. How did Henry Ford and the automobile effect the following:
a. Industrial Production
b. Growth of Auto Industry
c. The American Landscape
d. New Businesses
3. Why did the demand for products increase in the 1920s? What enabled Americans to live this lifestyle?
4. Make connections between these terms: consumers, advertising, mass production, credit/installment
plans.
4. Describe the change women experienced in the 1920s: Socially, politically, and economically.
5. Describe prohibition: Was it a success or failure?
6. How is the decade of the 1920s representative of crossing the lines, smashing tradition, and breaking
boundaries? (review documentary guide)
7. How did mass media and entertainment connect Americans?
8. Compare and contrast the economic policies of Harding and Coolidge.
9. Describe how the 1920s brought on an era of change and modernity to the United States.
10. Why did the demand for goods start to decline in the late 1920s?
11. What did it mean to buy stocks “on margin,” and how could this process be potentially risky?
12. How did the stock market crash affect banks in the U.S.? Also, how did it affect banks in foreign
countries?