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The 1920s and 1930s
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Roaring 20sRoaring 20s Age of Age of ConservatismConservatism
Great Great DepressionDepression The New DealThe New Deal Grab BagGrab Bag
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Give one reason why the American economy grew so rapidly in the
1920s?100• Americans cashed in victory
bonds from World War I
• Credit & Installment Buying
• New consumer goods became available
• Low regulation & laissez-faire made it cheap to do business
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Name one way that the automobile influenced American society OR
the economy in the 1920s.200• People went on Sunday drives instead of going to
church.
• Young men & women had more freedom from their parents.
• Suburbanization increases.
• Car related industries & businesses expand (Ex. sheet metal, rubber, glass, restaurants, garages, etc.)
• Ford paid his workers well… improved conditions for workers
• Some people bought cars on credit when they really couldn’t afford them
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How did some women challenge traditional behavioral norms in the
1920s?300The “New Woman” or “flapper” became the ideal of style. Some women wore pants, showed skin,
drank alcohol, smoked, swore, had sex before marriage, etc.
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What was the Harlem Renaissance? AND What factors caused it?400
• Harlem Renaissance: The outpouring of African-American art, literature & music in the 1920s
• Causes:
(1)The Great Migration helped spread ideas & culture
(2)Wealthy white patrons provided money for African-American authors, artists, & musicians
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Name two ways that advertising changed in the 1920s?500
1) Companies used “branding” to sell products.
2) Psychologists helped advertisers
3) Advertisers used celebrities like Babe Ruth to endorse their products.
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Name one event that demonstrated the importance of Christian
Fundamentalism in the 1920s.100• The Scopes “Monkey” Trial in which
a teacher was convicted for teaching evolution in Tennessee
• The rise of radio evangelists (preachers) like Billy Sunday
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Why was the 18th Amendment enacted?200
The 18th Amendment prohibited the production, distribution or consumption of alcohol.
1. Christian Fundamentalists thought alcohol was evil
2. Groups like the Women’s Christian Temperance Union thought it led to domestic violence & wasted a family’s money
3. During World War I, saving grain was seen as patriotic
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Give one example of Nativism in the 1920s?300
Nativism = Anti-Immigrant Feeling
1. The Quota Acts (National Origins Act) limited immigration, and especially discriminated against the “new immigrants” from southern and eastern Europe.
2. Membership in the Ku Klux Klan soared in the North.
3. Italian Immigrants Sacco & Vanzetti were executed for murder despite weak evidence against them.
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What did the Palmer Raids, the deportation of radical immigrants, and the trial of Sacco & Vanzetti
have in common?400All are arguably examples of the Red
Scare (the fear of Communism and other radical ideologies after the
1917 Russian Revolution)
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Describe the policies of Presidents Harding and Coolidge.500
Both were Republicans who favored low taxation, low government spending, and a laissez-faire
approach to managing the economy.
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Which group was left out of most of the economic prosperity of the
1920s?100Farmers generally saw crop prices decline after World War I.
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Name one reasons why stock prices were able to go so high in the
1920s.200Rising stock prices were caused by…
• Ease of credit (buying “on margin”)• Lack of accurate information about
the true value of companies the stock represented.
• Psychology of expansion caused by the belief that the market could rise forever.
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How did President Hoover respond to the Great Depression?300
Hoover did little because he did not believe it was the proper role of the federal government. He called on Americans to solve their own problems through “self-reliance.”
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How did the problems in the stock market spread to the banking
sector?400Because many stocks were purchased “on margin” (with
loans), banks lost money. As a result, some banks could not pay
back depositors, which led to “Bank Runs” in which masses of
people rushed to banks to demand their money.
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Why did demand for American goods drop off so dramatically in
the late 1920s?500Domestic demand began to drop after Americans had already purchased much
of want they needed.
Foreign demand dropped off when American investors stopped lending
money to Europeans (who then could not afford to buy American goods).
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Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt correct when he stated that
Americans had “nothing to fear but fear itself.”100
Fear was literally making the economy worse when panic led people
irrationally sell stock, pull all their money out of the bank, or hoard
cash rather than spend it.
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How did Franklin D. Roosevelt help stabilize the banking industry?
(Give two ways.)200The Federal Emergency Banking Relief Act
declared a “Bank Holiday” during which banks would close. They could only be re-opened after government inspectors
declared them safe.
The FDIC began insuring bank deposits. This helped prevent future “bank runs.”
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Name TWO New Deal programs that helped create jobs?300
• CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
• WPA (Works Progress Administration)
• TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
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What did NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act) do?400It set codes for various industries,
setting prices, wages, and other conditions of production.
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How did the New Deal change American politics?500
The Democratic Party ended up getting support from the following groups: workers (exp. Union members), farmers, African-Americans & other ethnic minorities, and southern whites… This gave the party an advantage in elections for the next 30-40 years.
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What were the three R’s of the New Deal?100
• Relief: Helping people survive the depression.
• Recovery: Ending the current depression faster.
• Reform: Preventing future depressions.
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What was the Teapot Dome Scandal about?200
Under President Harding… The Secretary of Interior took bribes from Mammouth Oil company in exchange for allowing them to
extract oil from government land.
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Name two writers of the Harlem Renaissance.300
1. Langston Hughes
2. Claude McKay
3. Zora Neale Hurston
4. Countee Cullen
5. And many others…
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What did the Supreme Court rule in the case Schecter Poultry
Corporation v. U.S.4001. The Executive branch had drawn
too much power to itself when it set industrial codes under the National Industrial Recovery Act.
2. Consequently, NIRA was unconstitutional.
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How did Franklin D. Roosevelt try to get around the Supreme Court?500
He wanted to “pack” the court with supporters by getting Congress to expand the number of justices that could serve on the Supreme Court.
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Write Your
Final Challenge
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What was the “Lost Generation?” What themes appeared in Lost
Generation literature. AND Name one author that belonged to this
group.
Final ChallengeEnd Game
TIME’SUP!
TIME’SUP!
• Lost Generation: Group of American writers who lived abroad in the 1920s and wrote literature
• Their writing reflected the trauma of World War I. Some of it was dark & depressing, while other parts emphasized living for the day and partying without worrying about consequences.
• Lost generation writers include T.S. Elliot, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott
Fitzgerald and others.
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