Unit 11

Question 1

Describe the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Answer 1

The Secretary of the Interior was being bribed for control of oil reserves

Question 2

What happened on Black Thursday?

Answer 2

The stock market collapsed

Question 3

Describe Laissez Faire Economics?

Answer 3

1. Laws restricting companies from selling untested products
2. Passing legislation that restricts commerce
3. Increasing taxes on companies

Question 4

What best describes the dull phase in the economy after WWI?

Answer 4

The economy was still transitioning from a war time economy to a peace time economy

Question 5

Describe the difference between the farm like in the 1920’s?

Answer 5

people turned towards their faith through revivals and christian living

Question 6

What is stock pooling?

Answer 6

It is when large investors sell & buy stock to draw in small investors so that they can sell and make large profits

Question 7

What is Margin Buying?

Answer 7

It is when an investor borrows a majority of the money from a lender in hopes to make a quick profit and repay back the money borrowed

Question 8

What is a Hooverville?

Answer 8

They are shack communities typically built near railroads during the Great Depression and named after Hoover

Question 9

Explain why there is a farm crisis after WWI?

Answer 9

The demand for food worldwide drops causing crop prices to drop

Question 10

What lifestyle adjustments were made during the Great Depression?

Answer 10

1. Cut out luxuries
2. Grown their own gardens
3. Sew their own clothes

Question 11

Who makes up the Ohio Gang?

Answer 11

Harding’s advisors and friends

Question 12

How was the dust bowl created?

Answer 12

1. A lack of plant life to hold soil together
2. Overgrazing
3. Continuous drought

Question 13

What was the Dust Bowl?

Answer 13

An area in which huge dust storms were created due to arid (dry) conditions

Question 14

What was the common form of entertainment during the 1920’s?

Answer 14

Radio

Question 15

What made it possible for more Americans through the 20’s to make large purchases such as cars, fridges, washing machines, etc?

Answer 15

The ability to gain credit

Question 16

Why were authors like Fitzgerald and Hemmingway considered to be part of the Lost Generation?

Answer 16

Their writing had been influenced by war ad gave their work a cynical outlook

Question 17

Who is John Scopes?

Answer 17

He was on trial in Tennessee for teaching evolution

Inherit the Wind

Question 18

When farming was on the decline in the first quarter of the 20th century what drew people to the cities?

Answer 18

Job opportunities

Question 19

What type of Music was popular in the 1920’s?

Answer 19

Jazz

Question 20

What will Harding’s Presidency be remembered for?

Answer 20

Scandals

Question 21

Who was the first man to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 21

Charles Lindburg

Question 22

What is the Bonus Army?

Answer 22

WWI veterans who wanted their bonuses early and protested in Washington DC to get it

Question 23

What are some reasons why the Stock Market Crashed?

Answer 23

1. Overproduction
2. High tariffs and war debt
3. Banking system too vulnerable

Question 24

Which President is known for his New Deal?

Answer 24

Roosevelt

Question 25

What is an Okie?

Answer 25

A farmer who has fled west out of the Dust bowl in search of work

Question 26

What did Hoover do to help suffering Americans?

Answer 26

provided jobs through public works

Question 27

What is the time period called when alcohol was ILLEGAL to sell, manufacture or transport?

Answer 27

prohibition

Question 28

What was the government not ready for when they outlawed alcohol to better society?

Answer 28

1. Enforce the law
2. Stop bootlegging
3. Fight organized crimes

Question 29

Be able to analyze two cartoons

Answer 29

Look in your notes

Question 30

Be able to complete a US map of the states and capitals

Answer 30

See Mrs. Krumpelman if he want blank practice sheets