APUSH Goal 9
Chapter 23 and 24
- What was Warren G. Harding’s campaign slogan? What did it mean?
- Note the graph on page 805. What is key about consumer debt, and what year did it rapidly drop? Why?
- What is welfare capitalism? Why did businesses become more sensitive to the needs of their workers?
- Define open shop.
- Describe the impact of the automobile on US society.
- What was unique about Henry Ford’s business practices?
- The Great Depression will start in 1929. What group felt the impact before then? Why?
- During the twenties people had more free time. What movies were popular? What was the first talking movie, full length animated feature? What new invention will transform the family?
- What the first really big radio hit? What did it feature?
- What were the independent women called? What would they dance to?
- Define: Babe Ruth, Knute Rockne, Red Grange, Gertrude Ederle,
Flapper, Volstead Act, Al Capone, speakeasy, bootlegger.
- The 18th Amendment was suppose to lower crime, but instead what happened?
- What was the Immigration Act of 1921? It set up a ______system. What countries were not affected by this law?
- What was the KKK, and how did it change from the 1860’s?
- What was the fundamentalist movement?
- What theory did the fundamentalists target? Why?
- What was the Scopes Monkey trial, and how was the Bible put on trial?
- Who was the lawyer for the defense? Who did he put on the stand and why?
- What happened to William Jennings Bryan?
- What were the problems with Warren G. Harding running for president?
- What was the nickname of his cabinet?
- What was the Teapot Dome Scandal? How did this affect Harding?
- Who became president after Harding?
- What was the famous quote Coolidge gave about business? What does it mean?
- What was Hoover’s idea of the “associative state?”
- What was the Kellogg Briand Pact?
- What was the Harlem Renaissance? Name some famous musicians and poets?
- Who was Marcus Garvey? What was his “Back to Africa” movement?
- Who was Ernest Hemingway and what did he write?
- Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald and what famous novel did he pen?
- What was the Red Scare?
- Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? Why were they executed?
- Who ran in the presidential election of 1928? Who won?
- What was buying on margin?
- What happened on Oct. 29, 1929? What was it called?
- What caused the Great Depression?
- Describe conditions during this time. What was the unemployment rate?
- What did everyone blame Hoover?
- What was rugged individualism?
- Define “Bonus Army“ and why did they signal the end of Hoover?
- Who ran for president in 1932? Who won? And what did he promise people?
- Who was Roosevelt’s wife? What problems did Franklin Roosevelt have?
- What was the brain trust?
- What was the “fireside chats?”
- What was the Emergency Banking Act. Roosevelt declared a bank holiday. Why was this important?
- What was the 100 days?
- Define: CCC FDIC FERA Direct Relief AAA TVA NIRA PWA
This is the alphabet soup of the New Deal. What program was responsible for the most jobs?
- Who were Roosevelt’s critics?
- What was passed during the second 100 days?
- What was the National Labor Relations Act? (Wagner Act)
- Who was John Lewis, and the CIO?
- What was the Dust Bowl?
- What was the WPA? What was the Federal Arts Project?
- What was the court packing scandal?
- What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the New Deal?
- Who as the first woman cabinet member?
- Define: Black cabinet Mary McLeod Bethune Marion Anderson
- Did the New Deal end the Great Depression? Why or why not?
Do the following entries in the workbook:
Chapter 23: 1, 3, 4
Chapter 24: 1, 2, 3, 4