Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement United States History Class

Unit 11 Study Guide

Unit 11 — Boom and Bust, 1920-1941

Facts to Know

Chapter 24 — The New Era of the 1920s

1. The economic characteristics of the 1920s, and the reasons for the economic expansion and recovery that began in 1922.
2. The relationship between government and business during the 1920s, and the factors responsible for the decline of organized labor.
3. The political, social, and economic characteristics of the Harding and Coolidge administrations.
4. The nature and extent of reform legislation during the decade of the 1920s.
5. The federal government's Indian policy during the 1920s, and its impact on Native Americans.
6. The social, economic, and political changes in the position and attitudes of women and African Americans in American society during the 1920s.
7. The expansion of the consumer society in America during the 1920s.
8. The impact of the automobile and modern advertising on American society.
9. The trend toward urbanization and the growth of the suburbs during the 1920s, and the consequences of both of these factors on American society.
10. The factors that caused an increase in immigration by Mexicans and Puerto Ricans during the 1920s, and the characteristics of their lives in the United States.
11. The changes that took place in the way Americans used their time during the 1920s.
12. The causes and consequences of the 1920s trend toward longer life expectancy, and the responses of Americans to the needs of the elderly.
13. The impact of social change during the 1920s on the following:
    a. Americans' values
    b. The American family
    c. Women in the American work force
    d. Images of femininity
    e. Views of human sexuality
14. The emergence of the Ku Klux Klan, nativists, and religious fundamentalists, and their impact on American society in the 1920s.
15. The characteristics of each of the following, and the impact of each on American society during the 1920s:
    a. Games
    b. Movies
    c. Sports
    d. Prohibition
16. The movements in American literature, art, and music during the 1920s.
17. The issues and personalities in the 1928 presidential campaign, and the election's outcome.
18. The events that led to the 1929 stock market crash, and the causes of the crash and the Great Depression that followed.
    

Chapter 25 — The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941

1. The impact of the Great Depression on the American economic system and on city dwellers, farmers, marriage patterns, and family life.
2. How and why Americans responded to the Great Depression as they did.
3. The Hoover administration's attempts to deal with the economic and human crises posed by the Great Depression.
4. The issues and personalities and the outcome of the 1932 presidential and congressional elections.
5. The impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal and professional experiences prior to 1932 on his political, social, and economic views, and the relationship between his political, social, and economic views and his handling of the Great Depression.
6. The practical and theoretical basis for the legislative enactments of the First New Deal (l933-1934), and the effectiveness of the First New Deal in solving the problems of the depression.
7. The variety of criticisms leveled against the New Deal, and the alternatives proposed.
8. The Supreme Court's reaction to New Deal legislation before and after 1937, and the reasons for the shift.
9. The practical and theoretical basis for the legislative enactments of the Second New Deal (1935-1939), and the effectiveness of the Second New Deal in solving the problems of the depression.
10. The components of the New Deal coalition, and the impact of this coalition on the 1936 presidential election.
    
    

Quizzes

• Textbook Quiz — chapter 24     chapter 25  
• Mrs. Pojer's Quizzes
  • The Roaring '20s through Hoover  A   B  C  D
  • The New Deal: Domestic Policiet  A   B  C  D   

Documents

• Consumerism (1890-1926)
• Susan LaFollette on Marriage and Divorce (1929)
• Oct. 29, Dies Irae (1929)
• Depression and the New Deal (1929-1942)
• Broke—Baby Sick—Car Trouble (1937)

Study Aids

• Mrs. Ruland's Notes
  • Stock Market Terms
  • Notes on the 1920s
  • Timeline of the Causes of the Great Depression
  • Hard Times: Voices of the Great Depression by Studs Turkel
  • Liberalism and Conservatism, Clinton Rossiter
• From Revolution to Reconstruction - An Outline of American History
  • Chapter Nine: War, Prosperity and Depression
  • Chapter Ten: The New Deal and World War
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Modules on Major Topics
  • The 1920s
  • The Great Depression
• Digital History
  • Guided Readings
    • The Jazz Age: The American 1920s
    • 1930s
  • Explorations
    • Learn About the 1920s
    • Learn About the Great Depression
  • Lessons
    • Controversies of the 1920s
    • The Great Depression and the New Deal
  • Timeline
    • Landmarks in Immigration History
• Professor Stanley K. Schultz' lecture notes (University of Wisconsin)
  • The Politics of Prosperity: The 1920s
  • The Politics of Frustration: The 1920s
  • The Politics of Prohibition: The 1920s
  • The Crash and the Great Depression
  • The Great Depression and the New Deal
  • Dr. New Deal or Dr. Win-the-War
  • Hitchhiker's Guide to American History III
  • Hitchhiker's Guide to American History IV
• George Burson, Aspen CO
  • Progressive Movement and the 1920s
  • The Great Depression and the New Deal
• Academic American History, Henry J. Sage, Northern Virginia Community College
  • The Twenties, Depression and World War II
• Timeline- 1901 to 1950 (Mr. Wood, Murray HS, Murray UT)
• Mr. Feldmeth - Polytechnic School, Pasadena CA
  • The Roaring Twenties - outline
  • The Great Depression - outline
  • New Deal Programs - chart
• Presidential Election Data (David Leip) — 1920    1924    1928    1932    1936     1940 
• Cram Sheet (Renata Melamud)
  • Harding through Truman
• Crossroads
  • "Boom and Bust" 1921-1933
  • "The Age of Franklin D. Roosevelt" 1933-1945
• Divining America: Religion and the National Culture
  • The American Jewish Experience: Antisemitism and Assimilation
  • Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
  • The Rise of Fundamentalism
  • Roman Catholics and the American Mainstream in the 20th Century
  • The Scopes Trial

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