Prosperity and Depression

Chapter 7 Review

The time period after WWI in which people enjoyed an economic boom was known as

The Technology Age The Roaring Twenties The Great Depression

What method did Henry Ford use to produce cars that were less expensive and more efficient?

Moving Assembly Line Using designs made in Japan Hiring only immigrants

Why did radio companies start advertising to increase profits in 1922?

Actors began to demand money New technology made broadcasting

more expensive Radio sales dropped because most

people already had a radio

How did Americans feel during the 1920s?

Discouraged Angry hopeful

What was the original purpose of radio technology?

entertainment in homes Providing sound for movies communication between ships

What was the time of great activity in the arts by African American writers, musicians, and artists?

Holocaust Industrial Revolution Harlem Renaissance

What happened in 1929 when more people wanted to sell stocks than to buy them?

Stock Market Crash Dust Bowl People built Shantytowns

Areas of the Great Plains that faced severe droughts and wind storms in the early 1930s were known as

Dry Bowl Okies Dust Bowl

Charities help people get food by serving them soup and bread in

Hoovervilles Shantytowns Soup Kitchens

Many people left the Dust Bowl areas such as Oklahoma and migrated to

California Detroit Farms

Which amendment was know as the Prohibition Amendment?

15th

18th

21st

How did the radio help make sports more popular?

Planes with radios took people to sporting events

Babe Ruth became a radio broadcaster More people could listen to games

Roosevelt’s plan to help the economy recover is known as the

Square Deal Real Deal New Deal

Which act put a tax on salaries that workers could receive once they retired?

Retirement Act Employment Act Social Security Act

What was the purpose of the FDIC?

Regulate radio and telephone Insure bank deposits Manage social security system

What group employed men to plant trees on public land?

AAA SSA CCC

Many leaders were not concerned at first about the stock market crash because

They felt is was part of the ups and downs

They had not invested in the stock market

They knew that European countries would buy extra stocks

Many banks closed during the Great Depression because

Congress place high tariffs on banks Banks had made unwise stock

purchases People could not repay their loans

Which industry benefited from the sudden accelerated production and sales of the automobile?

A. Oil Industry Construction of highways Both

Why was Germany’s economy hit harder than other countries by the Great Depression?

The value of German money was too high

Germany had huge debts to pay after losing WWI

The rest of Europe sent their troops to attack Germany

The three major goals of the New Deal were

Security, safety, stocks Work, welfare, wealth Relief, recovery, reform

Who’s Who?

President of the Us during the 20s and 30s. Shabby towns named after him.

An AA poet First to fly solo across the Atlantic Known for his musical talent President who is known for his New

Deal Plan

How did working life change for women?

Women joined the workforce From farming to manufacturing From factory to office

What was an effect of the Dust Bowl?

Factories laid off workers Families left California to head east. Many became migrant workers

What musical heritage developed jazz music?

Native Americans Japanese Americans African Americans