US History

1920s, Great Depression/New Deal Unit Assessment Study Guide

Format of the Exam:

• Multiple Choice
• Document Analysis
• Defining Terms
• Political Cartoon Analysis

Content:

1920’s

• Harlem Renaissance
• Description of the 1920’s as consumerist, materialistic
• President’s philosophies for the economy: laissez-faire & pro-business
• Vocab: Corporation & Stock
• Tradition vs. Modernity
  • Flappers/New Woman
  • 18^th and 19^th Amendments

Great Depression and New Deal (1929-1941)

• Beginning of the Great Depression/Causes of the Great Depression
  • Black Tuesday
  • Characteristics of a Depression
• Hoover vs. Roosevelt Philosophies for combating the Great Depression
• New Deal legislation (100 Day Congress: FDIC, SSA, CCC, WPA, etc.
• Effects of the New Deal on American History
• Criticisms of the New Deal from Conservatives
• African Americans and Women in the New Deal