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U.S. History Goal 9: Prosperity and Depression (1919-1939) – The learner will
appraise the economic, social, and political changes of the decades of “The Twenties”
and “The Thirties.”
9.01 Elaborate on the cycle of economic boom and bust in the 1920's and 1930's.
9.02 Analyze the extent of prosperity for different segments of society during this period.
9.03 Analyze the significance of social, intellectual, and technological changes of lifestyles in the
United States.
9.04 Describe challenges to traditional practices in religion, race, and gender.
9.05 Assess the impact of New Deal reforms in enlarging the role of the federal government in
American life.
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How did the economic, social, and political events lead to the economic cycles of
the twenties and thirties?
How did the variations in the economy in the 1920s cause major changes in that
decade and in the 1920s?
How did early government reactions to the economic downturn serve to worsen
its effects?
How were different groups of people affected by the business cycles of the 1920s
and 1930s?
How do economic changes impact society?
Why and how does economic prosperity vary so much from one segment of
society to the next?
How do technological and social changes impact American traditions?
To what extent should the federal government attempt to effect economic and
social change?
What should the role of the federal government be in the economic and social
lives of its citizens?
What long term effects did the New Deal have on the United States?
How were programs in these decades a challenge to traditional practices, in
religion, race, and gender?
How did the role of the federal government change during the 1920s and 30s?
Why did citizens allow the federal government to increase its power during the
Great Depression, and how did it impact the future of the nation?
Warren G. Harding
“Return to Normalcy”
Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert Fall
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Calvin Coolidge
Speculation
Buying on margin
“Black Tuesday”
Herbert Hoover
Direct relief
Easy credit
Installment plan
Overproduction
Hoovervilles
Soup kitchens
Breadlines
Bonus Army
Dust Bowl
Jazz
Louis Armstrong
Silent films and “talkies”
The Jazz Singer
Lost Generation
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Sinclair Lewis
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Marcus Garvey
“Back to Africa” Movement
United Negro Improvement
Association (UNIA)
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP)
W.E.B. DuBois
1924 Native American Suffrage Act
Sacco and Vanzetti
Scopes Trial
Aimee Semple McPherson
Billy Sunday
Margaret Sanger
Flappers
Deficit Spending
Prohibition
Speakeasies
Bootleggers
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindbergh
Automobiles
Marketing/Advertising
Radio
FDR’s “Fireside Chats”
Ku Klux Klan
Harlem Renaissance
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC)
Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC)
National Industrial Recovery Act
(NIRA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Works Progress Administration
(WPA)
National Labor Relations Act
(Wagner Act)
Fair Labor Standards
Father Charles Coughlin
Huey P. Long
Frances Perkins