Unit 7 Test Review

Unit 7 Test Review Last chance to get in the 80s Club for Units 6 and 7. BOWLING!!!!

What were two main causes of economic prosperity in the 1920s?

A

lot of buying on credit  Stock speculation (more people began to hold/buy/sell stock)

2. How did the growth of the automobile industry affect the U.S. economy?  The

assembly line process helped stimulate (start) other new industries

3. What is the free-enterprise system?  Capitalism!

When people privately own companies and make money off those businesses

4. What was the main cause of farmers’ problems in the 1920s?  Overproduction

led to low prices

5. What did farmers want the government to do to help them out?  Put

money into circulation to cause inflation (raise prices)

6. Which political party did many farmers support?  Populist

7. What did Sacco and Vanzetti’s trial show about how some U.S. citizens felt about immigrants? 

There was still intolerance and nativism happening in the U.S.

8. What was the Teapot Dome Scandal? A

U.S. government official leased gov’t land illegally to make a profit

9. What was an effect of the Teapot Dome Scandal?  People

had less faith in the elected officials

10. What was the Scopes trial about? A

science teacher who illegally taught a lesson on evolution

11. The Scopes Trial reflects a conflict between _________  Science

and Religion

12. What was the Harlem Renaissance? A

period of great achievement by African American writers, artists, and performers

13. What were two main goals of the Harlem Renaissance?  Political

advancements  Increase African American empowerment/pride

14. What were the four main causes of the Great Depression?  COWS!!!

 Credit too much buying on credit  Overproduction of consumer products  Wages lagging behind cost of living  Split between the rich and poor (uneven distribution of wealth)

15. What was Black Tuesday?  The

day the stock market crashed in 1929.