US History AP 2011

UNIT VI: THE RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

INTRODUCTION: We’ve reached the “roaring twenties!” In this unit, you will study how America in the 1920s
launched itself into its greatest and hopefully, last depression. You will also study how, primarily through public policy, it
attempted to come out of the depression and you will evaluate this effort.

OBJECTIVES:
1. Learn useful information about the results of WWI, American life in the 1920s, the coming of the depression,
and the New Deal.
2. Improve your skills in interpreting economic statistics and in relating these to the economic, social, and
political life of the country.
3. Analyze the problems relating to economic collapse and evaluate the political solutions to these problems.

HISTORICAL CONCEPTS:
“100 days” insiders Relief
1st New Deal outsiders The “Crash”
2nd New Deal progressive individualism Xenophobia
brain trust recovery
fundamentalism reform

ECONOMIC CONCEPTS:
automotive industry investment stock
consumer buying power productive capacity supply side economics
consumer durable productivity technological unemployment
credit psychology of depression trickle down
installment buying pump priming wages

TERMS AND PEOPLE:

“normalcy” Henry Cabot Lodge Reconstruction Finance Corp.
A.E.F Herbert Hoover SEC
AAA League of Nations social security
Bonus Army New Deal Treaty of Versailles
F.D. Roosevelt NLRA TVA
Federal Farm Board NRA WPA
FERA prohibition

MIDTERM EXAM: 50 multiple choice and an essay on March 10, 2011. (250 points)

LECTURE PACK: Include a TIMELINE covering the period from 1914-1941. (Please refer to your small
group teacher’s instructions for the timeline.) Also, include regular lecture and video notes for the entire unit.
(100 points)
 LECTURE PACK QUESTIONS
VIDEO - “THE JAZZ AGE”
1. Using the PEPSI factors, describe the quality of life in America from the frame of reference of the
documentary, “Jazz Age.” What aspects of life tended to be underrepresented in the film? (Question
required for all students)

LECTURE 25 - OUTSIDERS IN THE TWENTIES

1. Select any four groups of outsiders and explain how and why they were outsiders. (Question required for all
students)
2. How were the Scopes Trial, Prohibition, and the La Follette candidacy in 1924 reflections of outsiders’
beliefs and attitudes in the twenties? (Only AP students answer the question)

LECTURE 26 - THE ECONOMY OF THE TWENTIES

1. Explain the significance of these factors as related to the economy of the 1920s: a) the automobile, b)
agriculture, c) installment buying, and d) advertising. (Mark the parts) (Question required for all students)
2. Assess the validity of this statement. “The economic policies of the federal government from 1921 to 1929
were responsible for the nation’s depression during the 1930s.” (Only AP students)

LECTURE 27 - ECONOMICS OF CRASH AND DEPRESSION

1. What were the causes of the “Great Depression” in terms of a) margin, b) banking technology, c)
technology, d) agriculture, e) profits, f) income distribution? (Mark the parts) (Question required for all
students)
2. Explain how the "psychology of depression" helped make the Great Depression even more severe. (Only AP
students)

LECTURE 28 - FIRST AND SECOND NEW DEALS

1. “Reform movements of the 20th century have shown continuity in their goals and strategies.” Assess the
validity of this statement for the following reform movements: Progressivism and the New Deal. (Question
required for all students)
2. Analyze the changes in the roles of business, government, and labor in the economy as a result of the New
Deal. (Only AP students)

VIDEO - “LIFE IN THE THIRTIES”

1. Using the PEPSI factors describe the quality of life in America from the frame of reference of the
documentary “Life in the Thirties.” What aspects of life were portrayed in this film that were missing from
“The Jazz Age?” (Question required for all students)