World War I and

          The Roaring 20's

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Directions: Know the answer to these questions by the time that we cover the information in class. You will be graded on how intelligently you can relate information to the class when called upon.
Chapter 23

Section 2
What brought about the turnaround in American policy toward World War I from oneof being neutral in thought and action to a declaration of war.

Section 4
During World War I how did the U.S. government attempt to mobilize the economy, influence public opinion and silence all dissent?

Section 6
Woodrow Wilson wanted to draw up a liberal settlement at the end of the war that would ensure peace and democracy for generations. Discuss the settlement Wilson envisioned and what prevented the realization of his plans.
 

Chapter 24  Section 1
Describe the new consumer society. How did advertising help shape it?

What were the causes of the economic boom of the 20’s?  

How did companies keep employees happy? Was this good for the employees?

What caused the big drop in farm prices and income in the 20’s? What was devised to fix the farm problems? Did it work?
 

Section 2
How were the cultural tensions of the 20’s reflected in the Democratic Party?

What features of Harding’s personal background led to his gaining the presidency? What was the biggest of the Harding era scandals?

What effect did the appointment of probusiness Republicans to regulatory commissions and the Supreme Court have on the nature of the relationship between business and government?
 

Section 3
What impact did the spectacular growth of the automobile industry have on related business activities?
 

Section 4
How did the change in popular culture reflect societies manners and moral of the 1920’s?
 

Section 5 
Explain the changes in immigration laws brought about by the National Origins Act and subsequent legislation. What ethnic groups were favored?

How did the Klan of the 20’s differ from the Reconstruction era Klan? How influential was the new Klan?

Compare and contrast the views of the modernists and the fundamentalists.

What more basic conflict in society did the controversy of the “noble Experiment” of prohibition come to symbolize?

How effective was prohibition in reducing excessive drinking? Why wasn’t it more successful what were some of prohibition’s socially harmful effects?
 

Section 6
Discuss Hoover’s social thought. How did his outlook hinder him in fighting the depression that began during his presidency?

 FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE  (I don't want you to do this for homework)

Study Guide Chapter 23
FACTS, figures, people, and places.   Be prepared to identify, define, describe, and explain the significance of the people, places, and events listed below.

1. General John Pershing
2. U Boats
3. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
4. Lusitania
5. National Security League
6. Jane Addams 
7. Carrie Chapman Catt
8. Women's Peace Party
9. Sussex Pledge
10. Zimmermann telegram
11. Bernard Baruch
12. War Industries Board
13. Herbert Hoover 
14. The Food Administration
15. William McAdoo
16. US Railroad Board
17. American Expeditionary Force
18. Lenin
19. Bolsheviks
20. George Creel
21. Committee on Public Information
22. Randolph Borne
23. Espionage and Sedition acts
24. Eugene Debs
25. Schenck v. U.S.
26. Clear and present danger
27. Race Riots 
28. 18th amendment
29. 19th amendment
30. 14 points
31. Council of Four
32. Versailles Peace Treaty
33. League of Nations
34. Henry Cabot Lodge
35. Reservationists
36. Irreconcilables
37. Article 10
38. Red Scare
39. Palmer raids


 
 
 


1. Henry Ford
2. The Open Shop
3. "American Plan"
4. The Farm Bloc
5. The McNary-Haugen Bill
6. Teapot Dome Scandal
7. Fordney-McCumber Tariff (1922)
8. Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930)
9. Andrew Mellon
10. Charles Evans Hughes
11. Washington Naval Arms Conference
12. Robert La Follette
13. Progressive Party
14. Jane Addams
15. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

21. Charles A. Lindbergh
22. F. Scott Fitzgerald
23. Sinclair Lewis
24. Ernest Hemingway
25. Willa Cather
26. Thomas Hart Benton
27. Edward Hopper
28. George Gershwin
29. Duke Ellington
30. The Harlem Renaissance
31. Langston Hughes
32. Marcus Garvey
33. Universal Negro Improvement Association
34. Immigration Acts
35. National Origins Quota System
36. John T. Scopes
37. The "Monkey Trial"
38. Aimee Semple McPherson
39. Sacco and Vanzetti Case
40. Volstead Act
41. "Wets" and "Drys"
42. Alfred E. Smith
43. Reconstruction Finance Corporation


 
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