1. Bell Ringer QUESTION #81 QUESTION #82 QUESTION #83 QUESTION #84
Answer the following questions in the EOC Practice Packet in the back of your INB:
QUESTION #81
QUESTION #82
QUESTION #83
QUESTION #84
QUESTION #85
QUESTION #86

2. Question 81
Which aspect of the 1920s is most closely identified with the emergence of Tin Pan Alley? a. the printing and distribution of Prohibition Pamphlet b. the successful flight of the first hydroplane in North Carolina c. the location of the music publishing industry in New York City d. the repeal of Eighteenth Amendment

3. Question 82
Based on this chart, what effect did the passage of immigration laws have on immigration to the United States? a. They ended all immigration to United States. b. They had little effect on the flow of immigrations entering the United States. c. The number of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe and Asia declined dramatically. d. The number of immigrants from Northern and Western Europe increased.

4. Question 83
During the first three decades of the twentieth century, what was the main reason many African Americans left the South? a. The Dawes Act made free land available in the West. b. More factory jobs were available in the South. c. Many white landowners refused to accept them a sharecroppers. d. Racial discrimination did not occur in sates outside of the South.

5. Question 84
What was an important result of Prohibition during the 1920s? a. Respect for the law decreased. b. Women’s suffrage was restricted. c. Racial prejudice increased. d. Religious tolerance grew.

6. Question 85
What would a study of the “flappers” of the 1920s indicate? a. Some women rejected traditional restrictions. b. Many women were elected to national political office. c. Women were barred from traditionally male occupations. d. The earning power of women equaled that of men in most occupations.

7. Question 86
What was Frances Willard’s contribution to American society? a. She helped overturn the Eighteenth Amendment. b. She spoke out against the introduction of eugenics. c. She fought for women’s rights and a ban on the sale of alcohol. d. She spearheaded important innovations in manufacturing.

8. Causes of the Great Depression
Essential Question: How did the Great Depression impact American economy and society?

9. TEKS and Objectives
We will…
I will…
(2D) Explain the significance of 1929 as a turning point
(12A) analyze the impact of physical/human geographic factors on the Dust Bowl
(16B) identify the cause of the Great Depression
(16C) analyze the effects of the Great Depression
Explain the causes of the Great Depression and come up with a possible solution for each

10. The Great Depression (1929-1940)
Business Cycle
Ups and downs of the economy
Recession
The bad times of an economy
Business failures, high unemployment, falling prices
Great Depression
The greatest and longest economic recession in modern history

11. Causes of the Great Depression
Overproduciton
Mass production of new goods (cars, radios, refrigerators)
Consumers lacked money to buy
Manufacturers made more than they could sell

12. Causes of the Great Depression
Speculation
Many bought stocks hoping to get rich
Drove stock prices higher

14. Causes of the Great Depression
Buying on Margin
Purchase stocks with down payment (margin)
Rest financed by a loan from stock broker
Buyers paid 10% of stock’s value and promised to pay the rest when the stock was sold

15. Causes of the Great Depression
Shaky Banking
Some bankers made questionable investments
Banks collect money from customers and invest in businesses
Banks earn money to pay interest to their customers
Banks and the stock market were not regulated by the government
Americans bought too much on credit

16. Causes of the Great Depression
High Tariffs on Foreign Goods
Products made in the U.S. cheaper than imports
Protected American businesses
Foreign countries placed high tariffs on American goods
Shrinking world trade

17. Stock Market Crash of 1929 Black Tuesday October 24, 1929
Stock prices began to fall rapidly
People panicked and began to sell all their stocks
Stock market crashed

18. Stock Market of Crash 1929 1929 Turning point in U.S. History
End of Roaring Twenties
Beginning of Great Depression

19. Stock market Crash of 1929 Stockholders Unable to repay loans or rents
Led to bank failures
Thousands lost their life savings

20. Stock market Crash of 1929 Businesses Demand for goods decreased
Prices fell
Factories closed
Workers lost their jobs

21. The Human Impact of the Depression
A National Nightmare
Thousands lost their homes
Millions depended on soup kitchens for food
Dorothea Lange
Hired by the government
Photographed misery of the Great Depression
Humanized effects of the depression

23. The Dust Bowl Natural Disaster Dust Bowl
Series of droughts dried up crops
Topsoil turned to dust
Dust Bowl
Lasted a decade
Heavy winds buried homes/destroyed harvests

24. The Dust bowl Farms Abandoned John Steinbeck
Many moved west to California
Okies: refugee farm families
John Steinbeck
The Harvest Gypsies
The Grapes of Wrath
Wrote about migrant workers living in California during G.D.

25. Mexican Immigration Mexican Immigrants Escaping Mexican Revolution
No restrictions/quotas
Accepted low wages for work
Settled in California, Texas, and Southwest

26. Mexican Immigration Texas Barred from attending “white” schools
Faced with lots of prejudice

27. Mexican Repatriation Less Jobs
American farmers competed with Mexican immigrants
Less Mexicans allowed to enter U.S.

28. Mexican Repatriation Mexican Repatriation Act
More than half a million Mexican Americans forced to return to Mexico
Many were lawful American citizens