Transcript Ch 31 sec. 1

Ch. 31 sec. 1-2 Questions
1. Describe Einstein’s’ theory
on light, space, and time.
1. Describe Einstein’s’ theory
on light, space, and time.
2. What did Sigmund Freud believe
about “much of human behavior”?
2. What did Sigmund Freud believe
about “much of human behavior”?
3. What was the main belief of
existentialists?
3. What was the main belief of
existentialists?
4. Define surrealism.
4. Define surrealism.
5. What was significant about Charles
Lindbergh? Amelia Earhart?
5. What was significant about Charles
Lindbergh? Amelia Earhart?
6. Where were 90% of all films
made in the 1920s?
6. Where were 90% of all films
made in the 1920s?
7. Which two countries came out of
WW I in better financial shape than
before?
7. Which two countries came out of
WW I in better financial shape than
before?
• … United States & Japan
8. Why do coalition
governments seldom last very
long?
8. Why do coalition
governments seldom last very
long?
• … the parties disagree on so many
policies
9. What did Germany do to pay
expenses during the war?
9. What did Germany do to pay
expenses during the war?
• … print money
10. What did the Dawes Plan
provide Germany and what was
its purpose?
10. What did the Dawes Plan
provide Germany and what was
its purpose?
• … provided $200 million to stabilize
German currency and economy
11. What did the treaty signed by
the Foreign Ministers of Germany
and France in 1925 promise?
11. What did the treaty signed by
the Foreign Ministers of Germany
and France in 1925 promise?
• … never make war again with each
other (Locarno Treaties)
12. In 1925, how much personal
income of the United States did the
richest 5% of the population
receive?
12. In 1925, how much personal
income of the United States did the
richest 5% of the population
receive?
• … 33%
14. What two factors increased
U.S. farm’s crop yields during
the 1920s?
14. What two factors increased
U.S. farm’s crop yields during
the 1920s?
• … Scientific farming and new
machinery…
15. What does margin mean
when someone buys stock “on
margin?”
15. What does margin mean
when someone buys stock “on
margin?”
• pay a small percentage of a stock’s
price as a down payment and borrowed
the rest..
16. What happened to factory
production in the U.S. between
1929 and 1932?
16. What happened to factory
production in the U.S. between
1929 and 1932?
• … cut in half
17. What percent of all
American workers had no job by
1933?
17. What percent of all
American workers had no job by
1933?
• … 25% (1/4)
18. What happened to the amount
of world trade when nations
imposed higher tariffs on imports?
18. What happened to the amount
of world trade when nations
imposed higher tariffs on imports?
• dropped by 65%
19. What two countries, besides
the United States, were particularly
“hard hit” by the Great Depression?
19. What two countries, besides
the United States, were particularly
“hard hit” by the Great Depression?
• Germany and Austria
20. Who was elected president
of the United States in 1932?
20. Who was elected president
of the United States in 1932?
• …FDR
21. What was this president’s
program of government reform
called?
21. What was this president’s
program of government reform
called?
• … The New Deal
22. What did the President and
his advisors believe government
spending would create?
22. What did the President and
his advisors believe government
spending would create?
• … jobs and start a recovery