20s, GD, ND, and Home Front

An era of US history that signaled the beginning of the 20th century by ending traditionalism and ushering in modernism. It is defined by economic growth, radical social changes, and a conservative (hands off) government.

• New Deal
• Great Depression
• Roaring 20s
• The Home Front

Which of the following is not a conservative, laissez-faire President of this economic era?

• Hoover
• Coolidge
• Roosevelt
• Harding

A term that describes the general economic attitude of the 1920s in which the government was not involved in regulating businesses or the stock market

• Laissez-Faire
• Capitalism
• Market Economy
• Communism

A term that describes the overall preoccupation of society with material well-being through the purchasing of goods and products

• Overproduction
• Speculation
• Capitalism
• Consumerism

A conservative 1920s era President who is most known for the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which government officials leased access to land rights to private companies (at very low prices) without opening it up to competition from other companies

• Hoover
• Coolidge
• Harding
• Roosevelt

An economic cause of the Great Depression that describes the rampant risks people took on the stock market during the 1920s

• Installment Buying
• Over-speculation
• Buying on the Margin
• Credit

An economic cause of the Great Depression that describes people buying goods, services, or stocks with borrowed money that they did not have with the intention of paying it off at a later date. 

• Credit
• Installment Buying
• Speculation
• Buying on the Margin

An economic cause of the Great Depression that describes people who bought goods and services by paying a percentage of the cost in sections until it is completely paid off. 

• Speculation
• Buying on the Margin
• Credit
• Installment Buying

An economic cause of the Great Depression that describes consumers buying goods by placing a down payment and borrowing the rest to be paid at a later date 

• Installment Buying
• Credit
• Buying on the Margin
• Speculation

An impact of over speculation in which the value of the company is far less than the value of the company's stock

• Bubble
• Credit
• Expansion
• Speculation