Ch. 31 sec. 1-2 Questions

1. Describe Einstein’s’ theory on light, space, and time.

2. What did Sigmund Freud believe about “much of human behavior”?

3. What was the main belief of existentialists?

4. Define surrealism.

5. What was significant about Charles Lindbergh? Amelia Earhart?

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?

… United States & Japan

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?

… print money

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?

… 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?

… 33%

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?”

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?

… cut in half

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?

dropped by 65%

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?

…FDR

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?

… jobs and start a recovery