Chapter Seven

The Twentieth Century

Lesson One:  The Progressives

Progressive, reform, suffrage, amendment

Lesson Two:  The Birth of the Automobile

mass production, assembly line

Lesson Three: WW1 and Hard Times

stock market, Great Depression, unemployed, nion, strike, closed shop

Chapter 7 Study Guide for Social Studies

·        Know all vocabulary

·        Know why African Americans were hired to work in factories.

·        Know why the U.S. decided to join WW I

·        Know how technology helped Henry Ford

·        Know why you didn’t have to have experience to work in factories.

·        Know what the following people are known for: (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Ransom Olds, Hazen Pingree, Senator Thomas Palmer)

·        Know about horseless carriages

·        Know what the Ransom Olds offered before anyone else (driver’s manual)

·        REREAD THE CHAPTER!!  This is a huge part of your general understanding of the events and material.