The Appearance of Prosperity Review Unit 5Strong Economy Between 1922-1928 the U.S.

GNP(total value of all goods and services) rose 40%

The economy performed well, automakers

Unemployment Rate -- 5% from 1923-29

Union membership slowed as welfare capitalism programs grew w/ employee benefits

The Feeling of Prosperity Workers to buy new products and enjoy leisure activities like movies/sports

Farmers fell further behind

Strong Stock MarketStocks/shares, in

companies, performed well in the 1920s

The value of stocks traded quadrupled over nine years

Business leaders said everyone could get rich from stocks

People Thought the Market would never Drop Again

U.S. History Semester II Introduction

Begin Notes - #1

America in the 20th Century (This is your Final Exam Info)

Unit 6 (Ch 18)The Great DepressionUnit 7 (Ch 19) Roosevelt & The New

Deal Unit 8(Ch 20&21) World War II & Home

front/DebatesUnit 9(Ch 20.3) The Holocaust / -NO

HONORS-Unit 10(Ch 23) The 1950’sUnit 11(Ch 22-24) The Cold WarUnit 12(Ch 25) Civil Rights Movement Honors - Black Like Me – by John Howard GriffinUnit 13(Ch 24-31) Recent Am.

Presentations Notebook Collection & Final Exam / Same as S1

Semester Final ExamsHonors 400 + 100(NB) = 500pts

Regular 250 + 250(NB) = 500pts

Be prepared for a map to be on the final, just like S1

Honors - Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

Go To Canvas Page – U.S. History- Register if you don’t have a book

Record your user name & passwordIn your notebook & laptop

Assignment #1Causes of the Great Depression

A. Hoover & “Rugged Individualism”

p.629 DBQ -Q # 1& 2B. Read Ch 18 Sec 1

p. 628-633 Q # 1-8 Due ____________

Stock Market Challenge Begins After 1st Assignment(Begin looking up Stocks of Interest) NYSE & NASDAQ

The Stock Market Challenge #2

The Floor of the NYSE-where stocks are bought & sold

How do you Win at the Stock Market Game?

Everyone wants a Bull Market

No one wants a Bear Market

When you decide to buy and/or when you decide to sell will determine profit or loss

All we are interested in right now is how to buy shares

For the Stock Market Challenge you will be given $10,000 to invest in One Corporation

Buy In Date – ___________ (Turn in Sheet by ________)

The NYSE is open Monday – FridayNewspapers will show stock quotes:

Tuesday – Saturday (One Day Behind)

Online ---- shows up to the minute stock activity

Before you can buy and sell stock on the market you have to understand what you are doing

Stock Quotes - GE

Lets say you have $10 to spendYour craving chocolate when you arrive at

WalmartCandy bars are selling for $1.50 eachHow many candy bars can you buy with the $10?

If you said: 6 candy bars then you are correct!

How did you figure that out?$1.50 x 6 = $9.00 (with $1.00 left over)

If you understand this principle then you can buy and sell shares on the NYSE

- Work another Example in Notes -

Buying Stock – “Shares”Ownership in a Corporation

Example --- Nike Stock is selling at $97.21 per share

If you had $10,000 that you wanted to invest in the stock market, then how many shares could you purchase?

If you said: 102 shares then you are correct

How did you figure that out?

$97.21 x 102 = $9,915.42 (with $84.58 left over)

9,915.42 + 84.58 = $10,000

VALUEAfter 3 weeks would

you still have 102 shares of Nike Corporation?

What Changes? The Value of the Shares

Why do values change?

Barry Bonds 73rd home run baseball sold for $450,000 (2001)

Babe Ruth 1933 All Star Game - $805,000 (2006)

Barry Bonds Ball – now valued at about $30,000

Value Honus Wagner Rookie Card from 1909 made by a Tobacco Co. (Wagner Disapproved)Only a few were made

Sold at Auction for:1933 - $502012 – $1,200,000 million2013 - $2,105,770 million

Practice buying stocksCreate Google Doc

w/ desk partnerCopy and paste your

answers into a text box

Submit to CanvasEvery person needs

to make a submission

Good Luck!Buy In - TomorrowPick up a STOCK SHEET – Record Every Day

until we sell out in about 3 weeksFind a calculator at home and bring it to class

Go on nyse.com or nasdeq.com & look around at different potential companies you might want to buy into