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14 Cards in this Set
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Modernity
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Cultural movements that spread throughout cities while they grew. Rewrote the past and set new trends for the future.
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Oligopolies
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a market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers
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Installment plans
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credit system to purchase certain goods such as cars, appliances, homes, radios. Phones and furniture. (newer items being made)
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Consumer values
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wanted new technology and ignored debt to establish happiness.
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Tabloids
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Nationalizing trends, started in 1923 used marketing items in magazines using athletes, celebs and sex to persuade one to purchase.
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Companionate Marriage
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Womens are seeing themselves as more companionate and would spend time together and make choices between the both of them.
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Flappers
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Womens are seeing themselves as more companionate and would spend time together and make choices between the both of them.
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Harlem Renaissance
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A new cultural upwelling of Blacks in Harlem of the middle class. Started to have more racial pride and resulted in a burst of creativity.
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Jazz
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African American music that came out of AA roots that were played in there culture.
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National origins act
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Shut down immigration until the 1960’s.
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KKK
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anti- black activist that had a lot of gov. influence and manipulated many to get what they wanted.
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Prohibiton
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1920 started the act of illegal making, selling and consuming of alcohol causing a lot of black market type events throughout this time.
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Fundamental religions
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a wave of growth in the fundamental churches. Meant there was a start of churches turning back to religion’s fundamentals and using it throughout society.
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Scopes Trial
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Tennessee passed a law to not teach evolution in schools. John Scopes intentionally broke the law as a “Trial” to test whether or not this was constitutional.
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