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9 Cards in this Set
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Minority |
A number of people that is less than half of the population. |
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Amelia Earhart |
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean |
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Al Capone |
He was an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era |
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John Scopes |
He was a teacher in Dayton, who taught evolution in a Tennessee school. |
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Flapper |
Women in the 1920s who wore short skirts bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. |
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Assembly Line |
A manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished item moves from workstation to workstation until the good is produced. |
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Henry Ford |
He was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. |
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Charles Lindberg |
He became famous for making the first solo flight across the Atlantic airplane flight in 1927. |
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Installment buying |
Purchasing a commodity (good) over a period of time. The buyer gains the use of the commodity (good) immediately and then pays for it in periodic payments called installments. |
