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38 Cards in this Set
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scientific management
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one of the approaches to increasing productivity
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frederick w Taylor
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early supporter of the theory explained scientifc management was the idea that every kind of work could be broken down into a series of smaller tasks
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henry ford
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lowered cost of their cars by implementing scientific management practices
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model T
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a sturdy low cost automobile
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assembly line
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a new production method to help make goods faster
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auto-touring
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seeking the fresh air of the countryside millions of americans participated n a new craze
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alfred p. sloan
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head of GM motor company
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installment plan
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to allow average consumers to buy his more expensive cars, sloan offered this
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Planned obsolescence
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Model change and the trade n
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Volsead act
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Used to enforce the eighteenth amendment
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Al Capone
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Ruled Chicanos underworld with his mobsters
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Eliot ness
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Organized top squad of young detectives to go after gangsters
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Untouchables
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Ness and his detectives were nicknamed this
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Flappers
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Enjoyed defying traditional ways
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Cecil B. de mile
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Introduced a new style of filmmaking marked by epic plots and culex characters
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Babe Ruth
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Lagendary baseball player
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Jim Thorpe
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Few athletes in 1920 had more telnet them him
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Charles Lindbergh
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The biggest celebrity of the 1920's
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Amelia Earhart
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First woman t fly across the Atlantic
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Aimee simple McPherson
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One f the most popular revivalists
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Fundamentalism
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Gained popularity during the decade. A Protestant movement
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Clarence Darrow
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Famous criminal lawyer from Chicago
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Scopes trial
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Exposed a deep division in American society between traditional religious views and new values based on scientific ways of thought
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Jazz
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Type of music
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Blues
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Different type of music
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Bessie smith
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Brought blues music to a broader audience
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Louis Armstrong
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Jazz musicians
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Box Beiderbecke
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Cornetist and pianist
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Duke Ellington
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Jazz musicians of the era
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Langston Hughes
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African American poet
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Harlem renaissance
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Artistic development
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Paul Robeson
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Was in emperor jones
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Rose McClendon
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Leading African American poet
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James Weldon Johnsen
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One of the most active Harlem renaissance supported
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Ernest Hemingway
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Writer
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Lost generation
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Writers of the era
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F Scott Fitzgerald
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Lost generation writer
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Alfred Stieglitz
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Popularized photography
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