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39 Cards in this Set
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Scientific Management
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A Theory promoted by Frederick W. Taylor ; held that every kind of work could be broken into a series of smaller tasks and that rates of production could be set for each component task.
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Frederick W. Taylor
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An early supporter of the theory, explained that scientific management was based on 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 the cost of their cars by implementing scientific-management practices.
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Model T
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Was invented in 1908 and was a sturdy, low-cost automobile.
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Assembly line
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A Production System created by Henry Ford to make goods faster by moving parts on a conveyer belt past workers.
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Auto-touring
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Craze that encouraged Americans to take long sight-seeing trips in their automobiles.
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Alfred P. Sloan
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Was the head of GM, and explained the effect of car owners buying a second car.
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Installment Plan
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Allowed consumers to pay for their cars over time.
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Planned obsolescence
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Practice of manufacturing products that are designed to go out of style
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Volstead Act
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A Federal Law that enforced the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition).
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Al Capone
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Ruled Chicago's under world with his small army of mobsters.
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Eliot Ness
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Organized a top squad of young detectives to go after gangsters.
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Untouchables
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Nickname given to a group of detectives led by Eliot Ness who targeted gangsters during prohibition.
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Flappers
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Young women in the 1920's who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior.
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Cecil B. DeMille
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Introduced a new style of filmmaking marked by epic plots and complex characters.
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Babe Ruth
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Had outstanding seasons during the 1920's and attracted new fans.
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Jim Thorpe
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As a student he played every intercollegiate sport offered at his school.
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Charles Lindbergh
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Was a pilot and the biggest celebrity of the 1920's.
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Amelia Earhart
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Became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Aimee Semple McPherson
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Was one of the most popular revivalists.
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Fundamentalism
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Protestant religious movement that teaches that traditional Christian doctrine should be accepted without question and that the Bible is literally true.
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Clarence Darrow
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A 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 values and new values based on scientific ways of thought.
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Jazz
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Music that originated with African American musicians in New Orleans and gained popularity In the 1920's.
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Blues
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Jazz-influenced music that grew out of slave music and religious spirituals.
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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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Was one of New Orleans Jazz musicians.
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Bix Beiderbecke
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Wove jazz rhythms into their music.
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Duke Ellington
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Was one of the most famous jazz musicians of the era.
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Langston Hughes
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Was an African American poet.
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Harlem Renaissance
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Period of great African American artistic accomplishment that began in the 1920's in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
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Paul Robeson
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Was one of the most successful actors of the 1920's.
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Rose McClendon
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Was another leading African American actor of the 1920's.
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James Weldon Johnson
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One of the most active Harlem Renaissance supporters.
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Ernest Hemingway
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Was one of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Lost Generation
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A group of writers whose works reflected the horrors of the death and destruction of World War 1 and criticized consumerism and superficiality in postwar society.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Was a Lost Generation Writer.
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Alfred Stieglitz
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Was a photographer who helped popularize photography.
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Diego Rivera
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Was one of the three major artists known in Mexico.
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