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33 Cards in this Set
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How did the behavior of some women change in the 1920's?
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Some women were called flappers cause they...
cut their hair short wore knee-length skirts wore bathing suits drank smoked went out with a chaperone and frequented speakeasies |
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How did the lives of women change in the 1920's?
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They also had more free time with the invention of vacuum cleaners, dryers, washers, refrigerators.
Some women drove cars, played sports, went to co-ed colleges, worked outside the home. Some women became professional women working in schools, hospitals as doctors, and some became lawyers. Women were allowed to VOTE! |
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What were two problems of the 1920's?
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Prejudice (Ku Klux Klan)
Prohibition (Illegal to sell or drink alcohol) Gangsters / mobs Speakeasies Flappers 1929 Stockmarket crash |
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How did Calvin Coolidge encourage economic growth in the 1920's?
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He ran government like a business by cutting taxes so people would have more money to spend and keeping government spending low.
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What did the 18th amendment attempt to prohibit?
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Prohibit the sell or drinking of alcohol
It was repealed by the 21st amendment because criminals made and sold it illegally increasing violence in many cities. They also had no way of enforcing the amendment like they needed to. |
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What were the advantages of owning a radio?
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Quicker and more access to news and information.
Advertising became more wide spread. Families grew closer as they would gather around the radio and listen to baseball games, comedians, and music of the time. |
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Why was most advertising aimed at women?
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Women were the ones buying most of the products like dryers, washers, vacuum cleaners, etc.
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What does Warren G. Harding's "Back to Normalcy" campaign slogan refer to?
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It meant that people could stop thinking about the war and go back to their homes and jobs.
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Where did Americans move to in the 1920's?
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Americans moved from rural areas to the cities and suburbs/urban areas.
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What was the economy like in the 1920's?
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The economy went through a boom or period of fast economic growth.
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How did increased car ownership impact other industries?
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More people were traveling..roads were paved, gas stations were built, billboards were created, motels began to line the highways.
People were able to travel long distances more easily. Farmers could travel to bigger towns to get suppplies and families could travel the country on vacations. |
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
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In the 20's Harlem (a neighborhood in New York City) was the center for African American musicians, writers, and artists. They wrote and painted pictures about the African American neighborhoods.
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What did people in the 1920's do with their money?
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They put it in banks in savings accounts or they invested it in the stock market.
They also spent it on consumer goods. |
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What did Calvin Coolidge mean when he said..."The chief business of the American people is business."?
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He wanted the government to act like a business. He wanted the country to take in more than it was spending. He cut taxes because he believed that if taxes were lower, people would have more money to save and invest.
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mass production
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making many identical products at once
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assemby line
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a line of workers and equipment that puts a product together piece by piece. Each person does one job and then passes the product along on down the line.
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Division of Labor
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when workers perform different parts of a large task - dividing the work up among them
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Tin Lizzie
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Nickname for the Model T Ford which was the frist cars made on an assembly line
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Boom
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a period of fast economic growth
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18th amendment
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made selling and drinking of alcoholic beverages against the law in the U.S.
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21st amendment
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repealed prohibition
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Speakeasy
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A place that illegally sells alcoholic beverages. There were many of these during prohibition.
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Jack Dempsey
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a famous boxer
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Babe Ruth
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First baseball player to hit 60 homeruns in one season. Some say he was the greatest baseball player ever.
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Bessie Coleman
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(1921) she became the first African American woman to ear a pilot's license.
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Louis Armstrong
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a famous African American jazz musician who played the trumpet
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Harlem Globetrotters
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Originally all were from Harlem...
They were a basketball team that plays ball and uses stunts and tricks to entertain the audience. |
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Amelia Earhart
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An aviator that set many flying records and inspired other brave and independent women to follow their dreams. She disappeared while flying.
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W. C. Handy
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Handy was born in Florence, Alabama. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues".
He was an African American jazz musician |
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Duke Ellington
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An African American bandleader who played the piano and composed songs that are still performed today.
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Langston Hughes
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A famous writer who wrote books of poetry, stories, novels, plays, musicals, and operas.
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Al Capone
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Famous gangster who killed many people, sold, bought, and transported illeegal liquor. He was never convicted of anything but not paying taxes. He was sent to Alcatraz (a famous prison in San Francisco).
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Charles Lindbergh
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In 1927, he became the first person to fly alone, nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
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