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The rapid, large-scale manufacture or identical products |
Mass Production |
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A period of rising prices on the stock market |
Bull Market |
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Secretary of the treasury under President Harding; favored low taxes, a balanced budget, and less business regulation |
Andrew Mellon |
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Loan program to help Germany make reparations to England and France so that those countries could repay wartime loans to the United States |
Dawes Plan |
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1925 "Monkey Trial", which challenged a law against teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee public schools |
Scopes Trial |
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Group violently opposed to immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African American |
KKK |
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The first talking motion picture |
The Jazz Singer |
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Psychologist who suggested that people are driven by subconscious desires |
Sigmund Freud |
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The flowering of African American arts and literature in the 20's in New York |
Harlem Renaissance |
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Profilic writer who celebrated African American culture and life |
Langston Hughes |
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What was Coolidge's reaction to racial issues? |
He ignored racial issues. |
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What was the largest cultural split in the 20's? |
Rural to Urban. People who live in urban areas have access to higher pay and more leisure time and a better life. |
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What were the educational differences during the 20's? |
People in cities enjoyed education. "Better education, Better life" People in rural cities don't see a point in education. You don't need an education to work on a farm. |
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Where were the main movie industries located? |
Hollywood California |
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What was the biggest factor that made "Flappers" or "New Women" unliked by the elder generation? |
They rejected Victorian morals. |
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What changes took place in women's lives in this decade. |
Urban women's lives were easier. They got new products to help the women get lazy and develop new personal interests. |
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What was the scopes trial? |
It surrounded the teaching of evolution. Cities are modern and put their faith and beleifsbin science. But rural dwellers put their faith and beliefs in God. |
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What is the Harlem Renaissance? |
It opened area for change. Blacks could feel safe and embrace being black. Literature and Art and Music cane out in new forms. |
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What were some issues with immigration? |
There was always a problem. They threaten our ideas and beliefs and took our jobs. |
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Who is Louis Armstrong and what a does he have to do with Jazz? |
He played trumpet, was the unofficial embassaador of Jazz music. (AMERICAN STYLE OF IMPROVE) |
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What is the KKK? |
They hate immigrants and the melting pot society. |
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What are the differences in the rural and urban lifestyles? |
The urban people have more free time and easier lives. |
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What were the farmer's incomes like in the 20's? |
Their economy declines continuously and farmers go deeper and deeper into debt. |
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What happened with African Americans and discrimination in the 20's? |
As a community African Americans move north to escape Jim Crow Laws in the South. They are facing the worst about of discrimination in the south. |
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What is mass production? |
Relied on supply and demand. Because mass producing in cars elevated so prices went down. |
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What did Henry Ford's techniques do for automobiles? |
He came up with his ideas for the assembly line through a meat packaging plant. The timw cut on production made cars more affordable. More jobs were made because of the steady production of cars. |
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What is Prohibition? |
Banning of alcohol. The 18th amendment was the ban on alcohol. The 21'st was giving alcohol back. |
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What did prohibition do to organized crime? |
Bootleggers and criminals get worse and worse. If you break one law what is the probe with breaking another one? |
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What is buying stock on margin? |
You put a small payment down and pay the rest thought credit. It only works when the stock market prices go up. |
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What is the bull market? |
Strong period of stock sales |
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Who are Harding 's cabinet members? |
Hoover and Mellon are good! |
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Who is Andrew Mellon? |
Slashed restrictions and debt and manages the country's money very well |
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What is the Teapot Dome Scandal? |
Albert Fall transferred the private rights from the navy's oil reserves to private oil companIes |
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What are Harding 's and Coolidge's policies for business and economy? |
They aid the growth of businesses, reduce restrictions on businesses. |
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What was the economy like before the 20's? |
The government had gone through a recession |
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What was the economy like during the 20's? |
The economy is strong |
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What are Marcus Garvey's political movements? |
The back to Africa plan. It fell skate because he got deported dur to mail fraud. |
