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Chapter 11 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Model T | automobile manufactured by Henry Ford affordable on the mass market |
| scientific management | approach to improve efficiency , finding ways to reduce time, effort, and expenses |
| assembly line | arrangement of equipment workers which work passes from operation to operation |
| consumer revolution | flood of new, affordable good in the decades of WWI |
| installment buying | method of payment in which buyer makes a small down-payment and pay the rest with monthly payments |
| bull market | period of rising stock prices |
| buying on margin | system of buying stocks in which buyers pays a small % of the purchase price |
| Teapot Dome scandal | scandal which the Secretary of the Interior leased government oil reserves to private oilmen |
| Washington Naval Disarmament Conference | meeting in 1921 and 1922 where world leaders agreed to limit construction of warships |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | 1928 agreement in which many nations agreed to outlaw war |
| Dawes Plan | agreement in which U.S. loaned money to Germany |
| modernism | trend that emphasized science and secular values over traditional ideas about religion |
| fundamentalism | movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles |
| Scopes Trial | 1925 trial of a Tennessee school teacher for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution |
| quota system | arrangement that limited the # of immigrants who could enter the U.S |
| Ku Klux Klan | organization that promotes hatred and discrimination against specific ethic |
| Prohibition | the forbidding by the law of the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol |
| 18 Amendment | amendment banning manufacture,distribution, and sale of alcohol in the U.S |
| Volstead Act | law enacted by congress to enforce the 18 amendment |
| bootlegger | sells illegal alcohol |
| The Jazz Singer | first movie with sound synchronized to the action |
| flapper | young women from 1920's who defied traditional rules of conduct and dress |
| jazz | american musical form developed by African Americans |
| Lost Generation | term for american writers of the 1920's marked by disillusion with WWI |
| Harlem Renaissance | 1920's which African American novelist, poets, and artist celebrated their culture |
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