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US His Ch11 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mass production | rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical products |
| scientific management | new method of improving efficiency, in which experts looked at every step of a manufacturing process to find ways to reduce time, effort, and expense |
| assembly line | workers added something to construct the automoblie |
| consumer revolution | a flood of new, affordable goods became available to the public |
| installment buying | a consumer would make a small down payment and then pay off the rest of the debt in regular monthly payments |
| bull market | a period of rising stock prices |
| buying on margine | form of buying on credit |
| Teapot Dome scandal | private oilmen were leased the properties of the oil reserves in return for "loans" |
| Washington Naval Disarmament Conference | world leaders agreed to limit construction of large warships and hammered out a settlement on several problems between Japan and the West |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | attempt to "outlaw" war "as an instrument of national policy" |
| Dawes Plan | arranged US loans to Germany |
| modernism | growing tried to emphasize science and secular values over traditional ideas about religion |
| fundamentalism | emphasized Protestant teaching and the belief that every word in the Bible was literal truth |
| Scopes Trial | forbade schools to teach about evolution bur Scopes did and was protected by American Civil Liberties Union |
| quota system | system to govern immigration from specific countries |
| Ku Klux Klan | group in South to terrorize African Americans who sought to vote |
| Prohibition | banning of alcohol use |
| Eighteenth Amendment | forbade manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol anywhere in the US |
| Volstead Act | a law hat official enforced the amendment |
| bootlegger | sold illegal alcohol to consumers |
| The Jazz Singer | first movie with sound synchronized to the action |
| flapper | young wowman with short skirts and rouged cheeks who had her hair cropped close to a style known as a bob |
| "Lost Generation" | no longer had faith in the cultural guideposts of the Victorian era |
| jazz | musical form based on improvisation |
| Harlem Renaissance | helped give a new vocabulary and dynamic to race relations in the US |
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