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Ch. 7 Rolling 20's
Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Detroit, MI | Ford's first assembly line factory to produce Mode; T cars wwas for 1 1/2 hours instead of 12 hours which other cars took to be build. It was a popular choice of cars which he produce a right amount of money to pay his workers $5. |
| Henry Ford | an entrepreneur and inventor who developed the model T car |
| Model T | built on an assembly line. Sold at a low price and all looked exactly alike and the same color black. Produced from 1908-1927. By 1913, 40% of the cars in the cars in the US were Model T's. By, 1920, half of the cars in the world were Model T's. |
| assembly line | is were workers stay in one place and put parts of the cars together as they go by on a moving belt. |
| mass production | making of a large number of goods that are exactly alike. One of most popular was the radio. |
| mass media | public forms of communication to reach large audiences like radio, television, newspapers. |
| Prohibition | complete ban on the sale of alcholic drinks. Led to Blue Laws. |
| 18th Amendment | passed in 1919 it outlawed the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcholic beverages in the United States. Called the Prohibition Amendment. |
| 21st Amendment | passed in 1933 ended prohibition |
| bootleggers | criminals who took over the alcohol business during prohibition. Often led to violence. |
| speakeasies | |
| jazz | |
| Harlem Renaissance | |
| Langston Hughes | |
| Charles Lindbergh | |
| Amelia Earhart | |
| Georgia O'Keefe | |
| Herbert Hoover |
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