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ch. 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Henry Ford | an entrpreneur and inventor who developed the Model T car |
| Model T | Produced from 1908 - 1927. all in one color, black |
| assembly line | a conveyor belt that is used to make things in a shorter amount of time |
| Detroit, MI | Ford's first assembly line factory to produce Model T cars. Wouls become the center of the US auto industry |
| mass production | making of a large number of goods that are exactly alike. One of most popular was the radio |
| mas media | public forms of communication to reach large audiences like radio, television, newspapers |
| Prohibition | complete ban on the scale of alcoholic drinks. Led to blue laws |
| bootleggers | criminals who took over the alcohol business during prohibition. Often led to violence |
| speakeasies | illegal clubs and places where people drank alcohol |
| jazz | most popular form of music in the 1920's. influenced by African American music traditions. Began in New Orelands, LA. |
| Harlem Renaissance | a time of great achievement in art and learning by African - American artists based in Harlem, NY |
| Langston Hughes | wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African - Americans in the 1920,s calling for an end to prejudice and unfair treatment |
| Charles Lindbergh | first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20, 1927 in his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis |
| Amelia Earhart | first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. First person to fly across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to California alone |
| Georgia O,Keefe | famous artist of nature scenes |
| Herbert Hoover | president of the U.S when the Great Depression began |
| unemployment | being out of work |
| stock market | a place where stocks are bought and sold |
| Great Depression | the worst economic hardship in American history. |
| credit | borrowed money |
| Franklin D. Roodevelt |
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