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Term | Definition |
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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 |