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Roaring Twenties Voc
Roaring Twenties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ROARING TWENTIES | SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL SHIFTS, relaxed moral values, new roles for women, youth and consumers |
| LEISURE TIME | Consumers could buy new products on credit, assembly line, model T automobiles, people started to travel, listen to radio, watch movies |
| LAISSEZ FAIRE | "hands off" economy theory used by 1920's presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. refused to help farmers, increase in unemployment |
| PROHIBITION | 18th amendment- outlawed manufacturing and sale of alcohol. intended to improve society but created more violence, outlaws, bootlegging ect. Repealed in the 21st amendment |
| HARLEM RENAISSANCE | Increase in African American writing, performing arts, music, in NYC. It was considered a rebirth of hope for African Americans. Ex. Poet Langston Hughes, Jazz, Louis Armstrong |
| Louis Armstrong | Harlem Renaissance era, Jazz |
| Langston Hughes | Harlem Renaissance era literature wrote poetry |
| FLAPPERS | young women symbolizing change. They cut their hair, wore make up, short dresses, danced to jazz music |
| ASSEMBLY LINE | Factory system- speed up production, lower costs. Each worker assembled on part repetivively along a conveyor, products such as FORD MODEL T, the radio became affordable |
| RED SCARE/ANARCHISTS | Fears and prejudices against people who where different, people where afraid of Comunnist (Red). Immigrants viewed as dangerous |
| KKK-1920 | They did not like changes, they tried to influence politicians to make a racially and morally pure America |
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