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U.S.H The Jazz Age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| large scale product manufacturing usually done by machine increased number of products decreased cost | mass production |
| this man was responsible for manufacturing the Model T on an assembly line making it the first affordable reliable automobile in the us | Henry Ford |
| period of falling stock prices; signals investors are worried | Bear Market |
| period of rising stock prices; signals prosperity | Bull markets |
| platform of warren harding (1920) to return us to a normal life after wwi; no progressive reforms; laissez fairez ecionomics | normalcy |
| secretary of the interior under harding; involved in teapot dome scandal | andrew mellon |
| scandal involving albert fall secretly leasing lands containing us naval oil reserves in teapot dome wyoming to private interests and receiving bribes | Teapot dome scandal |
| conference attended by leading nations to halt the arms race | washington naval conference |
| pact drawn up between us and france (signed by 62 nations) to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy | Kellogg-Briand pact |
| no involvement in international politics and issues; americans wanted to be left alone to pursue prosperity | isolationism |
| growing trend to emphasize science and secular (nonreligious) values over traditional ideas about religion and culure; seen n urban areas | modernism |
| beliefs of those who favored a more traditonal views of relion culture and science; embraced by those in rural areas | traditionalism |
| beliefs in basic truths of protestant religion including that every word of the bible was the literal truth | fundamentalism |
| trend that challenged traditional ideas about marriage work etc and glorified youth and personal freedom | new morality |
| charles darwin's theory that humans had developed from simpler life forms | scopes trial |
| fundamentalist belief that the word and humans had been created by god as described in the bible | creationism |
| tennessee state law that made it illegal to teach evolution in public schools | butler act |
| trial of tennessee public school teacher who was arrested for teaching evolution also known as the monkey trial | john scopes` |
| defense attorney for john scopes | clarence darrow |
| a belieft that native born whites were superior to newcomers tjos grpi[ fe;t o,,ogramts tppl kpbs amd tjreatemed a,erocam ci;tire | matomosts |
| established by the emergency quota act and national origins act this system limited the number of immigrants from specific countries | quota system |
| mainly rural group that targeted blacks jews catholics and immigrants | kkk |
| name given to the leader of the invisible emire (kkk) | imperial wizard |
| constitutional amendment that prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol | 19 amendement |
| congressional act that made the enforcement of the 18th amendment the responsibility of the us treasury dept. this gave the us government police power | police powers |
| SECRET DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS DURING PROHIBITION | SPEAKEASIES |
| people that sold illegal alcohol to consumers | bootleggers |
| amendment that repealed the 18th amendment and ended prhibition | 21st amendment |
| radio newspaper movies and magazines; unified the nation and spread ideas and attitudes | mass media |
| film star of silent films known for his portrayal of the little tramp | charlie chaplin |
| movies with sound synchronized to the action jazz singer was the first m | moule |
| american hero who flew the spirit of st. louis across the atlantic first solo nonstop flight | charles lindbergh |
| young women who was a symbol of the changing american woman short hair rouged cheeks short skirts | flapper |
| name give n by gertrude stein to american writers of the 1920's who had lost faith in their culutre and society (F.scott fitzgerald, ernest hemingway) | lost generation |
| ocation of millions of african americans to northern cities in search of racia equality jobs a better life | great migration |
| center of african american life in new York where 200000 blacks settled | new york city hanxem |
| african american leader who immigrated to harlem from jamaica established the universal negro improvement association promoted black consciousness or negro nationalism | marcus garuey |
| american music from that is basedon improvisation combiningblues ragtime and european based popular music (louis armstrong) | jazz |
| f.scott fitzgerald's name for the 1920s | jazz age |
| famous jazz trumpet player from n.o | louis armstrong |
| famous harlem nightclub where black musicians and singers performed for white audiences | cotton club |
| flowering of african american culture by novelists poets and artists | harlem renaissance |
| most famous of african american poets | langston hugnes |
| african american writer from jamaica | claude mckay |
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