Chapter 14 Flashcards
scientific management
every kind of work can be broken into a series of smaller tasks
What 2 things did Henry Ford invent?
- Model T
- assembly line
assembly line
production system created by Henry Ford to make goods faster by moving parts on a conveyor belt past workers
auto-touring
craze that encouraged Americans to take long sightseeing trips in their automobiles
What were Americans’ daily lives like after automobiles became more available?
- cars replaced horse-drawn vehicles
- more social opportunities
- auto-touring
Alfred P. Sloan
head of General Motors (GM); explained the effect of car owners buying a second car
installment plan
plans that allowed consumers to pay for their cars over time
How did the economic boom affect consumers and American businesses?
- pro-business policies like tax cuts
- wages increased
- more electricity in homes
- new products and electrical appliances
- encouraged investment
The _________ industry was the nation’s biggest business and consumed huge quantities of _____, ______, and ______
- automobile
- glass, rubber, steel
What made Henry Ford different from other bosses?
- shortened workday
- raised employee wages
- regulated the morality and personal behavior of his workers (opposed tobacco and alcohol)
Volstead Act
enforced the 18th Amendment
18th Amendment
made the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol illegal
Al Capone
Chicago gang leader; committed bootlegging to control all liquor sales
Eliot Ness
special agent hired by the Federal Prohibition Bureau to catch Al Capone
Untouchables
Eliot Ness and his top squad of young detectives
How did the new youth culture of the 1920s represent change?
- new style of dress
- music
- movie theaters
- dancing
- college enrollment increased
Jim Thorpe
one of the best athletes of the 1900s; the first competitor to win both the pentathlon and the decathlon; played professional football and baseball
Charles Lindberg
the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris (33.5 hours)
Amelia Earhart
the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean
Fundamentalism
a Protestant movement that argued that traditional Christian doctrine should be accepted and the Bible is literally true
How did jazz music spread to the rest of the world?
many of New Orleans’s most noted jazz musicians moved northward to Chicago and New York
jazz
music that originated among African American musicians in the south
Louis Armstrong
famous New Orleans jazz musician
What city was an early center for the development of jazz?
New Orleans
What New York neighborhood became the cultural center of African American life?
Harlem
Rose McClendon
a leading African American actor of the 1920s; won fame from “Deep River”
James Weldon Johnson
one of the most active Harlem Renaissance supporters
Ernest Hemingway
wrote “The Old Man and the Sea” and “A Farewell to Arms”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
wrote “The Great Gatsby” and “This Side of Paradise”
How did the writers and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance contribute to American culture?
works that covered the issues at hand
How did the major themes expressed in the novels of Lost Generation writers reflect the issues of the 1920s?
World War I struggles
How did the growth of U.S. cities and the introduction of new technology influence the visual arts of the 1920s?
new designs and culture
How did advertising, installment buying, and planned obsolescence boost the nation’s economy in the 1920s?
increased desire for new goods and more demand
How did women’s roles change in the 1920s and how did these changes affect others?
new dress styles, music, dancing, women in college and getting better jobs
What was the price of a Ford automobile in 1909 and 1924?
1909: $850
1924: $290
