Chapter 28 Flashcards
What’s credit
It is an arrangement for buying something now with burrowed money and then paying off the loan over time
What’s consumer culture
A culture that views the consumption of large quantities of goods as beneficial to the economy and a source or personal happiness
What does installment buying mean
Companies loaning money to consumers with a small down payment
What’s popular culture
The culture of ordinary people and includes their music, art, literature, and entertainment
What is the League of Women’s Voters
A grassroots organization created to influence government and public policy by education voters about public issues
What’s Harlem Renaissance
An era of heightened creativity among African American Writers, artist, and musicians who gathered in Harlem during the 1920s
What is the equal rights amendment
A proposed but unratified constitutional amendment first introducing in 1923 by Alice Paul for the purpose of guaranteeing equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender
What’s the lost generation
Group of young Americans including E.E Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, and Sherwood Anderson who established themselves as prominent postwar writers in 1920s
Who is Charles Lindbergh
He few nonstop from New York to Paris trying to compete for the Ortega prize (25,000)
Who is Amelia Earhart
First women to fly across the Atlantic from Hawaii to California she attempted to go around the world she did not make it
Who is Henry Ford
He made affordable vehicles that anyone could buy he also invented the assembly line and built a car out of bicycle wheels
Who was Jim Thorpe
He was the sports hero. He he played 6 professional football teams and 53 NFL a games
Who was Gertrude Ederle
She was a sports hero she swam across the English Channel and held 18 world swimming records
Who is Louie Armstrong
He is considered the master of jazz
Who was George Washington Carver
He was a consumerism he found 300 uses for the peanut he is the king of nuts he invented the soap with peanuts
