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roaring 20s Flashcards

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mass production

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production of goods in large numbers

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model T

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henry ford,
mass production,
car,
came in black

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assembly line

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arrangement of equipment and workers in which work passes from operation to operation in direct line until the product is assembled

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consumer revolution

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flood of new, affordable goods in the decades after WW1

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installment buying

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method of purchase in which buyer makes a small down payment and then pays off the rest of the debt in regular monthly payments

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bull market

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period of rising stock prices

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bear market

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period of falling stock prices

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buying on margin

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system of buying stocks in which a buyer pays a small percentage of the purchase price while the broker advances the rest

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inflation

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rise or prices

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creditor nation

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country in which is owed more money by other countries then it owes counties

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teapot dome scandal

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albert fall rented out oil fields and and sold oil then took in all the money

ended with 1 year in jail

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washington naval disbarment conference

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smaller navies
might not give reason to have wars breakout

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kellogg-briand pact

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making war illegal

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reparations

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payments needed after war

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dawes plan

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us private banks > loans to germany

germany uses money to pay reperations

money then used to pay back loans

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modernism

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artistic and literacy movement sparked by a break with past conventions

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fundamentalism

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movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles

18
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scopes trial

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1925 trial of a tennesse school teacher for teaching darwin’s theory of evolution
monkey trial

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quota system

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arrangement that limited the number of immigrants who could enter the u.s. from specific countries

20
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warren g harding

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president
had the poker cabinet
many scandals
reduced spending

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calvin coolidge

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president
silent cal
cut taxes
fired most of the cabinet
unemployment went down
average income went up

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andrew mellon

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sec of treasury

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herbert hoover

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president
easy time winning
continued with previous president plans

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henry ford

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mass production
model T
scientific management
assembly line

25
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albert fall

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t cup scandal

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john scopes

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taught evolution
ended up guilty

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clarence darrow

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lawyer of the defendant

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william jennings bryan

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lawyer for prosecution

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sacco and vanzetti

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two Italian immigrants accused of murder and theft
executed in boston for crime
no evidence

30
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charlie chaplin

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famous comedic actor

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babe ruth

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famous baseball player
most home rusnb

32
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charles lindbergh

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famous pilot
flew from NY to paris
spirit of st. louis
33 hours

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sigmund freud

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psychologist
behavior is driven by unconscious desires not rational thought
mental illness is caused by no sex

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f scott fitzgerald

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apart of lost generation
famous author

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marcus garvey

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“back to africa” movement
separatism
(UNIA)

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louis armstrong

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jazz singer

37
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langston hughes

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poet apart of renaissance

38
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al capone

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from chicago
infamous bootlegger

39
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post ww1 economy

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economy was bad
inflation
wages stayed the same
many strikes
europe was severe food shortage

40
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henry ford affects

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created mass production
upper need for gas, hotels, etc

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hardings political policies

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political scandals

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albert fall- teapot dome
charles forbes- veterans bureau (floor cleaner took money)
damaged republican reputation

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