The Roaring Twenties Flashcards
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Henry Ford
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Who: Entrepreneur What: Assembly Line When: Early 1900s Where: Detroit Why: Made car production faster and made cars more affordable
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J.P. Kennedy
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Who: Entrepreneur What: Started the Kennedy When: Early 1900s Where: NY Why: Made fortune in banking, bootlegging, stock speculation, and Hollywood
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Stock Speculation
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Who: Wall Street What: Manipulation a Stock Market When: Early 1900s Where: NY Why: Led to BT marking to beginning of great depression
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Flapper
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Who: Young women of the 1920s What: New Fad When: 1920s Where: Urban US Why: New fad in which women become more liberal as to the personal appearance and LIfestyle
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Celebrities of the 1920s
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Who: People who excelled int the 1920s What: First big celebrities of American beside politicians When: 1920s Where: Mostly Hollywood at NY Why: Became society's heroes
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“Lost Generation
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Who: More rebellious generation in 1920s
What: Disillusionment
When: 1920s
Where: US
Why: Led to authors writing books of the generation with increasing shallowness of younger people
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Harlem Renaissance
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Who: African Americans What: Birth of Black culture When: 1920s Where: Harlem, NY Why: Harlem emerges as symbol of African American culture
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National Origins Act
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Who: Congress What: Limit on immigration When: 1923 - 1924 Where: Washington D.C. Why: Froze ethnic diversity by limiting number of immigration allowed in US
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Teapot Dome
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Who: US President Harding What: Scandal When: 1923 - 1924 Where: WY Why: His Interior secretary was allowing private company to steal oil from a federal reserve.
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Nine-Powers Treaty
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Who: Congress What: Treaty passed by congress When: 1922 Where: Washington D.C. Why: Recognized China's independence
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Who: US, Germany, Japan, France, and Great Britain
What: Peace of antiwar agreement
When: 1928
Where: Washington D.C.
Why: Renounced war as a mean to settle dispute
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Dawes Plan
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Who: Coolidge, Congress What: Loan to Germany When: 1928 Where: Washington D.C. Why: Loan to bail out Germany
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“Black Tuesday”
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Who: Herbert Hoover What: Stock Market crashes When: Oct. 29, 1929 Where: NY Why: Causes of Great Depression
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Herbert Hoover
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Who: 31st President What: When: 1929 - 1933 Where: Washington D.C. Why:
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“Trickle-Down Economics”
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Who: Herbert Hoover What: When: Where: Why:
