Us History Chapter 7-8 Flashcards
What did Henry ford use the assembly line to do?
He used it to lower the price of the Model T
What was the 18th Amendment
It banned sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages
Who was involved in the Teapot Dome
Albert Fall
Andrew Mellon and Herbert Hoover worked hard to achieve advancements in what?
Business
What was the scopes trial arguing over?
a clash between religion and science
What did the 21st amendment do?
It repealed prohibition
Was radio an immediate success or took a while to come along?
Immediate success
What was the new woman?
A woman who rejected Victorian morality
What was abstract art an expression of?
Modernism
What part of the Us were people most discriminated in and why?
The south because Jim Crow laws were still in effect
Why did Marcus Graveys movement fail?
There was no effective leadership after he was deported back to Jamaica
Who was Louis Armstrong?
He was a jazz legend because of his trumpet ability
What did the literature of the Harlem renaissance explore?
The pains and joys of being black in America
What did European counties do in response to the Hawley Smoot Tariff?
They enacted expensive tariffs of there own
What group of people suffered a lot during the 1920s?
Farmers
What happened on black Tuesday?
The stock market fell out and investors sold 16 million shares of stock
What contributed to the spread of the depression overseas?
The U.S stopping investment in Europe
What did farmers do to contribute to the dust bowl?
They used intensive farming practices that removed protective grass
What was jazz?
An American hybrid of African American and European music forms
Most Americans who opposed the KKK embraced what?
The notion that America was a “melting pot”
What did the policy of volunteerism call for?
Public works programs
Why did congress institute the RFC(reconstruction finance corporation
To loan money to banks, so that they could lend money to businesses to stimulate the economy
Why did the bonus army march in protest in Washington DC?
President Hoover vetoed the bill to give the veterans their World War I bonuses early
Why did so many Black people migrate north throughout the 1920s?
For a chance at a better future
What factors helped hide economic problems in the 1920s
Americans purchasing goods on credit
What contributed to the growth of organized crime?
Prohibition
