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It repealed prohibition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
