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how did the women's roles in society change during the 1920s? |
women were elected to state and national governments. |
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the symbol of the 1920s woman was a |
flapper |
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a major demographic change in the 1920s was |
the movement from rural to urban areas |
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in the 1920s most african americans moved to northern cities because they wanted |
jobs |
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the rise of the mass media led to the |
development of a national culture |
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the 1920s was called the jazz age because |
americans from almost all walks of life embraced jazz music |
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books by authors of the lost generation encouraged many young americans to |
rebel against popular culture |
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langston hughes and countee cullen were leaders of the |
harlam renaissance |
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the main result of prohibition was that |
crime organizations grew rich selling alcohol |
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the central issue of the scopes trial was whether or not |
the theory of evolution should be taught in public schools. |
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president warren g harding called for |
international disarmament |
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during the red scare many americans blamed labor stikes on |
communists |
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president harding avoided political alliances with other countries in a desire to follow a policy of |
isolationism |
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one characteristic of a consumer economy is that |
people buy large numbers of products |
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the use of the assembly line to manufacture automobiles allowed henry ford to |
sell cars at prices ordinary americans could afford |
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many farmers struggled to survive in the 1920s because |
farm prices plummeted |
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amerians elected herbert hoover president because he |
promised to continue prosperity |
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to meet workers demands and keep out unions, many companies |
fired employees |
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one major danger sign that the american economy was in trouble in the 1920s was |
the increase of personal debt |
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rising prices on the stock market encouraged people to take risks by |
selling stocks |
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barrio |
spanish speaking neighborhood |
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flapper |
new type of young woman |
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demographics |
statistics describing populations |
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the new morals and manners of the 1920s were reflected in |
womens fashions |
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in the 1920s the status of women in the workplace |
changed very little |
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african americansmigrated north in early 1900s mainly because of |
an industrial boom |
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after immigration laws were tightened many low paying jobs went to |
immigrants from canada and mexico |
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in the 1920s trolleys to the suburbs were largely replaced by |
taxis |
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in charles lindbergh and other heroes, americans recognized |
the virtues of the good old days |
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one of the most exciting heroes of this era was the baseball star |
babe ruth |
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jazz age |
term used to describe the 1920s |
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lost generation |
a group of amerian writers in the 1920s |
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harlem renaissance |
african american literary awakening of 1920 |
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the growth of radio and other mass media in the 1920s produced |
a national culture |
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the big change in moviesin the late 1920s was |
the introduction of sound. |
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jazz was brought to northern cities by |
southern african americans |
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clubs in the harlem district of new your city were among the hottest places to listen to |
jazz |
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the small town the medical business and dishonest ministers were all targets of novelist |
sinclair lewis |
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some members of the lost generation |
left the country to live in paris |
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writers james weldon johnson and zora neale hurston took part in a movement called |
the harlem renaissance |
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speakeasy |
a bar that operated illegally |
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scopes trial |
case about the teaching of evolution in schools |
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fundamentalism |
set of beliefts held by religious traditionalists |
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bootlegger |
supplier of illegal alcohol |
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what was one of the unforeseen results of prohibition? |
racketeering |
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what legal right was at issue in the scopes trial? |
the right to teach evolution in schools |
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what group lost some momentum as a result of scopes trial? |
fundamentalists |
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what was one cause of the race riots in chicago in 1919? |
overcrowed neighborhoods. |
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who were the main targets of the ku kluz klans terror? |
african americans catholics jews and immigrants |
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what did marcus garvey urge african americans to do? |
return to africa |
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communism |
soviet unions government system |
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red scare |
intence fear of communism and other politically radical ideas. |
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isolationism |
policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries |
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quota |
a numerical limit |
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americans feared the communists because they were |
openly hostile to american values |
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the palmer raids were organized to root out groups whose activities |
posed a clear danger to the country |
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many americans believed that communists were behind the |
labor strikes of 1919 |
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republican presidents in the 1920s generally favored |
business |
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harding and coolidge both based their foreign policy on a return to |
isolationism |
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under the kellogg briand pact 15 nations agreed not to use |
the threat of war in their dealing with one another |
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consumer economy |
an economy that depends on a large amount of spending by consumers |
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installment plan |
like a credit card, you dont need money to buy stuff |
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assembly line |
the manufacturing process in which each worker does one specialized task in the construction of the final produce |
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in the 1920s many american consumers began to adopt the practice of |
buying goods on credit |
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advertisements in the 1920s changed from an emphasis on quality to an emphasis on |
consumer image |
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henry fords dream was to sell cars that |
ordinary people could afford |
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ford did not inent the assembly line but he |
made it more efficent |
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fords success came partly from |
vertical consolidation |
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the increase in automobiles led to rise of new businesses such as |
motels and gas stations |
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the nations business took off in the 1920s in part because of |
republican laissez faire policies. |
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buying on margin |
paying part of a stocks price and borrowing the rest |
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welfare capitalism |
offering workers higher wages and some benefits |
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speculation |
making high risk investments in hopes of high return |
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when hoover took office in 1929 most americans expected |
prosperity to continue |
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gernerally the 1920s were marked by |
rising stock prices |
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hoover did little to discourage the wild buying of stocks with borrowed money because he had high confidence in the |
business world |
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the huge rise in the stock market in the 1920s mainly benefited |
rural banks |
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consumers desire for exciting new products led to |
an increase in personal debt |
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practices such as buying on margin reflected americans |
"get rich quick" attitude |
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despite the prosperity of the 1920s life remained hard for many |
farmers and factory workers. |
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