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1920's and Great Depression
1920's and Great Depression
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History
9th Grade
12/05/2011

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Henry Ford

 

Definition
Invented the Model T in 1908 and revolutionized, the assembly line, and mass production.
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Scientific Management
Definition

Experts who were hired to improve mass production techniques.

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Installment buying
Definition
Putting a small down payment on something and then making monthly payments on it until the debt is paid
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Warren G. Harding
Definition
President of the United States in 1921-1923 from Marion, OH who was surrounded by scandal.
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Fundamentalism

 

Definition
people who believed every word of the bible was fact and practiced a simple and traditional way of life.
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Scopes Trial
Definition
Trial of a Tennessee teacher who was accused of teaching evolution in schools
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 Prohibition
Definition

Banning the selling, producing and manufacturing of alcohol in the United States.

 

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Flapper
Definition
 Fashionable young ladies with short skirts and bob haircuts
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Definition

 

 Author who wrote the Great Gatsby, explored American dreams of wealth and success.

 

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Ernest Hemingway
Definition

 

 Author who wrote A Farewell to Arms, who felt betrayed by the American Dream. 

 

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Marcus Garvey
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 1920’s African-American leader who promoted universal black nationalism and the Back to Africa Movement.

 

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Harlem Renaissance
Definition
 The flowering of African-American culture, arts, and music in the United States.
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Herbert Hoover
Definition

 

 Republican President who is blamed for not doing enough during the Great Depression.

 

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Black Tuesday
Definition

 

 On October 29, 1929 the stock market crashed.

 

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Great Depression
Definition

 

 From 1929 to 1941 where the economy faltered and unemployment soared in the United States. 

 

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Hoovervilles
Definition

 

 Makeshift shantytowns of tents and shacks built on public land or vacant lots.

 

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Dust Bowl
Definition
 term that describes the severe drought and dust storms throughout the Great Plains in the 1930’s.
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Localism
Definition

 

 Economic problems should be solved at the state and local levels. 

 

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Trickle-down economics
Definition

 Economic theory that money lent to banks and businesses will trickle down to workers and consumers over time.

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Bonus Army
Definition

 

 Group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington to demand payment for a bonus promised to them by Congress. 

 

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