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A method of producing large quantities of identical goods cheaply and quickly, often using standardized parts and specialized machines.
What is Mass Production?
Pioneered by Henry Ford, this factory setup used a moving conveyor so each worker did one task repeatedly to build cars faster.
What is the Assembly Line?
The trial of John Scopes in 1925 focused on this conflict of values.
What is Science v. Religion?
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What is Traditionalism v. Modernism?
This group was anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish, and anti-African-American.
What is the KKK?
The movement of African Americans to the north during WWI through the 1920s
What is the Great Migration?
Americans in the 1920s began buying more goods than ever before thanks to the rise of this culture that encouraged spending.
What is consumerism?
This was Warren G. Harding's Presidential Policy.
What is "Return to Normalcy"?
Ratified! Alcohol made legal again by this amendment.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This 1924 quota law banned immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere.
What is the the Immigration Act of 1924?
This lead to an outpouring of African American culture in music, art, and literature.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Americans were able to afford luxuries by using this.
What is Credit or Instalment Plans?
To undo legislation through a new constitutional amendment, as was done to reverse Prohibition, is to perform this legal action.
What is repeal?
Radio also gave rise to popular nighttime programs featuring live big-band performances from clubs like the Cotton Club playing this type of new music.
What is Jazz?
This was the period of widespread fear of communism stemming from Eastern European immigration.
What is the Red Scare?
This banned the transportation, manufacture, and selling of alcohol leading to the formation of speakeasies and organized crime.
What is the 18th amendment?
This 1920s consumer symbolized prosperity and independence, driving her own car and spending her own paycheck.
Who is a flapper?
The government policy of staying out of business and industry decisions was called this “hands-off” approach.
What is laissez-faire?
This belief often pushed by the wealthiest members of society argues for the "survival of the wealthiest."
What is Social Darwinism?
These two Italian immigrants were executed for robbery and murder but more possibly for their political beliefs.
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
This New York Street became the center of music publishing in the 1920s.
What is Tin Pan Alley?
Farmers faced tough times in the 1920s when they produced more crops than they could sell, causing this economic problem.
What is overproduction?
Presidents cabinet member selling oil rich land reserves to private companies
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This invention created a national culture.
What is the Radio?
These raids against suspected radicals were lead by the Attorney General they are named for.
What were the Palmer Raids?
Political leader who wanted to take the African American population "Back to Africa"
Who is Marcus Garvey?