Vocab
A __________________ is a carefree young woman of the 1920s
A flapper
What workers went on strike in 1919?
Steelworkers
Who was elected president after Warren G. Harding?
Calvin Coolidge
Who was Henry Ford?
founder of Ford Motor Company who introduced the assembly line method for making cars.
What was one new opportunity for women in the 1920s?
Women could vote and work more outside the home
What is an economic downturn?
A recession
Who was elected president in 1920?
Warren G. Harding
What is laissez-faire government?
The belief that the government should stay out of people's lives and business.
How many American households had electricity by the 1920s?
60%
What was a new form of mass media in the 1920s that people went to theaters to go see?
Movies
What is prohibition?
Laws that banned the making and selling of alcohol
What happened in Chicago in 1919 between groups of white and black people?
Rioting, fighting
What happened for the first time in American history during the 1924 election?
Two women were elected to governor positions
What is installment buying?
purchasing products by making small payments over a period of time
What kind of music was very popular in the 1920s?
Jazz
Nativism
What was it called when hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved north after WWI in 1919?
The Great Migration
What is isolationism?
Having limited involvement with other nations
What did the government start building because of how much Americans loved driving?
Highways
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A movement in the 1920s and 1930s which had a big influence on African-American literature, art, and music.
What are forms of communication that can reach millions of people?
Mass Media
What is a labor union?
a group of workers who have joined together to protect their rights.
Members of Harding's presidential cabinet, they were unqualified for their jobs.
Name one group of people who struggled with money during the 1920s
Farmers, railroad workers, textile workers
Who won the election of 1928?
Herbert Hoover