Consumerism, Mass Media, and Advertisements
Suffrage
Prohibition
Gangsters
The Harlem Renaissance and Great Migration
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How did advertisers use science to make their products appealing to consumers?
Advertisers would say their products were "backed by science" without real evidence and without conducting any real studies.
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Suffrage means...
The right to vote in political elections
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What did the National Prohibition Act do?
Outlawed the sale, production, consumption, and transportation of intoxicating liquors in the United States
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A Person bringing prohibited liquor on shore, or across state lines
Rumrunner/Bootlegger
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This City became the Black Cultural Capitol of the United States in the 1920's.
Harlem, NY
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What is Mass Media?
Print or broadcasting methods of communicating information to a large number of people. In the case of the radio, the entire country.
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This amendment gave women the right to vote
The 19th amendment
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Which amendment is nicknamed "The Volstead Act?"
The 18th Amendment
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How did Al Capone get the nickname "Scarface?"
A cut he received on his face during a bar fight that left a scar
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This Harlem Renaissance historical figure was a trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and eras playing jazz.
Louis Armstrong
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What is consumerism?
The preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods.
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What other civil rights organizations were most suffragists apart of?
Abolition Organizations
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The amendment that gave individual states the right to legalize alcohol
The 21st Amendment
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A place where alcohol was illegally served during Prohibition. Usually ran by the Italian Mob
Speakeasies
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Founded in 1909 to improve living conditions for inner city African Americans, this organization evolved into a national association, dedicated to establishing equal rights for people of all races in the United States
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Improvements made by Henry Ford to this system, including the new use of interchangeable parts, made manufacturing much faster, and was copied in other factories and industries for decades to follow
The assembly line
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What document did Susan B. Anthony cite while writing the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention?
The Declaration of Independence
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Name a Temperance Organization
The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
Anti Saloon League (ASL)
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The City where Al Capone was the Crime Boss
Chicago
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What is the Great Migration?
The Great Migration was the largest movements of African Americans in United States history. They were moving from the Rural South to Northern cities to escape Jim Crow laws.
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How did the mass media help create common cultural experiences? Include what type of mass media created these experiences.
Mass media connected the country through the radio. People now listened to the same music, talk shows, sports games, political talks, jokes, and radio personalities. Americans now knew what was going on all over the country rather than just what was happening in their region.
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What was the Seneca Falls convention?
The first women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY in July 1848.
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List two of the four reasons for banning alcohol in the US
list all 4 to prevent another team from scoring point on this question too
Eliminate drunkenness and resulting abuse of family members and others
Get rid of saloons
Prevent absenteeism and on the job accidents stemming from drunkenness
“Clean up society” by lowering the crime rate
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What was "Scarface" Al Capone arrested for?
Tax Evasion and Racketeering
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What is The Harlem Renaissance?
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, NY.