Chapter 18
What effect did statements such as this have on many people in the US?
"The world is on the verge of a new era....capitalism is in collapse. The workers of the world are seeing a new light and securing courage."
What is the threat of communism would spread to the US?
How did the growth of the automobile industry after WW1 change the US economy?
What is stimulated development of other new industries?
What was the name used to describe the new form of music made by African American's in the 1920's?
What is the Jazz age?
Up and down periods of business activity to referred to as what?
What is the business cycle?
What "ism" and/or cause did not lead to the WW1?
What is American Isolationism?
Reemergence of this group used violence and lynchings to prevent african americans from exercising their right to vote
What is the KKK?
Which innovation helped Ford to realize the vision related to the following quote, "I will build a car for the great multitude....so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one"
What is using assembly-line production?
What was the name of the African American celebration called referring to their culture and social changes in the 1920's?
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Farmers on the great plains experienced a series of drought lasting a decade in the 1930's, this is called what?
What is the Dust Bowl?
What caused widespread starvation in Germany?
What is British Blockade?
What was the race riots known as in 1919 in Chicago?
What is the red summer?
The rise of a "consumer culture" was caused by what?
What is installment buying and advertising?
Who was the writer of the poem, "The Weary Blues"?
What is Langston Hughes?
Franklin D. Roosevelt promised to put Americans back to work in his campaign speech. What is this referring to?
What is the new deal?
What did the US use to overcome the treat of German U-Boats?
What is Convoy System-groups of guarded ships?
What is the name of the acts that limited immigration from Asia areas such as Japan?
What is the Gentlemans agreement?
What was the effect the Great Depression had on American economy?
What is high unemployment and underproduction?
African Americans flooded to large cities in the 1920's. What was this knows as?
What is the Great Migration?
The 1920's witnessed rapid economic expansion as manufacturers made and sold new products like cars, radios, and refrigerators. Consumer did not have money to purchase these items. What is this known as?
What is overproduction?
Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in WW1?
What are airplanes and tanks?
What the raids called that the US Attorney Generals performed when rounding up immigrants to deport them so prevent overthrowing of the government?
What is the Palmer raids?
The first airplane was flown by whom?
What is the Wright brothers?
Women worse shorter skirts as part of a new equality and independence. What was their nickname for this change in the 1920's?
What is Flappers?
What was the name of our nations worst depression in history called?
What is the Great Depression?
Gains made by American women during WW1 were what?
What is increased support for women's right to vote?