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| What changes /impact did automobile bring to AM? |
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car became symbol of AM
Model T Ford-$250.00
led to a trickle down effect of other industries and new advertising schemes |
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| Describe the role Ford played as an employer |
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perfected assembly line production method
job repetitive, a lot of turnover. Ford doubled wages to $5.00 a day
regulated morality and private lives of his workers |
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| Describe scientific management |
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| breaking down assembly process to make it more efficient |
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| what are some negatives associated with the automobile? |
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| became necessary for modern living |
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| describe the new advertising used to sell products |
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| trickle down effect developed with the invention of the car |
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| describe installment plan |
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| pay 25% up front, finance 75% on credit |
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| no more petticoats, wore long skirts and shirtwaists because its easier to ride bikes |
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| girls had boyish haircuts exposed skin with shorter skirts, began smoking and drinking, experimented with sex |
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| what was the name of the first talkie? |
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| What city did Capone rule over? |
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| Describe the St. Valentines Day Massacre |
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| gang went to warehouse of rival gang and shot them all while dressed as policemen |
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| 1931-arrested for tax evasion |
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| How long was Capone in jail and where did he serve his time? |
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| Wha tkind of programs could you listen to on the radio? |
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| shows, news, politics, sports, music |
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| Describe the Scopes Trial |
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called "monkey trial"
1924 in Tennessee
Clarence Darrow-defense attorney
Prosecuting is William Jennings Bryan
Starts break in society between religion and science |
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| What was the name of Lindberghs plane? |
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| Who was the author of The Great Gatsby; This side of Paradise |
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| Who was the author of Sound and the Fury |
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| Who was the author of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms? |
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| Why were authors called the Lost Generation? |
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| They were disillusioned by war and society |
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| Describe the Harlem Renaissance |
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originally named New Negro Movement
New black culutural identity in 1920s-1930s
creative expression one of the few avenues blacks could express themselves in a racist world
authors, singers, play writes and artists came out
Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston |
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| Describe Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo? |
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open marriage
she got polio and lost right leg
both artists, paintings had to do with industry and science
both communists
she did self portraits |
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| Storyville in the Red Light District |
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| Who was the first person to coin the phrase "Jazz Age"? |
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| Describe sports of the 1920s |
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Basebal-Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth
Jim Thorpe-gold medalist at olympics for pentathlon and declathon
Strongman Competition |
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| Describe the Roaring Twenties |
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culturally and socially-time of rapid change
artistic innovation and high society
new technologies, high business profits, higher wages
more free time-more leisure-literature, film, art, music |
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| What did people do for entertainment? |
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flag pole sitting
marathon dances
wing walking
Harry Houdini-magician |
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| Describe the beginning of 1929. Why were there no economic toubles? |
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very few worried about economy
standard of living was high, people buying things on credit |
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| Describe the stock market crash in 1929 |
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gov't supporting the people buying on credit, no one had the money to back it up
Bull market-good, best when market goes down
Bear Market-bad, market low
Margin buying-for stocks; payed 10% up front, borrowed 90%-16 million shares dumped, stock holders lose 30 billion |
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| What are the dates of Black Tuesday and Black Thursday? |
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Black Thursday-October 24, 1929
Black Tuesday- October 29, 1929 |
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| Describe run on banks, how many banks closed, what happened to peoples money? |
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people ran to banks to get their money. If bank ran out of cash, peoples money disappeared
5000 banks closed |
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| Lis the 6 causes of the Great Depression |
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WWI debts not payed
World Trade declines
Foregin consumers unable to purchase AM goods
AM industries left w/o large surplus and lack of consumers
AM placed high tariffs on imported goods
unequal distribution of wealth |
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| Describe life during the GD...family ife, what increased/decreased, children, farms.... |
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marriage and birth rates go down, divorce and suicide go up
immigration decreases
1 in 5 children in NY suffered from malnutrition
farming off-some sent children to live/work on farms
farmers not effected to badly |
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| Describe pop culture during the GD |
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2 books for a penny
baseball in streets
movies
walt disney began
radio programs (Little Orphan Annie/ Lone Ranger) |
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| What was Hoovers policty during GD? |
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| Describe Dust Bowl; novels and art During Dust Bowl era |
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1939-TX to Canada
OK effected a lot, Okies moved to CA
competition b/w MX workers |
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| Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath |
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| Who wrote Gone with the Wind? |
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| Who pained the American Gothic? |
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| Who were the candidates in the 1932 election? who won? |
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| What was the name of FDR's advisors? |
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| radio program broadcasted to all AM |
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| What role did John Maynard Keynes have on economy? |
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| says gov't has to spend $$ to make people spend their $$ |
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| How did FDR and his wife fight discrimination? |
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maximised number of blacks in new deal
when Marian Anderson wanted to sing for the daughters of AM revolution, they denied her. Eleanor Roosevelt invited her to give a free concert in front of Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday. It was the first open air Thousands came to hear her sing. |
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| Who were critics of the new deal? What other programs did they suggest? |
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Townsend-wanted AM over age of 60 to get $200 a month
Long-share our wealth program-take $$ from rich and guarantee a minimum income to all AM families |
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| Describe Bonus Army incident under Hoover |
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| WWI Vets marched on DC to get their pension for fighting in WWI |
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| Describe Elliot Ness and the Untouchables |
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| Eliot Ness organized a squad of young detectives to find gangsters. They strictly enforced prohibition, and the squad was nicknamed the Untouchables |
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| What happened to Huey Long? |
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| He was assassinated in 1935 by Carl Weiss at Louisiana State Capitol |
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| What is court packing under FDR? |
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| FDR asked congress to grant him power to appoint one new justice for each senator 70 and older, which would add up to 6 new justices |
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