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Jim Thorpe
James Francis "Jim" Thorpe was a Sac and Fox athlete of Native American and European ancestry. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. -
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, nicknamed Slim, Lucky Lindy, and The Lone Eagle, was an American aviator, author, inventor, military officer, explorer, and social activist. -
Model T
Assembly Line - Each worker does one specialized task.
- He made the method very efficient
- A Model T was finished every 24 seconds
- Built 15 million cars 1908- 1927
- Assembly work was strained workers
-Used vertical consildation
- High wasges for workers
- Anti- Uniion
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Prohibition
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1919 to 1933 -
The Jazz Age
Features improvisation, off beat rythems an was created by African Americans.
-Frightened some people
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Stock Market
- You can buy stock (or shares) of a company.
- These shares are traded on the stock market. -You want the compnany to grow a prospher.
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Buying on the Margin
- Pay 10% to buy stock shares, owe 90%.
- We were producing more things in this country than the public could buy.
- Led to Surplus
- Family crop prices led to farmers bankruptsy.
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Teapot Dome Scandel
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States of America from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and two other locations in California to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding -
Prohibition
Prohibition is the act of prohibiting the manufacturing, storage in barrels, bottles, transportation and sale of alcohol including alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to periods in the histories of countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. -
Black Tuesday
-4-8 million shares are sold a day.
- On this Tuesday, 16.4 million shares
- The Stock Market collapsed
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Harlem Renaissance
-African American Literary Movement
Protested Injustice
-Examined African Americans place in America
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Growth of KKK during this Era
KKK became active again, and Indiana had the most members.
-died down late in the decade.
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Red Scare
A Red Scare is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism. -
Labor Problems in the 1920's
Boston Police
- 19 officers fired for trying to start union.
- Riots broke out, Army sennt in, President took stand against Union.
- Steal and Coal Strikes
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Growth of Movies during this Era
Movies
-50,000 theatres to 22,500
-4th largest business in America
-First Talkie
