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Henry Ford
Automobile manufacturer who created the assembly line
Positive- Created more cars in a less amount of time therefore making more money -
Great Migration
2 Million African Americans moved from the South to the promise land of the Northeast -
Red Scare
Americans were fearing a communist revolution -
Prohibition
The movement where people wanted to ban the selling of alcoholic drinks
Positive- Banned the selling of alcohol
Negative- Lead to the bootlegging business -
Francis Willard
Organized a prohibition party and helped ratify the 18th ammendment.
Positive- Banned the selling of alcoholic drinks
Negative- This ammendment lead to the bootlegging business -
18th Ammendment
Banned the selling of alcohol
Positive- Less drunk people
Negative- This lead to the bootlegging business -
Roaring Twenties
Period of economic prosperity and of new cultural values
Positive- Economic and social changes
Negative- Lots of bootlegging and lead to the alot of debt and the great depression -
Flapper
A dress that women in the 1920s wore when they would go out partying
Positive-People began treating sexuality more openly -
Harlem Renaissance
The awakening of African American culture
Positive because this is the start of American culture -
Return to Normalcy
Warren Harding's campaign slogan which emphasized on peacetime production and prosperity and less on foreign policy
Positive- Lowered taxes -
Immigration acts
Kept immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe out of the United States
Negative- Americans thought they were superior and this lead to other nations disliking us -
Immigration acts
Kept immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe out of the United States
Negative- Americans thought they were superior and this lead to other nations disliking us -
Warren Harding
Harding refused to join the league of nations, enacted high tariffs, lowered taxes, and restricted immigration -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding appointed personal friends who accepted bribes
Negative - Leased oil reach government property for personal bribes -
Calvin Coolidge
Was vice president who became president after the death of Warren Harding
Negative- Coolidge didn't do much
Positive- Govt. interfered less in busines -
Scopes "Monkey Trial"
John Thomas Scopes was was on trial for teaching evolution. Religious beliefs vs. scientific theories
Positive- Lead people to believe in whatever they want -
Clarence Darrow
Attorney for Scopes in the Monkey Trials
Positive- Helped prove that -
Eugenics
Anglo Saxon, Charles Darwin Poet; many people believed light skinned, blonde haired, blue eyed people were superior over others
Negative- This lead to Social Darwinism -
Rugged Individualism
A system where people were given equal opportunities, free education, and a will to succeed.
Positive- Created progress in the American living standards -
Tin Pon Alley
Where song writing and music writing mixed together
Positive- Alot of popular styles were mixed together and alot of people made money as the songs were popular -
21st Ammendment
Banned the selling of alcohol
Positive- Ended the bootlegging business and opened more jobs