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ch 14 vocab valles

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scientific management theory promoted by Frederick W Taylor, held that every kind of work could be broken into a series of smaller tasks with set raates of production
assemblyline production system created by Henry Ford, to make goods faste by moving parts on a conveyor belt past workers
installment plan a way of purchasing goods in which consumers pay for goods in small increments over time
planned obsolescence pratcice of manufacturing products that are designed to go out of style
Henry Ford used the assembly line, paid good wages to his workers, but stressed "American values", opposed workers use of alcohol or tobacco even in their homes
model T low-cost popular automobile developed by Henry Ford
flappers young women of the 1920's who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior
Volstead Act federal law that enforced the Eighteentgh Amendment
Al Capone Chicago gangster who ruled Chicago from bootlegging, an example of how prohibition allowed organized crime to prosper
Eliot Ness leader of the "Untouchables", and bringiong down Al Capone
Twenty-first Amendment constitutional amendment that ended prohibition by repealing the Eightenth Amendment
Charles Lindberg first to fly solo from New York to Paris, popular celebrity of the `920's
Scopes Trial high school science teacher tried for teaching evolution
jazz music combining a variety of musical styles; origninated with African-Americans in New Orleans.
blues music that grew out of slave music and religious spirituals, where the notes matche the mood of the lyrics
Louis Armstrong popular jazz musician "Ambassador of Jazz"
Langston Hughes African-American poet whose works protrayed a sense of hope and pride
Harlem Renaissance period of great African-American artistic works, originated in New York
lost generation group of writes whose works reflected the horros of WWI, and criticized consumerism and post war society
F. Scott Fitzgerald lost generation author, "The Great Gatsby", a shaken faith of post WWI society
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