Roaring 20's (WiP) Flashcards
(50 cards)
10/18 textbook pages link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10hZWtW-zZZg6GFLyYZZuG5Ct6LxUSNyR/view
what was americas fp after ww1/in the 20s
isolationist
what was american attitude towards foreigners during the beginning of this time period
they were xenophobic and closed the gates to immigration, and were not open to foreign ideas and untraditional lifestyles
who were the presidents during this time period and what were their political parties
all republican
warren g. harding
calvin coolidge
herbert hoover
how does the textbook define the us’s military at the beginning of this period
“military unpreparedness”
what large change was during this era
industrial revolution
what was the most prominent invention in this era
automobile
what invention did the americans adapt
internal combustion gasoline fueled engine
who was important in developing the automobile industry
henry ford
when was ford’s first model t (tin lizzie) produced and how did people describe it
first produced in 1908
cheap, rugged, reasonably reliable, rough, clattering
how many cars were on the road by 1920
8 mil
how many cars were on the road by the end of the decade
23 mil
Who was Andrew Mellon and what did he do
He was the ww1 and treasury secretary and his tax policies brought prosperity to the mid-1920s.
Who founded advertising
Bruce Barton
what became a big business in the 1920s
Sports became a big business in the consumer economy of the 1920s.
what became popular in the post-war economy, and what did that cause
buying on credit
Prosperity thus led to increased personal debt, and the economy became increasingly vulnerable to disruptions of the credit structure.
what demographic change occured during this period
more people moved to cities
rural to urban
who led a birth control movement
margaret sanger
who formed the national womens party and when
alice paul 1923
why was the national womens party created
to campaign for an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
what did the modernists believe and who did they beat
beat the fundamentalists
who believed that God was a “good guy” and the universe was a friendly place.
what were flappers and what did they signify
young women who expressed their disdain for traditional women behavior by wearing short skirts, drinking, driving cars, and smoking. and showed how sex appeal was increasing during this time period
what did dr sigmund freud argue
sexual repression was responsible for a variety of emotional problems.
what type of music thrived during this period
jazz