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| assembly-line production, inventor of the car, sold hundreds of thousands of Model T's in the early 1900s |
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| Jamaican-born visionary who preached black pride and rediscovery of heritage while keeping the race pure by avoiding miscegenation |
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| black writer, part of the Harlem Renaissance |
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| black writer, part of the Harlem Renaissance |
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| first (and young) pilot to fly nonstop across the Atlantic, subject of hero worship |
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| "Lost Generation" of American writers who went overseas to do their work |
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| spoke sadly about "disillusioned generation" in his popular book "This Side of Paradise" |
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| two anarchist Italian immigrants executed amid hysteria in another unfair trial for suspected robbery and murder |
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| over whether Charles Darwin's theory of evolution or that found in the Bible should be taught in public schools, widely broadcasted |
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| Republican who won election of 1928 for President, combination of moral, efficient, serving, and prosperous images helped him win by a landslide |
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| 9 young black men put on trial for the rape of 4 white women, extremely unfair trial and were put in jail for life though the governor saw the unfairness and stopped the use of the death penalty on them |
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| famous, cheaply made, cheap car of mass production sold by Henry Ford |
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| synonym for political corruption because it was the site of an oil spill that was leased to certain people because of very large bribes |
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| purposely encouraged loyalty to the company and discouraged outside unions by hacing the businesses provide safety and sanitation inside the factories and paid vacations and pension plans |
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| down-payment with regular installments for the purchase of larger items (such as cars), still in use today |
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| alcohol is illegal, 18th Amendment |
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| young, college-educated women who broke stereotypes surrounding dress, work, drink, and sex |
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| fought for by the radical National Woman's Party, stated that men and women ought to have completely equal rights, failed |
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| bobbed hair, lipstick and rouge, short skirts, drop wasits, no petticoats, and bare arms, danced all night to wild jazz |
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| challenged caste system of racial superiority (i.e. whites) |
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| rise of black artistry as combination between African and American, creation of their own culture, New York |
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| American (white) writers and artists who felt jipped the US and thus went overseas to pursue their arts |
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| situations both on Wall Street and in international economy caused for the Great Depression with the major crash aforementioned |
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| raised taxes on outside goods a lot |
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| Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
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| federal agency empowered to lend government funding to failing banks and corporations |
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