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| 288110807 | Henry Ford | perfected the assembly line, and produced a reliable, affordable automobile to the average american. | |
| 288110808 | As the stock market grew how did people start buying? | purchasing on margin | |
| 288110809 | scopes trial | found guilty for teaching evolution in the public schools | |
| 288110810 | ku klux klan | promoted white superiority, reached height in membership during 1920's | |
| 288110811 | prohibition | bootlegging and speakeasies were the result of this. (18th amendment) | |
| 288110812 | charles lindbergh | made the first non stop flight across the atlantic. | |
| 288110813 | lost generation | talented group of american writers who lost faith in the victorian principles of their predecessors | |
| 288110814 | f scott fitzgerald | called the 1920's the jazz age | |
| 288110815 | louis armstrong | jazz musician who introduced jazz in the 1920 african american trumpeter, singer, cornet player, introduced scat, jazzman. | |
| 288110816 | duke ellington | african american musician jazz piano player, A-train. | |
| 288110817 | harlem renaissance | name given to the achievements in art, music and literature by african americans in the 1920's | |
| 288110818 | sigmund freud | phsychologist, developed free association therapy | |
| 288110819 | lou gehrig | the iron horse, known for his batting average. had aid now called lou gehrig disease. | |
| 288110820 | babe ruth | played for the new york yankees, the home run king, 1st to be in baseball hall of fame. | |
| 288110821 | the chicago black sox | fixed series, shoeless joe jackson- best hitter | |
| 288110822 | waren harding | 29th president, return to normalcy, teapot dome scandal with albert fall | |
| 288110823 | calvin coolidge | 30th president, known as quiet call, during the booming years. | |
| 288110824 | knute rockne | developed the forward pass in football while head coach at Notre Dame | |
| 288110825 | clara bow | known as the "it" girl, in lots of movies, flapper life. | |
| 288110826 | al capone | american gangster, smuggled liquor, modern day robin hood. saint valentines massacre | |
| 288110827 | jack dempsy | heavy weight champion and legend 1919-1926 | |
| 288110828 | coco chanel | perfume, chanel no. 5, concept of the little black dress, chanel suit, invented flapper look. | |
| 288110829 | herbert hoover | 31st president, relationship with the press, ignored civil rights for african americans, blamed for the depression | |
| 288110830 | flappers and vamps | women of the 20's, independent, worked outside of the home, short hair, raised hemlines, straight waist. | |
| 288110831 | gene tuney | called the fighting marine, smart fight, excellent footwork. long count, rematch | |
| 288110832 | bobby jones | amateur golfer never went pro, because he was a lawyer. won the grad slam. built agasta national golf course | |
| 288110833 | xenophobia | the fear of foreigners, policies put in place to limit immigration. quota system- specific # of people, asians excluded. | |
| 288110834 | mary pickford | Americas sweatheart, united artist corporation, best actress, 1930 | |
| 288110835 | alexander fleming | creator of penicillin, pharmologist, nobel prize winner for the medicine. | |
| 288110836 | installment plan | small down payment, paid balance over months years. | |
| 288110837 | consumer spending | made stock purchases on margin, americans accumulated debt, credit hid the problem. | |
| 288110838 | uneven distribution of wealth | the rich got richer and the poor got poorer, the rich didn't spend their money, they invested in it. | |
| 288110839 | causes of the stock market crash | easy credit, uneven distribution of wealth, buying stock on margin, over production and underconsumption | |
| 288110840 | industry | business leaders started laying off workers, after wages went up. | |
| 288110841 | agriculture | rural depression, price of crops dropped, had no cash, overproduction, underconsumption. | |
| 288110842 | alfred e. smith | ran against hoover, | |
| 288110843 | dow jones industrial average | primary indicator of the health of the economy | |
| 288110844 | black tuesday | Oct. 29 1929 | |
| 288110845 | hawley-smoot tariff act | raised price on foreign goods, ruined international trade | |
| 288110846 | great depression | stock market crash, tariffs, world wide crash, credit, uneven distribution of wealth. (banks collapse, unemployment, international trade ruined) | |
| 288110847 | who march on washington | the bonus army | |
| 288110848 | fireside chats | speeches given by FDR | |
| 288110849 | buying on margin | overspeculation | |
| 288110850 | FDIC | federal deposit insurance corporation, reestablished americans faith in banks. | |
| 288110851 | AAA | Agriculture adjustment administration helped farmers by trying to raise crop prices, and to control production. | |
| 288110852 | TVA | Tennessee valley authority- brought electricity, flood control, and modernized some of the most rural areas. | |
| 288110853 | CCC | civillian conservation corps- employed young men, restoring forests, parks, beaches, and roads. sent money home to their families | |
| 288110854 | NRA | national recovery administration- purpose was to create a code of fair competition, helped to set minimum wage. | |
| 288110855 | PWA | public works association- launched projects such as the grand coulee dam, hover dam. sewer systems | |
| 288110856 | WPA | works progress association- contraction or repair, on high schools, hospitals, airfields. | |
| 288110857 | SSA | social security act- suppose to protect the elderly, unemployed, disabled, helped americans feel secure. | |
| 288110858 | REA | rural electrification administration- modernize rural areas, built power lines. | |
| 288110859 | the wagner act | (national labor relations act) - limited the means by with employers may react to labor unions | |
| 288110860 | SEC | securities and exchange- regulate stock market to prevent another crash |
