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What did the moving assembly line emphasize?
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Uniformity, speed, precision, and coordination
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What happened to the price of the Model T in the 1920s?
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Decreased (from $950 to $290)
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What happened to the American standard of living by the 1920s? What was the cause?
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Increased and became highest in the world. technology.
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What happened to production per worker hour by the 1920s?
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Increased amazing 75%
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What industry became the nation's largest in the 20s?
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Automobile
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What other industries did the automobile industry help?
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Steel, rubber, paint, glass
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What other industries did well in the 20s?
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Electrical, radio, film, corporations, advertising
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What industries did poorly during the 20s?
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Railroads, coal, cotton textiles
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What sector of the economy was hit hardest of all during the 20s?
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Agriculture
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According to your textbook, what contributed to economic instability during the 20s?
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Unequal distribution of wealth, growth of consumer debt, saturation of the market for cars and appliances, and rampant speculation
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What happened to cities during the 20's?
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Grew rapidly (seeking jobs in new consumer industries)
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What was life like for women during the 20s?
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Won the right to vote, feminist movements for humanitarian reform, equal rights, individual expression "flappers", drop in birthrate
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What was the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921?
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Provided federal aid to establish state programs for maternal and infant health care
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How did young women rebel during the 20s?
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Flappers.
short hair, skirts above knee, binding breasts set out to compete on equal terms with men on golf course and in speakeasy assaulted traditional double standard in sex - equality with men should include sexual fulfillment before and during marriage |
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What were some fo the most distinct features of the "roaring twenties?"
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Sports, prohibition, bootleggers, speakeasies, bathtub gin, crime - organized (shoot-outs) and regular Americans broke law to get alcohol, "ballyhoo years" - Lindbergh's solo flight across Atlantic, Gertrude Ederle's swim across English Channel, six-day bicycle races, dance marathons, flagpole sittings, sexual revolution
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