ss roaring 20s

mrs parkers class

Henry Ford impact

Made cars affordable using mass production; helped grow industry, cities, and consumer culture in the 1920s.

Assembly line / mass production

A system where goods are built step-by-step by workers and machines, allowing faster and cheaper production

Stock market

A place where people buy and sell shares of companies

Stock

A share of ownership in a company

Bull market

A period when stock prices are rising and investors feel confident.

Bear market

A period when stock prices are falling and investors feel worried

Why invest in the stock market

To grow money over time, earn profits, and build wealth.

What does owning shares of stock mean

You own a small part of a company and may earn money if the company does well.

18th Amendment

Banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the U.S.

21st Amendment

Repealed Prohibition and made alcohol legal again.

Intended effects of Prohibition

protect the youth and women, reduce the number of people in jail(asylums), promote morality (good and bad) good health, stop spending money on alcohol reduce crime.

Actual effects of Prohibition

Bootleggers(people who made/sold/transported alcohol illegally), increased moonshine alcohol and bath tub gin made illegally in homes, speakeasies- illegal bar the sold liquor.

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural movement in the 1920s celebrating African American art, music, and literature.

Louis Armstrong

A famous jazz musician of the Harlem Renaissance who helped popularize jazz worldwide.

prohibition

A 13 years time period in the us that made it illegal to sell/make/transport alcohol.

Corporation

A large company that is legally separate from its owners and can sell stock to raise money.

Dividend

A payment made by a company to its shareholders from its profits.