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Mass Production When WWI ended, factories started producing more to satisfy growing consumer demands – Henry Ford introduced the Model T Ford. Mass production changed the amount of skill needed by individuals to manufacture a product. Workers trained in one particular skill.

By 1924, Ford’s Model T sold for under $300. Americans were earning about $1,300 annually. Ford offered $5 per day to assembly workers. Rubber, steel, glass, oil grew This economic boom, or growth period, became known as the Roaring Twenties. Jazz became popular with the new technology of radios. Mass Production

The Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes – African American writer whose works flourished during the Harlem Renaissance – a celebration of African American music, poetry, prose, theater, & art. Louis Armstrong & Dizzy Gillespie – musicians New dances: the Charleston, Lindy Hop

Growth of Hollywood Actors: Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, & Gloria Swanson 1927 – The Jazz Singer – first full- length feature motion picture with sound The Jazz Age – movies brought the sights & sounds of jazz. Composer – Irving Berlin (Broadway musicals) The 1920s

The Red Scare beginning of Russian Revolution Citizens revolted against govt. The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, took over the govt. Lenin studied the ideas of Karl Marx’s theories on communism. In America, many feared anarchists, those who oppose the rule of the state. Fear of communism & anarchy led to a widespread Red Scare.

Between 1919 & 1920, the federal govt. raided the homes & businesses of suspected communists (Reds) & anarchists. Labor leaders called for restrictions on immigration. National Origins Act of 1924 – limited immigration from southern & eastern Europe. The Red Scare