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Henry Ford had a great impact on American society by: A further dividing the classes by making only a few cars for wealthy buyers. B discovering a way refine crude oil into cheap gasoline for automobiles. C developing numerous railroad systems that connected the entire country. D using an assembly line to mass-produce cheap and efficient cars.
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Henry Ford had a great impact on American society by: D using an assembly line to mass-produce cheap and efficient cars.
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SSUSH 16 Identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI; the Harlem Renaissance and the origins of Jazz
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Flowering of African American Culture and the Jazz Age 1920 - 1929
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1) During the 20s, African Americans were moving north to cities 2) The Great Migration was taking place New jobs Escaping “Jim Crow” 3) In the 20s, 1.5 million African Americans move northward Chicago, Detroit, NYC
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1) Many African-Americans moved to Harlem, a city in Manhattan Island, NY 1920 – it’s the world’s largest African-American community 2) Harlem Renaissance – growth of African American artistic expression in the 20s 3) Langston Hughes – moved to Harlem in 1921, became a popular and influential poet
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Though largely a literary movement, the Harlem Renaissance helped birth a major style of music 4) Jazz was created in the early 1900s in New Orleans 5) Jazz was a fusion of improvisational music styles with blues After the Great Migration, African-Americans took jazz to northern cities and it really took off 6) Louis Armstrong – probably the most influential jazz musician of all time
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1) The Roaring 20s 2) The Harlem Renaissance
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