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1920s and 1930s Vocab Review Flashcards

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Recession

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An economic slump that is milder than a depression

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Installment Buying

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Buying on credit, with regular payments to cover the full price plus interest

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Stock

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A share of ownership in a corporation

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Bull market

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A period of increased stock trading and rising stock prices

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Communism

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An economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the state

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Disarmament

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A reduction of armed forces and weapons of war

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Prohibition

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In the late 1800s and 1900s, the movement to ban alcohol production and sales in the US, or between 1920 and 1933, the constitutional ban on alcohol production and sales

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Bootlegger

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A person who smuggled liquor into the US during prohibition

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Flapper

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A young woman in the 1920s who adopted unconventional fashions, including short hair and short skirts

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Jazz

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A music style developed by African Americans in the early 1900s that developed from blues, ragtime, and other earlier styles

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Expatriate

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A person who leaves his or her own country and takes up residence in a foreign lands

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Company Union

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A labor organization limited to a single company that is controlled by management

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Sabotage

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The secret destruction of property of interference with production

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Anarchist

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A person who opposes organized government

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Deport

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To forcibly remove from a country

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Quota system

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A system that limits the number of certain kinds of people admitted to an instructor or country; beginning in the 1920s, a system that allowed only a certain number of people from each country to immigrate to the US

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Great Migration

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Movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North during the early to mid 1900s

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Soup Kitchen

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A place where food is provided to the needy at little or no charge

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Hooverville

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A group of shacks in which the homeless lived during the Great Depression

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Bonus Army

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A group of veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to demand immediate payment of a World War 1 bonus

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Bank Holiday

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One or more weekdays when banks are closed; during the Great Depression, a four-day period when the federal government ordered banks closed

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Fireside chat

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A radio speech given by President D. Roosevelt’s while in office

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Hundred Days

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The first hundred days of President D. Roosevelt’s presidency, when much New Deal legislation was enacted

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New Deal

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The program of President D. Roosevelt to end the Great Depression

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Collective Bargaining

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A process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract

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Pension

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A sum of money paid to people on a regular basis after they retire

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Deficit spending

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Spending by government greater than its income

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National debt

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The total amount of money that the government of a country owes to companies, countries, etc.

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Dust Bowl

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The region in the central and southern Great Plains that was hit by severe drought, coil erosion, and dust storms in the 1930s

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Migrant worker

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A person who moves from one region to another in search of work

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Black Cabinet

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A group of black leaders who unofficially advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the situation of African Americans

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Civil Rights

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The rights due to all citizens

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Indian New Deal

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A series of laws passed in the 1930s that gave American Indian nations greater control over their own affairs

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Great Depression

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The most severe economic decline in US history, beginning in 1929

US History 3rd Period (H) (6 decks)

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