Chapter 9 History Test Flashcards
Capitalism
Economic system based on private property and free enterprise
Anarchistic
Someone who believes there shouldn’t be a government
Deport
To expel from a country
Intergration
Whites and African Americans living side by side
Lease
To rent
Laissez- faire
A belief that government should have as little involvement in life as possible
Recession
An economic downturn
Gross national
The total value of all good and services produced by a nation
Productivity
Worker output per given amount of time and resources
Installment buying
Purchasing products by making small payments over a period of time
Flapper
A carefree young woman of the 1920s
Mass media
Forms of communication that can reach millions of people
Expatriate
Someone who chooses to live in another country
Prohibition
A total ban on the manufacture,sale, and transportation of liquor throughout the United States, achieved through the Eighteenth Amendment
Nativism
Belief that native born Americans are superior to foreigners