Word Definitions Flashcards
The dust bowl
An area of land where vegetation and soil has been lost then turned into dust and eroded
The swinging 20s
When people where living a wild and lively way
The segregation
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others
The great depression
A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
Marginalised
To
isolated and
marginalize a group of people means to make them feel
unimportant.
American dream
The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.
Nomadic
A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions.
Racism
Racism inferior
to others, and
Crooks was subjected to racism. He believed that people didn’t listen to him as he was “just a nigger talkin’.”
the behaviour which is the result of this belief.
Foreshadowing
