USII (H-11) Postwar Social Change, Politics, and Prosperity | Ch. 20 & 21 Vocabulary Review

Question 1

policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries

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isolationism

Question 2

African American literary awakening of the 1920s, centered in Harlem

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 3

the statistics that describe a population, such as data on race or income

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demographics

Question 4

complete gov't. ownership of land & property, single-party control, lack of individual rights (worldwide revolution)

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communism

Question 5

an option that allowed investors to purchase a stock for only a fraction of its price and borrow the rest

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buying on margin

Question 6

bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition

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speakeasies

Question 7

the belief that the Bible was inspired by God and does not contain contradictions or errors, and is literally true

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fundamentalism

Question 8

1925 court case; Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan debated issue of teaching evolution in public schools

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Scopes Trial

Question 9

group of American writers in the 1920s who shared the belief that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world

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Lost Generation

Question 10

a numerical limit

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quota

Question 11

payment plan that allows customers to make payments at set intervals over a period of time until the total debt is paid

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installment plan

Question 12

intense fear of communism and other politically-radical ideas

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Red Scare

Question 13

term used to describe the 1920s; references a “new” style of music

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Jazz Age

Question 14

manufacturing process in which each worker does one specialized task in the construction of the final product

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assembly line

Question 15

program in which the nations of the world voluntarily give up their weapons

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disarmament

Question 16

total annual value of goods and services a country produces

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Gross National Product (GNP)

Question 17

agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

Question 18

the practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of getting a huge return

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speculation

Question 19

a 1920s term used to describe a new type of young woman; rebellious, energetic, and bold

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flapper

Question 20

term used to describe a supplier of illegal alcohol during Prohibition

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bootlegger

Question 21

companies meet some of their workers’ needs without prompting by unions, preventing strikes (keeping productivity high)

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welfare capitalism

Question 22

an economy that depends on a large amount of spending by consumers

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consumer economy

Question 23

print and broadcast methods of communicating information to large numbers of people

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mass media

Question 24

scandal during Harding administration involving granting of oil-drilling rights on government land in return for money

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Teapot Dome Scandal

Question 25

a Spanish-speaking neighborhood

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barrio

USII (H-11) Postwar Social Change, Politics, and Prosperity | Ch. 20 & 21 Vocabulary Review

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USII (H-11) Postwar Social Change, Politics, and Prosperity | Ch. 20 & 21 Vocabulary Review

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