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Social Studies Preparation work for 2004

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Word
Definition
Aggression   a warlike movement  
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Alphabet Laws   unconstitutional laws  
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Assembly Lines   revolutionized mass production  
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Assimilation   becoming part of another culture  
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Black codes   laws keeping black from gaining power  
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Civil disobedience   testing legality of laws  
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Cold war   war of fear, no fighting  
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Communism   where government controls everything  
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Corporation   business owned by many investors  
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Dictator   total leader of a country  
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Ethnic   heritage  
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Fad   passing trend  
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Fireside chat   radio anouncement by FDR updating civilians  
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Flapper   trendy woman of twenties  
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Holocaust   mass extermination of Jews  
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Imperialism   larger countries owning smaller countries  
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Jazz   truly American music  
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Mobilization   getting ready for war  
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monopoly   owning all parts of a business  
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muckrakers   journalists who write about all the negatives  
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New Deal   programs of FDR  
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No man's land   area between trenches  
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Normalcy   what it was like before the depression and war  
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On Margin Buying   buying by credit  
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Organized crime   criminals all headed by one man  
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Prohibition   no alcohol  
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Propaganda   persuasion to change beliefs  
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Prosperity   wealth  
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Reconstruction   rebuilding after a disaster  
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Relief   helping by money  
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Reparations   repayment for damge done during war  
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Reservation   land set aside for Indians  
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Segregation   seperating races  
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Settlement house   home for rehab  
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Sodbusters   first people to move West  
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Speakeasies   illegal bars  
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Sphere of Influence   trading port owned by one country located in another  
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Suffragists   women gaining the right to vote  
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Totalitarian   total control over a country  
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Transcantinental Railroad   cross country railroad  
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Trust   group of corporations  
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Yellow Journalism   reports filles with propaganda  
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