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Ch. 21 Vocab.
Chapter 21 vocab for social studies
Term | Definition |
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Assembly Line | A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled. |
Installment Plan | An arrangement for payment by installments. |
Boll Weevil | n the US, a conservative Southern Democrat, especially a member of Congress. |
Stock Market | A stock exchange. |
Great Depression | A long and severe recession in an economy or market. |
Purchasing Power | The financial ability to buy products and services. |
Surplus | An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand. |
Entrepreneur | A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. |
Suburbanization | The growth of areas on the fringes of cities. |
Flappers | (In the 1920's) A fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. |
Lindbergh | American aviator and writer. |