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US History Chapter 8
Term | Definition |
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1. supply-side economics | an economic theory that lower taxes will boost the economy as businesses and individuals invest their money, thereby creating higher tax revenue |
2. cooperative individualism | President Hoover's policy of encouraging manufacturers and distributors to form their own organizations and volunteer information to the federal government in an effort to stimulate the economy |
3. isolationism | a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs |
4. mass production | the production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line |
5. assembly line | a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the item passes before him or her |
6. Model T | automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927 |
7. nativism | hostility toward immigrants |
8. anarchist | a person who believes that there should be no government |
9. evolution | a scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have evolved over time |
10. creationism | the belief that God created the world and everything in it, usually in the way described in the Bible |
11. speakeasy | a place where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally |
12. bohemian | unconventional; not bound by the rules of society |
13. mass media | medium of communication (such as television and radio) intended to reach a wide audience |
14. jazz | American style of music that developed from ragtime and blues and that uses syncopated rhythms and improvisation |
15. blues | style of music evolving from African American spirituals and noted for its melancholy sound |