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chapter 8
Jazz Age
Term | Definition |
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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. |
cooperative individualism | president Hoover's policy of encouraging manufactures and distributors to form their own organizations and volunteer information to the federal government in an effort to stimulate the economy. |
isolation | a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs. |
mass production | the production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line. |
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. |
model T | automobile built by person Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927 |
nativism | hostility toward immigrants |
anarchist | a person who believes that there should be no government. |
evolution | the scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have evolved over time. |
creationism | the belief that God created the world and everything in it, usually in the way described in the Bible. |
speakeasy | a place where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally. |
bohemian | unconventional, not bound by the rules of society. |
mas media | medium of communication (such as t.v. and radio) intended to reach a wide audience. |
Jazz | American style of music that developed from ragtime and blues and that uses syncopate rhythms and improvisation. |
blues | style of music evolving from African American spirituals and noted for it's melancholy sound. |