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Chapter 8
The Jazz Age
Term | Definition |
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Investigation | a systematic examination or official inquiry |
Revelation | An act of revealing to view or making known |
supply-side economics | 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 manufacturers and distributors to form their own organizations and volunteer information to the federal government in and effort to stimulate the economy |
Isolationism | 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 the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927 |
Disposable | Remaining to a person after deducting of taxes and living expenses |
Credit | An amount or sum of money at a person's disposal by a bank on condition that it will be repaid with interest |
Nativism | Hostility toward immigrants |
Anarchist | A person who believes that there should be no government |
Source | The point at which something is provided |
Evolution | 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. |
Deny | To declare nature |
Speakeasy | A place where alcoholic beverages are solid illegally |
Bohemian | Unconventional; not bound by the rules of society |
Diverse | being different from one another |
Mass Media | Medium of communication intended to reach a wide audience |
Unify | To bring together with similar goals or ideas |
Jazz | American style of music that developed from ragtime and blues and that uses syncopated rhythms and improvisation |
Symbolize | To represent, express or identify by a symbol |
Blues | Style of music evolving from African American spirituals and noted for its melancholy sound |
Impact | A lasting impression upon an individual or group |
Ongoing | being in process; continuing. |