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Unit 3 vocab.
american history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Virtues | Very high moral Behavior. |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. |
| League Of Nations | An international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946. |
| Reparations | the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. |
| Washington Naval Conference | International conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race and to work out security agreements in the Pacific area. |
| Implementation | the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution. |
| Scientific Management | management of a business, industry, or economy, according to principles of efficiency derived from experiments in methods of work and production, especially from time-and-motion studies. |
| Urbanization | the process of making an area more urban. |
| Urban | in, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city. |
| Rural | in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. |
| Modernism | a movement toward modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas. |
| Fundamentalism | a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture. |
| quota system | a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. |
| Cultural diversity | the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society. |
| 18th amendment | The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of "intoxicating liquors" in the United States. |
| bootleggers | people who brought in illegal foreign brews. |
| speakeasy | a secret drinking establishment made for selling and drinking brews illegally |
| racketeering | dishonest and fraudulent business dealings. |
| Renaissance | a revival of or renewed interest in something. |
| Oppression | prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. |
| aspiration | a hope or ambition of achieving something. |
| Jazz | a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. |
| Prosperity | the state of being prosperous. |
| Bull market | a market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying. |
| Margin call | a demand by a broker that an investor deposit further cash or securities to cover possible losses. |
| Speculation | investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss. |
| Recession | a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters. |
| Federal reserve | Federal Reserve is the central banking system, which is responsible for setting policy on monetary matters such as money supply and interest rates. |
| N.C.C | National Certification Corporation |
| R.F.C | Reconstruction finance Corporation |
| Public Works | the work of building such things as roads, schools, and reservoirs, carried out by the government for the community. |
| Fire Side Chats | one of a series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation, beginning in 1933. |
| F.D.I.C | FDIC was created in 1933 in response to the thousands of bank failures that occurred in the 1920s and early 1930s. |
| S.E.C | The Securities and Exchange Commission was established in 1934 to regulate the commerce in stocks, bonds, and other securities. |
| W.P.A | The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. |
| Social Security Act | The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. |
| C.C.C | The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression. |
| Escapism | the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy. |
| Commentary | a descriptive spoken account (especially on a broadcast) of an event or performance as it happens. |
| Discerning | having or showing good judgment. |
| Impoverished | (of a person or area) made poor. |
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