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Unit 7 Vocabulary
U.S. History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Communism | A type of government in which workers share the means of production and distribution (no private ownership; led by dictator) |
| Socialism | An economic system where means of production are controlled by the people as a whole |
| Red Scare | Fear of the spread of communism in the United States after WWI |
| 18th amendment | prohibited "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" = NO ALCOHOL |
| 19th amendment | universal suffrage; women get to vote |
| Henry Ford | Developed first mass produced automobile by improving the assembly line. creator of the Model-T |
| Mass Production | Allowed for making many identical products very quickly |
| Advertising | the act of promoting ones goods or services by word of mouth, on paper, or on radio or movies. |
| Mass Media | a big movement where radio and movies become a huge part of American culture; first media stars are born |
| Radio | Created common cultural experience; used for marketing of consumer goods |
| Movies | Began silent; movies with sound available in the late 1920s; facilitated common culture |
| Jazz | First true “American” music; combines different styles of music & uses improvisation |
| Harlem Renaissance | An artistic movement celebrating African-American culture |
| Langston Hughes | Harlem Renaissance poet |
| Louis Armstrong | Famous jazz musician; played trumpet |
| Overproduction | Producing more goods than people could afford to buy |
| Underconsumption | the lack of purchasing goods when supply is high |
| Buying on Margin | buying a product on credit with the intention of pay for it later in smaller payments. |
| Stock Market Crash of 1929 | Black Tuesday; Stock market prices fell dramatically; wiping out many Americans’ life savings and putting companies out of business |
| Great Depression | Occurred during the 1930s; high unemployment & poverty |
| Dust Bowl | An extreme drought in the Great Plains, made worse by over-farming of land |
| Hoovervilles | Temporary encampments where homeless families built homes out of cardboard & packing crates during the Great Depression |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1932 Landslide election against Hoover, New Deal Programs and the Court Packing Bill. elected 4 times. |
| New Deal | First set of legislation meant to help Americans; passed during FDR's first term |
| Social Security | Provided old age pensions, unemployment insurance, aid to people with disabilities |
| Second New Deal | Second set of legislation meant to help more Americans; passed during FDR’s second term |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | FDR’s wife, changed the role of first lady; advocate for social progress & women’s rights-was a Boss |
| Court-Packing Bill | FDR’s plan to add an additional judge to the Supreme Court for every justice over the age of 70 |
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