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SS Vocab
SS Vocab 1920s
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Disarmament | reduction of a nation;s armed forces or weapons for war |
| Red Scare | Fear of communist rule of US |
| Communism | the economic system in which the government owns the mans of production and promises to share profits equally |
| Bolshevik | a communist party that took over the russian czar in 1917 |
| proletariat | workers |
| bourgeoisie | owners |
| renaissance | a rebirth of black culture |
| quota system | limit on immigration that allowed only a certain number of people to immigrate to the US from each country |
| sheik | a young man with sex appeal |
| bootlegging | smuggling liquor into the US during Prohibition |
| prohibition | period from 1920 to 1933 when the making and sale of liquor was illegal in the US |
| speakeasies | illegal bar |
| organized crime | crime as a business |
| white collar worker | a skilled, managing, selling or advertising person |
| blue collar worker | an unskilled person who works in factories |
| fad | something popular for a period of time |
| advertising | a type of persaution to get people to buy certain items |
| ticker tape parade | a parade made for a hero or heroine with torn up paper thrown |
| bull market | rising stock market |
| jazz | musical form that blossomed in the 20's and gave another nick name to the 20's. |
| mass production | rapid manufacture of large numbers of a product |
| Charleston | popular dance in the 20's |
| silent films | films that were silent and were black and white but soon went out of business |
| home brew | home made beer |
| normalcy | the way the US was before the war |
| bob | a short haircut started by Coco Chanel |
| newsreel | information shown before a movie to inform on world happenings |
| prosperity | a great point in economy |
| flapper | a young woman who declared her independence by rejecting traditional rules of conduct and behavior |
| installing buying | to buy an item on credit with a small amount down |
| hooch | another word for beer |
| Tin Lizzie | affectionate nickname for a T-Model |