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boom time
"roaring twenties"/ social studies thornton: TOPIC 2 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| boom | a period of rapid economic growth |
| economy | the earnings of a place |
| assembly line | an arrangement machines, workers, and tools in which a product is assembled |
| division of labor | a production process in which workers are each assigned a special task |
| stock | a supply of goods kept to sell |
| stock market | a public entity for the trading of company stock |
| aviator | a pilot of an air craft |
| consumer goods | goods that are available to the public |
| profit | the surplus left to a producer or employer |
| urban | living in a city;the city areas |
| broadcast | to transmit from a radio or TV station |
| Prohibition | the period when the eighteenth amendment was in power and it was illegal to sell, manufacture, or transport alchohol |
| jazz | music originating in New Orleans around the start of the 20th century |
| Harlem Renaissance | a flourishing of black literary and culture |
| wages | money that is paid or received for work or services |
| rural | living in the country;country areas |