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Roaring 20's Vocab
Vocabulary on Roaring 20s. :p
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Recession | Mild depression in which business slows and some workers loose jobs. |
| Installment Buying | Method of buying on credit. |
| Bull Market | Rising stock market |
| Communism | Economic system in which all property is owned by the community. |
| Disarmament | Reduction of nation's armed forces or weapons. |
| Prohibtion | Ban on manufacture, sale, and transportation of liqour anywhere in the United States from 1920 to 1933. |
| Bootleggers | Person who smuggled liqour into the United States during Prohibtion. |
| Speakeasies | Illegal bar that served liqour during Prohibtion. |
| Repeal | To cancel or undo |
| Suburb | Community located between a community distance of a city. |
| Fad | Style or fashon popular for a short time. |
| Flappers | Young women in the 1920s who rebelled against the traditional ways of thinking and acting. |