Ch. 7 SS vocabulary Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| assembly line | A method of mass production in which a product is put together as it passes a line of workers. Henry Ford used this to put together cars. |
| mass production | Making a large number of goods that are exactly alike. |
| mass media | Public forms of communication that reach large audiences. Radio was a famous example of this in the 1920s. |
| Prohibition | A ban on the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol from 1920-1933. Started as a result of the 18th amendment. |
| Eighteenth Amendment | An amendment to the Constitution that outlawed the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol between 1920-1933. |
| Twenty-first Amendment | An amendment that ended Prohibition in 1933. |
| jazz | A musical form, popular in the 1920s, that originated in New Orleans among African-Americans. |
| Harlem Renaissance | An artistic movement, begun in the 1920s, centered in a New York City neighborhood. Poetry, art, music |
| unemployment | Workers not having jobs. |
| Stock Market | Place where shares of companies are bought and sold. In the US, located in New York City. |
| Great Depression | A time of overwhelming economic poverty. In this US, it lasted from 1929-1941. |
| credit | borrowed money |
| New Deal | Begun in 1933, these were programs begun by President Franklin Roosevelt to try to help the US recover from the Great Depression. |
| drought | A long period without rain. |
| migrant worker | Person who moves from place to place to harvest crops. |
| Social Security | A New Deal program that provides monthly payments for the elderly, disabled, and unemployed. |
| Dust Bowl | In the 1930s, a name given to much of the Great Plains due to a severe drought and poor farming practices. |
| inflation | A rapid rise in prices. |
| Herbert Hoover | President of the US in the early days of the Great Depression. A believer in smaller, limited government. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President of the US during most of the Great Depression and most of World War II. A believer in strong government involvement and action. |
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