6th Grade History Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Prosperity | Being successful and wealthy |
Capitalism | Government NOT involved with businesses. Products are owned by individual people and companies rather by the government. |
Anarchists | People who believe there should be no government. |
Deported | Expelled from the United States. |
Nativism | Belief that native born Americans are superior to foreigners. |
Normalcy | Calm political and social order. End to foreign involvement. |
Communism | Government owns all property and makes nearly all decisions. |
Red Scare | A fear of Russian Communist form of government. Urged workers around the world to overthrow capitalist governments. |
Radicalism | Favoring EXTREME changes in tradition. |
Flapper | 1920's "liberated" woman. Carefree young women with new freedoms. |
21st Amendment | Ending the ban on liquor. |
Great Depression | Period of low business activity in the U.S. Roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930's. |
Recession | A downward turn in business activity. |
Dust Bowl | Surface soil is blown off by the wind and dust storms occur. |
Poverty | Poor, lacking money or materials goods. |
Migrant Workers | A person who moves from place to place to get work. Farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally. |
Bonus Army | World War I veterans who marched on Washington to receive their army bonus. |
The New Deal | FDR's plan to help the economy recover and get people jobs. |
Social Security Act (SSA) | Tax on money made by workers and employers. |
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | Created jobs by building dams to use hydro-electricity. |
Fascism | Political system that calls for extreme nationalism, racism, and not tolerance to opposition. Headed by a dictator. |
Jazz | Uses dynamic rhythms based on African American music. |
Talkie | Movies with sound. The Jazz Singer - Name of the first talking movie. |
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