20's-40's and economics vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Al Capone | United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947) |
| Scopes Monkey Trial | when a Tennesse teacher tought evolution instead of creation |
| Charles Lindberg | aviator and famous speaker for the U.S. isolationism |
| Bootleggers | Smugglers of illegal alcohol during the Prohibition era |
| Prohibition | a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages |
| Flask | small metal cntainer for carrying illegal alcohol |
| Speakeasies | bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition |
| J. Edgar Hoover | first head of the fbi |
| The Jazz Singer | 1927 - The first movie with sound; this "talkie" was about the life of famous jazz singer; Al Jolson. |
| Louis Armstrong | First great jazz soloist. Played trumpet and was instrumental in developing scat singing |
| Gone With The Wind | (Margaret) Mitchell, movie and book about love tragedies in the civil war, first movie with cuss word in it |
| Rudolph Valentino | The most popular movie actor of the 1920's |
| George Gershwin | United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937) |
| The Grapes of Wrath | The story follows the fortunes of a poor family as they travel from the Dust Bowl region to California. based on the great depression written by John Steinbeck |
| Big Cheese | an important influential person |
| Blind Date | a date with a stranger |
| Bump off | kill intentionally and with premeditation |
| Jalopy | a car that is old and unreliable |
| G Men | government agents that inforced prohibition |
| Gold Digger | a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement |
| Fall Guy | person who takes the blame |
| Pinch | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) |
| Real McCoy | informal usage attributing authenticity |
| Gam | woman's leg |
| Bee's Knees | an act that is considered fun or cool |
| Loan | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) |
| Stock | a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation |
| Investor | someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns |
| Consumer | a person who uses goods or services |
| Management | those in charge of running a business |
| Banks | take deposit from people who want to save and use the depostis to make loans to people who want to borrow |
| Interchangeable Parts | identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufactoring |
| Wages | money earned for doing work |
| Savings | a fund of money put by as a reserve |
| Rent | a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property |
| Profit | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
| Taxes | money collected by federal, local or state government from individuals or businesses for use in public spending. |
| Collateral | a security pledged for the repayment of a loan |
| Principal | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated |
| Inflation | an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy |
| Capitalism | an economic system based on private property and free enterprise |
| Recession | an economic downturn |
| Deficit Spending | When a government spends more than it takes in and goes into debt. |
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