Ch. 25
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 disarmament | reduction of armed forces and weapons of war |
| bull market | a rising stock market |
| scandal | an illegal or immoral act |
| bootlegger | smuggler who hid bottles of liquor in their boots |
| prohibition | a ban on the manufacture, sale and transportation of liquor anywhere in the United States |
| prosperity | a time of growth, success or good fortune |
| quota system | allowed only a certain number of people from each country to enter the US |
| xenophobia | a fear of foreigners |
| renaissance | Rebirth |
| interest | a charge paid for borrowing money |
| credit | a system of buying goods or services by charging the amount with payment due at a later time |
| gangster | a member of an organized group of criminals |
| speakeasy | an illegal bar |
| anarchists | people who opposed organized government |
| installment buying | buying on credit |
| atheist | a person who denies the existence of God |
| assembly line | a system where the product is moved to the worker |
| mass production | a system of producing a large quantity of goods quickly and cheaply |
| nativism | anti-foreign feeling |
| fad | an activity or fashion that is taken up with great passion for a short time |
| flapper | a young woman of the 1920's |
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