 | Term | Definition |
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recession |
a sharp economic slump |
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Teapot Dome Scandal |
Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall bribed by oil executives, sent to prison |
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installment buying |
buying on credit |
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stocks |
shares of ownership |
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bull market |
a period of increased stock trading and rising stock prices |
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communism |
an economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the community |
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disarmament |
the reduction of armed forces and weapons of war |
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Kellogg-Briand Pact |
a treaty outlawing war |
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prohibition |
a ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor anywhere in the U.S. |
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bootleggers |
people who manufactor or smuggle alcohol illegally |
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repeal |
cancellation |
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League of Women Voters |
a group organized to educate voters and to guarantee rights |
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Equal Rights Amendment |
A proposed Amendment for women's rights that passed but was not ratified |
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suburb |
a community located outside a city |
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fad |
an activity or a fashion that is taken up with great passion for a short time |
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flappers |
Young women who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting |
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jazz |
music from New Orleans that comobined West African rythms, African American work songs, and spirituals with European harmonies |
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expatriates |
people who leave their own country to live in a foreign land |
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company unions |
labor organizations that were actually controlled by management |
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sabatoge |
the secret destruction of property or interference with work in factories |
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anarchists |
people who oppose organized government |
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deported |
expelled from the country |
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nativism |
anti-foreign feeling |
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quota system |
allowed only a certan number of people from each country to enter the U.S. |
