Unit 4 vocabularyAuthor: Whittaker Matthew
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Keywords: depression, prohibition, vocab, , , , online teaching
Content:
Definitions:
0. fads
1. speakeasy
2. depression
3. efficiency
4. flappers
5. unemployed
6. jazz
7. transatlantic
8. overproduction
9. migrant
10. Prohibition
11. suburbs
12. prosperity
13. renaissance
14. overspeculation
15. bootlegger
Answers:
0. passengers, cargo or information that crosses the Atlantic Ocean
1. illegal bar or club that sold liquor during Prohibition
2. person who moves from place to place usually to find work
3. a rapid growth in cultural areas like art, music, literature and philosophy
4. person who smuggled liquor in the US during Prohibition
5. producing more things than people are able to buy
6. style or fashion that becomes popular for a short time
7. areas outside of large cities to escape crowds, congestion of cities.
8. buying on credit with only a small portion of the price as a down payment
9. businesses providing goods using the least amount of resources
10. period when economy is strong with low unemployment
11. person who does not have a job and is unable to find one
12. period of hard economic times with high unemployment
13. period when alcohol was illegal in the US (18th Amendment)
14. American music originating in African American communities in 20th century
15. nickname for young women in the 1920%27s who rebelled agianst normal society
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