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