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