WRLD HIST 1920's Vocabulary List

World History Junior

11 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Anarchist
Person who believes that there should be no government.
Eugenics
Apseudo - Science that deals with the improvement of hereditary qualities of a race or breed.
Flapper
A young women of the 1920's, who showed freedom from convention, especially in dress.
Speakeasy
Place where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally.
Mass Media
A medium of communication (as in television and radio) intended to reach a wide audience.
Jazz
American style music that developed from ragtime (and blues and which uses syncopated rythems and melodies.)
Immunity
Freedom from prosecution
Mass Production
The production of large quantities of goods using machinary and often an assembly line.
Assembly Line
A production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the iteam moves before him/her.
Welfare Capitalism
System where companies enable employees to buy stock and recieve benifits.
Isolationism
National Policy of avoiding involvement in WLD Affairs.