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1920's Vocabulary

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Supply and DemandFactory decide how much to make by how much people want to buy
DroughtNo rain for a long time
Business cycleThe economy grows and gets smaller and is constantly changing.
Stock MarketThis is a place that companies sell shares to the public when the company needs money. People buy hoping to make money.
InvestorsPeople who buy shares in companies hoping to make money.
Buying on the marginWhen people borrow in order to buy shares in the stock market
speculationwhen people buy shares in companies hoping to make a lot of money.
Domestic PolicyThe government's response to an issue--it might make is easy or difficult to borrow.
assembly lineeach person does a different job in making a product
installment planpaying money over time for a product
mass mediacommunication that reaches lots of people--radio, newspaper
Dawes PlanUS loaned money to Germany after WWI so it could pay debts
jazzAfrican Americans created this music
progressive reformchange that helped the workers--not popular in 1920's
Charles Lindbergflrst to fly from New York to Paris
18th Amendmentoutlawed selling or making liquor
19th Amendmentgave women the right to vote
disarmamentstop making and selling weapons
Harlem Renaissancegrowth of arts, music, writing in black community
nativisma feeling against immigrants because they take jobs
Great MigrationAfrican Americans move to the north for jobs
inflationprices rise sharply
Palmer RaidsUS response to bombings it thought were by Communists



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