| A | B |
|---|
| Eugenics | pseudo-science that deals with improving heredity traits |
| bull market | long rise in the stock market |
| speakeasies | secret bars |
| gold standard | one ounce of gold equaled to a set amount of dollars |
| Jazz | style of music influenced by Dixiland and ragtime, ragged rhythms and syncopation |
| Blues | soulful style of music that evolved from Af. Am. spirituals |
| assembly line | machines and workers are arranged so each person completes an assigned task repetitively |
| moratorium | pause |
| flapper | young, dramatic, stylish, and unconventional woman of the 20s |
| Bohemian | unconventional lifestyle found in Greenwich Village and Chicago's Sout Side |
| stock market | system for buying and selling stocks |
| Hoovervilles | shantytowns during the Depression |
| public works | government funded jobs |
| foreclosed | taking possession of property upon default of payements |
| deficit spending | using borrowed money to pay bills |
| safety net | protection against economic disasters |
| soap operas | day-to-day dramas sponsored by laundry soap |
| relief | money that went directly to impoverished families |
