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| assembly line | a system of manufacturing used by Henry Ford in which product moves along a conveyor belt and each worker adds parts to the product; speeds productivity and reduces costs |
| bear market | a steady drop in the stock market over a period of time |
| Bessie Smith | considered one of the best Jazz/blues singers of all times |
| Black Thursday | October 24, 1929; stock market crashes and almost 13 million shares are sold in that day alone |
| Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in American History and beginning the Great Depression |
| bull market | A period of increased stock trading and rising stock prices |
| buying on margin | Purchasing stock with a little money down with the promise of paying the balance at sometime in the future |
| Calvin Coolidge | Became president when Harding died suddenly in 1923. Tried to clean up scandals. Business prospered and people's wealth increased |
| the Charleston | Popular song and dance of the 1920's |
| Communist Revolution | Revolution in Russia in which workers and peasants overthrew business owners and wealthy people |
