Roaring 1920s Vocabulary

Front

What is the Red Scare?

Back

Fear of communist beliefs and people willing to spread them.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups

Back

isolationism

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Front

nativism

Back

prejudice against foreign-born people

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Front

quotas

Back

limit on the quantity of something, a fixed number

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

assembly line

Back

• An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Front

efficiency

Back

ability to avoid wasting materials, effort, money, and time in doing something or in producing a desired result

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

speculation

Back

investment in stocks or property in hopes of making money but with high risk of loss

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

• shareholder

Back

• owners of stock in a company, who receive dividends (portion of profit) from company sales.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

• consumer economy

Back

• economy dependent on consumer spending for growth and prosperity

Front

Lost Generation

Back

group of American writers who were disappointed with greed and consumerism in the 1920s