Roaring 1920s Vocabulary

What is the Red Scare?

• Fear of communist beliefs and people willing to spread them.

• A period of economic prosperity in the United States.

• A military conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

• A cultural movement promoting artistic expression.

Lost Generation

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

• A term used to describe the youth culture of the 1960s

• A movement focused on environmentalism in the 1970s

• A group of artists who celebrated materialism in the 1980s

assembly line

• A manufacturing process where parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation.

• A method of assembling products by hand without any machinery.

• A process that involves only the use of robots for production.

• A technique used for quality control in manufacturing.

nativism

• prejudice against foreign-born people

• support for immigration policies

• advocacy for multiculturalism

• promotion of foreign cultures

Transatlantic

• something that spans across the Atlantic Ocean

• a type of ocean current

• a historical trade route

• a style of music originating from Europe

quotas

• A limit on the quantity of something, a fixed number

• An unlimited supply of resources

• A type of financial investment

• A method of communication

shareholder

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

• Individuals who manage the day-to-day operations of a company.

• People who lend money to a company and receive interest payments.

• Customers who purchase products from a company.

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

• interventionism

• isolationism

• globalism

• nationalism

efficiency

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

• the quality of being able to produce something without waste

• the capacity to perform tasks quickly and accurately

• the effectiveness of a process in achieving its goals

speculation

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

• a guaranteed method of earning profits in the stock market

• a strategy to avoid financial risks altogether

• a long-term investment approach with minimal risk