Chapter 17 The Jazz Age Vocabulary

Mass Production

The production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line

Assembly Line

A production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the item passes before them

Bootlegging

The illegal production and distribution of liquor

Creationism

The belief that God created the world and everything in it, usually in the way described in the Bible

Anarchist

A person who believes there should be no government

Speakeasy

A place where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally

Evolution

The scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have evolved over time

Eugenics

Pseudo-science that deals with the improvement of hereditary qualities of a race or breed

Flapper

A young woman of the 1920s who showed freedom from convention, especially in dress

Jazz

A style of music influenced by Dixieland music and ragtime