US History-Unit 4 Vocab

The production of large

quantities of of goods using

machinery and often an

assembly line.

Mass Production

A production system with

machines and workers

arranged so that each

person performs an

assigned task again and

again as the item passes

before him/her.

Assembly Line

The automobile built by

The Motor Ford company

from 1908-1927.

Model T

Referring to the money

remaining to an individual

after the deduction of

taxes.

Disposable Income

An amount or sum of money

placed at a persons

disposal by a bank on

condition that it will be

repaid with interest.

Credit

Hostility towards

immigrants.

Nativism

style of music

that developed from

Ragtime and Blues and

that uses syncopated

rhythms and melodies

Jazz Music

A group of white

supremacists, far-right

terrorist

organizations, and hate

groups who advocate

extremist reactionary positi

ons such as white

nationalism, and anti-

immigration.

Ku Klux Klan

A subculture of young

women in the 1920s who

wore short

skirts, bobbed their hair,

listened to jazz, and

flaunted their disdain for

what was then considered

acceptable behavior.

Flappers

A shanty town built during

the Great Depression by

the homeless in the United

States, named

after Herbert Hoover, who

was President of the

United States during the

onset of the Depression.

Hoovervilles

A period of severe dust

storms that greatly

damaged the ecology

and agriculture of the

American and

Canadian prairies during

the 1930s caused by sever

drought and improper

farming practices.

Dust Bowl

Laws banning the

manufacture,

transportation, and sale of

alcoholic beverages.

Prohibition

On October 29, 1929, the

United States stock market

crashed begging a chain of

events that led to the Great

Depression, a 10-year

economic slump that

affected all industrialized

countries in the world.

Black Tuesday

Was an American legal

case in 1925, in which a

high school teacher was

accused of violating state

law which had made it

illegal for teachers to

teach human evolution in

any state-funded school.

Scopes Trial

A medium of

communication (as in

television and radio)

intended to reach a wide

audience.

Mass Media

A person who believes

there should be no

government.

Anarchists

Persistent and heavy

demands by a bank’s

depositors, creditors, or

customers to withdraw

money.

Bank Runs

An American jazz pianist,

composer, and leader of

his eponymous jazz

orchestra from 1923

through the rest of his life.

Duke Ellington

An American trumpeter and

vocalist. He was among

the most influential figures

in jazz. His career spanned

five decades and several

eras in the history of jazz.

Louis Armstrong

An American industrialist

and entrepreneur. He was

the founder of Ford Motor

Company and pioneer of

the assembly line

technique of mass

production. Ford created

the first automobile for

middle-class Americans.

Henry Ford

Two Italian immigrant

anarchists who were

controversially convicted

of murdering two men

during an armed robbery

of the Slater and Morrill

Shoe Company.

Sacco-Vanzetti

A form of a religion,

that upholds belief in the

strict, literal interpretation

of scripture.

Fundamentalism

The most popular branch of the Muslim religion practiced by 80-90% of Muslims that follow the traditions (sunna) of the prophet Muhammad, believing leadership after him should be chosen by community consensus, starting with the Caliphs Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali

Sunni