The Roaring 20s and Great Depression Unit Vocabulary Quiz 2026

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Consumer goods

Products intended for personal use by consumers, such as cars, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners.

Credit

 An arrangement in which the consumer buys something now with borrowed money and pays off the loan over time.

Efficient

Capable of producing results without wasting materials, time, or energy.

Great Migration

Beginning during World War 1, the movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North and Midwest in order to take jobs in industry.

Harlem Renaissance

A period of creativity among African American artists, writers, and musicians centered in Harlem during the 1920s.

Intolerance

Unwillingness or refusal to accept or respect persons of different races or backgrounds or opinions and beliefs different from one’s own.

Red Scare

 Lasting from 1919 to 1920, a campaign launched by the federal government to arrest suspected communists and radicals who were thought to be promoting the overthrow of the US government.

Depression

 A severe and long-term economic downturn characterized by high. unemployment.

New Deal

The set of programs adopted under the Roosevelt administration to combat the Great Depression party in the 1930s.

Pension

A sum of money paid to a retired person, usually every month.

Stabilized

To become steady creates a state or condition that is not easily changed or likely to change.