Chapter 7: Times of Plenty, Times of Hardship Lesson 1: An Industrial Nation

Assembly Line 4 system in which workers stand in one place and put parts together as the pieces go by on a moving belt 4 an example: The Model T car

Mass Production 4 the making of large quantities of goods that are exactly alike

Mass Media 4 public forms of communication that reaches large audiences 4 example: radio

Lesson 2: The Roaring Twenties

Prohibition 4 ban on the sale of alcohol

Eighteenth Amendment 4 amendment that outlawed the making, sale, and transporting of alcoholic beverages

Twenty-first Amendment 4 amendment that ended Prohibition

jazz 4 musical form that was influenced by African American traditions

Harlem Renaissance 4 period in which artists used writing, music, and painting to share their ideas and feelings about life for African Americans

Lesson 3: The Good Times End

Unemployment 4 the condition of being out of work

Stock Market 4 place where stocks are bought and sold

Great Depression 4 worst period of economic hardship in United States history

Credit 4 A way to Borrow Money

Lesson 4: The New Deal

New Deal 4 programs to help the country out of the Great Depression

Social Security 4 program that provides monthly payments to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed

drought 4 long period without rain

Dust Bowl 4 area of the Great Plains affected by dust storms

Migrant worker 4 a worker who moves from place to place to harvest crops

inflation 4 is rapid rise in prices