1) Sacco and Vanzetti Trial: Court case where two Italian immigrants were charged with treason and executed though the evidence against them was largely fabricated and circumstantial. 2) Mass Production: Production of goods in large numbers through the use of machinery and assembly lines.

3) Installment Buying: Method of purchase in which buyer makes a small down payment and then pays off the rest of the debt in regular monthly payments. 4) 18 th Amendment: Constitutional amendment that banned the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol in the United States. 5) Bootlegger: One who sells illegal alcohol.

6) Buying on Margin: The purchase of stocks by paying a portion and “betting” that the stock will increase and pay for itself. 7) Great Depression: Period lasting from in which the U.S. economy failed and unemployment soared. 8) Hooverville: Term used to describe makeshift shantytowns set up by homeless people during the Great Depression.

9) New Deal: Programs and legislation enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform. 10) Dust Bowl: Term used for the central and southern Great Plains during the 1930s when the region suffered from drought.

11) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): Government agency that built dams in the Tennessee River Valley to control flooding an generate electric power. 12) Wagner Act: New Deal law that abolished unfair labor practices, recognized the right of employees to organize labor union, and gave workers the right to collective bargaining.

13) Welfare State: Government that assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare of the poor, elderly, sick, and unemployed. 14) “Fireside Chats”: Informal radio broadcast in which FDR explained issues and New Deal programs to average Americans.