Vocabulary 11th U.S. History

1920s Alien Renaissance Assembly line Socialism Deport

Alien Person belonging to a foreign country

alien Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Aliens People who emigrate to a new country are considered aliens. Question to Ponder: Would a citizen who left their home country as a child and returned as an adult be considered an “alien?”

renaissance Rebirth

renaissance Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: N/A A growth and resurgence of African American culture in the ‘20s was called the Harlem Renaissance. Question to Ponder: If I took painting back up after several years of not doing it anymore, have I gone through a “renaissance?”

Assembly line Process for creating a product using a systematic arrangement of workers or machines

Assembly line Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Civil wars Henry Ford used the assembly line in the 1920s to mass produced automobiles. Question to Ponder: Could specialization of labor help in constructing an “assembly line?”

socialism Government owned and controlled society

socialism Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: N/A Many people believe socialism is the same as communism. Question to Ponder: If a socialist became President of the U.S., would he/she want to give more power to individual companies?

deport Legally sending individuals out of a country

deport Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Deported Deporting Deports Deportation When some immigrants came in to the U.S. from undesired countries, they were more likely to be deported due to the discrimination of the time period. Question to Ponder: Can a citizen of a country be “deported?”

Great Depression Demographics Depression Infrastructure Stock Market Prosperity

demographics Changes in population

Demographics Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Demographic Demography The U.S.’s demographics changed with the Great Migration in the Roaring Twenties. Question to Ponder: Would a U.S. census measure our country’s “demographics?”

depression Economic downturn with high unemployment rates and decreased economic activity

depression Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: N/A The economic depression of the 1930s changed the political landscape of the United States. Question to Ponder: Would people spend more during an economic “depression?”

infrastructure Basic structures needed for a society to function properly

infrastructure Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: N/A The New Deal programs helped the economic depression and establish the country’s infrastructure. Question to Ponder: Could a war destroy a country's “infrastructure?”

Stock Market Business of buying and selling stocks

Stock Market Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: N/A The Stock Market’s crash in 1929 led to an economic depression. Question to Ponder: Does a change in the “Stock Market” affect our economy only in a negative way?

Prosperity Success through the accumulation of money

prosperity Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Prosperous Buying goods on credit made individuals seem more prosperous during the Roaring Twenties. Question to Ponder: Would a king be considered “prosperous?”

New Deal Fiscal Policy Relief Recovery Precedent Recession

Fiscal Policy Policies concerning governmental money

Fiscal Policy Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Fiscal policies The government’s fiscal policy has come under fire numerous times in the past few years. Question to Ponder: Would earning a paycheck and putting your money in the bank be considered part of a “fiscal policy?”

Relief Something given to help people out for a short period of time

relief Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Relieve In order to combat the problems of the Great Depression, the president enacted relief programs. Question to Ponder: Would someone need “relief” after a natural disaster?

Recovery Returning to normal after a difficult period of time

recovery Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Recovered Recovering The U.S. economy recovered after the advent of WWII. Question to Ponder: Would a person have to “recover” if he/she was injured?

Precedent Something that is used as an example to be followed in the future

Precedent Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Precedents Precedence Precedential The Supreme Court case Plessy v Ferguson set the precedent of separate but equal facilities. Question to Ponder: Can a procedure or a rule set a “precedent?”

recession A period of reduced economic activity

recession Forms: Example: Question to Ponder: Recessions Recessionary The Panic of 1873 caused the U.S. and other European nations to fall into a recession. Question to Ponder: If one or two people lose their jobs, does this cause a “recession?”