1. Vocabulary
11th U.S. History

2. 1920s
Alien
Renaissance
Assembly line
Socialism
Deport

3. Alien
Person belonging to a foreign country

4. 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?”

5. renaissance
Rebirth

6. 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?”

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

8. 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?”

9. socialism
Government owned and controlled society

10. 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?

11. deport
Legally sending individuals out of a country

12. 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?”

13. Great Depression Demographics Depression Infrastructure Stock Market
Prosperity

14. demographics
Changes in population

15. 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?”

16. depression
Economic downturn with high unemployment rates and decreased economic activity

17. 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?”

18. infrastructure
Basic structures needed for a society to function properly

19. 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?”

20. Stock Market
Business of buying and selling stocks

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

22. Prosperity
Success through the accumulation of money

23. 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?”

24. New Deal
Fiscal Policy
Relief
Recovery
Precedent
Recession

25. Fiscal Policy
Policies concerning governmental money

26. 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?”

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

28. 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?

29. Recovery
Returning to normal after a difficult period of time

30. 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?

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

32. 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?”

33. recession
A period of reduced economic activity

34. 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?”