history: Lesson 10 vocab

Question 1

Allies

Answer 1

In WW1, France, Great Britain,Russia, and later Italy and the U.S.; in the ww1, the U.S. Great Britain, the Soviet, and others.

Question 2

American Federation of Labor(AFL)

Answer 2

The largest workers’ union in America, founded in 1890

Question 3

arbitration

Answer 3

When two sides agree to follow to follow the ruling of a third party who has no loyalties to either side

Question 4

Black Tuesday

Answer 4

October 29,1929, the day the U.S. stock market crashed

Question 5

Central Powers

Answer 5

in WW1, Germany, Austria-Hungry, and Italy until 1915

Question 6

collective barging

Answer 6

discussions between a Labor union and management

Question 7

corporations

Answer 7

large businesses that are owned by many stockholders

Question 8

dollar diplomacy

Answer 8

the investment of American money overseas not only in order to help other nations, but also to gain power for the U.S.

Question 9

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Answer 9

A government department that works to prevent unfair trade practices

Question 10

imperialism

Answer 10

The division of power between the nation, or federal, government and state governments

Question 11

investors

Answer 11

people who put money into, or invest in, business

Question 12

jazz age

Answer 12

period after ww1 when entertainment such as jazz music and dancing became popular

Question 13

majority

Answer 13

more than half of any group

Question 14

middle class

Answer 14

people who are neither upper class nor lower class; includes people, farmers, professionals, and skilled workers

Question 15

platform

Answer 15

a political party statement of its main goals

Question 16

populist party

Answer 16

1890s American political party formed to give more power to farmers and laborers

Question 17

progressive movement

Answer 17

A time of major reform of America economic and political institution, from about 1890 to 1917

Question 18

prohibition

Answer 18

forbade; outlawed

Question 19

roaring twenties

Answer 19

the 1920s in the United States, when many investors and new technology made life easier and helped create jobs

Question 20

Sherman antitrust art

Answer 20

A law passed in 1890 to make trusts illegal

Question 21

speakeasies

Answer 21

illegal bars in the 1920s

Question 22

stocks

Answer 22

shares of ownership in a company

Question 23

strike

Answer 23

a time when workers refuse to go to work until their demands are met by management

Question 24

temperance movement

Answer 24

organized first by promote total abstinence from alcoholic drinks

Question 25

trust

Answer 25

to exchange of goods and services between one party, or one country, and anouther

Question 26

women's suffrage movement

Answer 26

the organized effort to get women the right to vote