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VOCABULARY
11TH U.S. HISTORY
1920S
• Alien
• Renaissance
• Assembly line
• Socialism
• Deport
ALIEN
Person belonging to a foreign country
ALIEN
Forms:
• Aliens
Example:
• 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:
N/A
Example:
• 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:
• Civil wars
Example:
• 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:
N/A
Example:
• 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:
• Deported
• Deporting
• Deports
• Deportation
Example:
• 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?”