front 1 modernity | back 1 the state of being modern or up-to-date |
front 2 “moving assembly line” (phrase) | back 2 a mechanical system in which a product moves through stages and workers each add a different part to it |
front 3 assembly plant | back 3 a factory in which cars, machines, or other products are put together |
front 4 sector | back 4 a part or division |
front 5 switchboard, | back 5 a panel on which switches or other connectors are used to complete electrical circuits recorded |
front 6 celluloid film, | back 6 flexible, transparent plastic film on which images are |
front 7 ticker-tape parade, | back 7 a parade held in a city in which decorative shredded paper is thrown onto the parade route |
front 8 renaissance, | back 8 a time of intense cultural and artistic rebirth |
front 9 salon, | back 9 a fashionable gathering of creative people held at the home of
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front 10 prohibition, | back 10 the prevention of something, such as the sale of alcoholic beverages |
front 11 bootlegger | back 11 someone who supplies illegal alcoholic beverages |
front 12 speakeasy, | back 12 a nightclub where illegal beverages are sold |
front 13 gangster, | back 13 a member of a criminal organization |
front 14 suffrage | back 14 the right to vote |
front 15 Consumer culture | back 15 many people were presented with greater opportunities to buy things and define themselves by the things they owned. |