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Unit 2 Vocabulary

Published on Jun 20, 2019

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Unit 2/3

 Industrialization, Immigration, & Progressive Era
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Laissez Faire

 When the government does not interfere with business - "hands off"

18th Amendment

 Amendment that prohibited the sale of alcohol, also known as Prohibition
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Progressivism

 Reform movement as a response to problems from industrialization
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Settlement House

 Charitable organization provided services to urban poor

19th Amendment

 Amendment that granted women's suffrage

Robber Baron

 Businessman who uses ruthless business tactics
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Vertical Integration

  One company controls all stages within a business
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Horizontal Integration

 One company buys out competition (may lead to monopoly)
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Tenements

 Dark and crowded multi-family apartments

Political Machine

 Political group that helps immigrants for votes

Social Darwinism

 "Survival of the Fittest" applied to society

Gospel of Wealth

 Idea that rich have responsibility to donate to poor
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Social Gospel Movement

 Religious reformers that worked to improve cities according to Bible
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Americanization

 Process to assimilate immigrants by teaching childern English

Populist Party

 Political party to increase political power of farmers

Muckraker

 Journalist that exposed corruption in society

Meat Inspection Act

1Act required federal inspection of meat and set regualtions

Ellis Island

 Immigrant processing center in New York Harbor
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Nativism

 Preference for native-born Americans and desire to limit immigration
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Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)

 Organization given power to enforce railroad rate regulations
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16th Amendment

 Congress can to charge income tax without regard to states
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Sherman Antitrust Act

 Measure prohibits trusts; Named after Senator John Sherman

17th Amendment

 Direct election of Senators; Meant to curb corruption
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Children's Bureau 1912

 Created by Willam Taft to oversee and maintain national standards of child welfare
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Ethnic Enclaves

 Immigrant clusters in cities
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Labor Union

 Association of workers to protect and further rights and interests
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