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Unit 2-3 Vocab

Published on Jun 22, 2023

For Ms. Mimura's Summer History class

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Unit 2-3 Vocab

by Nathaniel Han

Robber Baron - A businessman who used ruthless business tactics to earn profit during the 19th century, originally used to characterize Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Photo by Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M

Gospel of Wealth - An article that says that wealthy Americans have a responsibility to donate money to further social progress and help the poor, written by Andrew Carnegie, who was seen as a robber baron to most people in the Progressive Era

Photo by Giorgio Trovato

Americanization - A nationwide process in which immigrant schoolchildren were taught the English language and culture in the 20th century, during World War I.

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Muckrakers - Journalists who exposed the filth and corruption during the Progressive Era.

Photo by Government Press Office (GPO)

Ellis Island - A small island in the New York Harbor that served as a processing center for most immigrants arriving in America when finding new jobs in the Industrial Revolution.

Photo by Avi Werde

Tenements - Dark and crowded multi-family apartments that were common in the Industrial Revolution.

Photo by The New York Public Library

Political Machine - A political group designed to keep power by providing services to immigrants in exchange for votes, most popular was Tammany Hall and it's boss around the 19th century, William Tweed

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Meat Inspection Act - 1906 act that required federal inspection of meat that came about due to the publishing of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Progressive Era movements.

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Labor Union - An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights that grew in popularity due to the worsening work conditions in industrial factories in the 19th century.

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Social Darwinism - The concept of "survival of the fittest" applied to human society, most preferred around robber barons.

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Settlement House - A charitable service that provided services such as housing, daycare, education, and healthcare in the 19th century.

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Progressivism - Reform movement that occurred in the early 1900s as a response from industrialization and bad work conditions.

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Vertical Integration - When a company controls all stages within the businesses on which it depends on, popular with robber barons in the Industrial Revolution.

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Horizontal Integration - When a company takes over or buys out a competitor to gain market share, also popular with robber barons in the Industrial Revolution.

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Ethnic Enclaves - Immigrant clusters within cities where immigrants were able to preserve their language and culture during the Progressive Era.

Photo by Jeremy Huang

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Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) - An organization founded by Roosevelt in 1887 that enforced regulation of railroad states due to anti-railroad protests from the Grange Movement.

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Sherman Antitrust Act - Congress' first measure to prohibit trusts, named after Senator John Sherman, in 1887.

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Nativism - A preference for native-born people and the desire to limit immigration, due to the amount of immigrants coming to America during the Industrial Revolution

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16th Amendment - Amendment which allows Congress to charge an income tax without regard to the States, passed in response to the 1895 Supreme Court case of Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.

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17th Amendment - Amendment that provided for the direct election of Senators by the people of a state rather than their election or appointment by a state legislature, proposed in 1912 and became part of the Constitution in 1913.

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18th Amendment - Amendment that prohibited the sale of alcohol, also known as Prohibition, in efforts by the temperance movement, which sought to ban alcohol, became part of the Constitution in 1919, but repealed in 1933

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19th Amendment - Amendment that granted women's suffrage, part of a movement for women's rights in the United States during the the 1800s and early 1900s.

Photo by Katherine Hanlon

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Unit 2-3 Vocab

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Unit 2-3 Vocab

Robber Baron - A businessman who used ruthless business tactics to earn profit during the 19th century, originally used to characterize Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Gospel of Wealth - An article that says that wealthy Americans have a responsibility to donate money to further social progress and help the poor, written by Andrew Carnegie, who was seen as a robber baron to most people in the Progressive Era

Americanization - A nationwide process in which immigrant schoolchildren were taught the English language and culture in the 20th century, during World War I.

Muckrakers - Journalists who exposed the filth and corruption during the Progressive Era.

Ellis Island - A small island in the New York Harbor that served as a processing center for most immigrants arriving in America when finding new jobs in the Industrial Revolution.

Tenements - Dark and crowded multi-family apartments that were common in the Industrial Revolution.

Political Machine - A political group designed to keep power by providing services to immigrants in exchange for votes, most popular was Tammany Hall and it's boss around the 19th century, William Tweed

Meat Inspection Act - 1906 act that required federal inspection of meat that came about due to the publishing of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Progressive Era movements.

Labor Union - An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights that grew in popularity due to the worsening work conditions in industrial factories in the 19th century.

Social Darwinism - The concept of "survival of the fittest" applied to human society, most preferred around robber barons.

Settlement House - A charitable service that provided services such as housing, daycare, education, and healthcare in the 19th century.

Progressivism - Reform movement that occurred in the early 1900s as a response from industrialization and bad work conditions.

Vertical Integration - When a company controls all stages within the businesses on which it depends on, popular with robber barons in the Industrial Revolution.

Horizontal Integration - When a company takes over or buys out a competitor to gain market share, also popular with robber barons in the Industrial Revolution.

Ethnic Enclaves - Immigrant clusters within cities where immigrants were able to preserve their language and culture during the Progressive Era.

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) - An organization founded by Roosevelt in 1887 that enforced regulation of railroad states due to anti-railroad protests from the Grange Movement.

Sherman Antitrust Act - Congress' first measure to prohibit trusts, named after Senator John Sherman, in 1887.

Nativism - A preference for native-born people and the desire to limit immigration, due to the amount of immigrants coming to America during the Industrial Revolution

16th Amendment - Amendment which allows Congress to charge an income tax without regard to the States, passed in response to the 1895 Supreme Court case of Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.

17th Amendment - Amendment that provided for the direct election of Senators by the people of a state rather than their election or appointment by a state legislature, proposed in 1912 and became part of the Constitution in 1913.

18th Amendment - Amendment that prohibited the sale of alcohol, also known as Prohibition, in efforts by the temperance movement, which sought to ban alcohol, became part of the Constitution in 1919, but repealed in 1933

19th Amendment - Amendment that granted women's suffrage, part of a movement for women's rights in the United States during the the 1800s and early 1900s.

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