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unit 2 vocab

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

unit 2 vocab

William Henderson p.6

19th Amendment

gave women the right to vote  

18th Amendment

Banned the sale and drinking of alcohol
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17th Amendment

Senators were elected from the people
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16th Amendment

taxed income

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

prohibits certain business activities that deem to be anti-competitive, prevented trusts to be made  
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Children's Bureau 1912

helped with improving child abuse prevention, child labor  
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Interstate Commerce Commission

was a regulatory agency in the U.S. created by the Interstate Commerce Act
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Meat Inspection Act

works to prevent misbranded or adulterated meat and meat products from being sold as food

Jacob Riis

was a journalist, he helped the impoverished New York City
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Theodore Roosevelt

26th U.S. president helped fix the aftermath of the industrialization
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Upton Sinclair

was an author, wrote The Jungle which exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry

William Taft

27th U.S. president, was our biggest president

William "Boss" Tweed

former New York state Senator, was a political machine
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Populist Party

 party created by farmers to give them a voice in politics, also known as the people's party

Americanization

process of an immigrant becoming an American
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Samuel Gompers

was a labor union leader, first president of the American Federation of Labor  
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Andrew Carnegie

owned the steel business, was considered a robber baron
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Henry Ford

perfected the assembly line, and made the first affordable car

Social Darwinism

survival of the fitist
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Gilded Age

things looked nice from far but up close its trash
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Thomas Edison

was an inventor and he invented the first stable light bulb and electricity
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Progressivism

advancement in science, technology, economic development, and social organization  
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Ethnic Enclaves

an area filled with the same cultural identity

Ellis Island

where immigrants would go to become an American from Eastern Europe

John D. Rockefeller

Owned 90% of the oil business , was a robber baron, richest american ever
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Muckraker

journalist who worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption

Tenements

room or set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments  
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Robber Baron

ruthless business man 
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Social Gospel Movement

religious movement, Protestant branch of Christianity, argued people must emulate the life of Jesus Christ
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Political Machine

uses money to make their city better in exchange for their vote

Trust

a relationship in which one party gives another the right to hold to property or assets for the benefit of a third party  
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Cornelius Vanderbilt

also known as Commodore, was a robber baron built his wealth in railroads and shipping  
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Nativism

people born american that do not like immigrants

Horizontal Integration

a strategy where a company creates or acquires production units for outputs which are alike

Laissez Faire

the government wouldn't get involved with the businesses

JP Morgan

was a financier banker and supported Thomas Edison  

Gospel of Wealth

article written by Carnegie that describes the responsibility of philanthropy

Vertical Integration

an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company
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American Industrial Revolution

was when america industrialized and the creation of inventions